# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=156 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 157 --- ## [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. --- ## [D Day -- the 79th Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day-the-79th-anniversary/985121)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/d-day-the-79th-anniversary/985121 "2023-06-08T18:06:59Z")
Today, June 6th, is the 79th anniversary of D Day. There may be a few survivors of that great battle still alive, but memories must be preserved now by the descendants of those who took part in one of the defining event… --- ## [Breaking News: Boulder Fires (30-DEC-2021)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-boulder-fires-30-dec-2021/956950)
**Author:** [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-boulder-fires-30-dec-2021/956950 "2023-06-08T17:01:06Z")
There are two fast spreading grass fires in Boulder County, Colorado, being driven by up to 100 mph winds. Very scary footage on Twitter of fire sweeping across roads and toward buildings. I’ll grab some cites in a mom… --- ## [Swear Word Substitutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swear-word-substitutes/984137 "2023-06-08T14:09:28Z")
This has probably been done before But shut the front door! Which swear word substitutes do you use or like, dagnabbit? --- ## ["Baby powder is the most potent aphrodisiac for women..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-powder-is-the-most-potent-aphrodisiac-for-women/471788)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-powder-is-the-most-potent-aphrodisiac-for-women/471788 "2023-06-08T13:37:54Z")
I’ve seen this as comment on the web but I can’t find the source. Does anyone have the original source for this assertion? --- ## [Robert Hanssen, FBI spy, completes his life sentence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-hanssen-fbi-spy-completes-his-life-sentence/985077)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-hanssen-fbi-spy-completes-his-life-sentence/985077 "2023-06-07T21:49:49Z")
Robert Hanssen was found dead in his cell this morning. --- ## [Pancreatitis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancreatitis/985082)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancreatitis/985082 "2023-06-07T20:56:31Z")
Have any of you dealt with chronic pancreatitis? My boyfriend just left the hospital after 3 days of treatment, which came after 6 months of acute pancreatitis episodes. This was caused by drinking, which I think has fi… --- ## [We have a strange visitor at our back door. (Cat)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-strange-visitor-at-our-back-door-cat/985155)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-strange-visitor-at-our-back-door-cat/985155 "2023-06-07T19:06:26Z")
I opened up the blinds and sitting there was this guy … He has a collar & tag and looks well groomed. I’ve never seen him before. I think he wants to come in. 30 minutes l… --- ## [Oklahoma school board approves taxpayer-funded charter Christian school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-school-board-approves-taxpayer-funded-charter-christian-school/985119)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-school-board-approves-taxpayer-funded-charter-christian-school/985119 "2023-06-07T15:52:39Z")
Just imagine the outcry if some Muslims did this, or heaven forbid an LGBTQ±affirming congregation. I’m actually a bit surprised that they allowed this from Catholics. --- ## [Asteroid = 28 sheep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-28-sheep/985076)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-28-sheep/985076 "2023-06-07T14:05:46Z")
Newspaper writers seem to always want to use just about any nonstandard way of measuring objects rather than feet or meters or liters. Rocks zipping past the Earth are often measured in city buses or skyscrapers, for exa… --- ## [VC recipient found to have committed war-crimes: Ben Roberts-Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vc-recipient-found-to-have-committed-war-crimes-ben-roberts-smith/985010)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vc-recipient-found-to-have-committed-war-crimes-ben-roberts-smith/985010 "2023-06-07T07:24:33Z")
An Australian SAS soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, brought a defamation claim against a couple of news outlets and three journalists who had published that the Victoria Cross recipient had committed serious crimes, including … --- ## [Lawns v sidewalks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawns-v-sidewalks/985036)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawns-v-sidewalks/985036 "2023-06-07T02:49:35Z")
Watching a few lawn care videos, I got to wondering: what exactly is the mechanism that makes the lawn expand over the side walk? How does all that dirt get there? Sometimes it’s shoveled up and looks just like sod. --- ## [Who is the most famous person who knows you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-knows-you/984947)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-famous-person-who-knows-you/984947 "2023-06-06T22:06:19Z")
I’m making a bit of a twist on the “Who is the most famous person you’ve met?” question. Assuming that you are not famous yourself, who is the most famous person who would know your name? Put another way, who might say… --- ## [Is it unethical (for AI) to invent fake people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unethical-for-ai-to-invent-fake-people/985004)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unethical-for-ai-to-invent-fake-people/985004 "2023-06-06T16:27:55Z")
Wondering about Dopers views on this article. Since my track record of posting paywalled stuff is pretty good, a limitedexcerpt follows in the next post. --- ## [An ethical question: Split the money or keep it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ethical-question-split-the-money-or-keep-it/984955)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ethical-question-split-the-money-or-keep-it/984955 "2023-06-06T15:14:17Z")
About 60 years ago, my older brother started a collection. The items were worthless at the time. It was just a fun thing to do. I was about 9 years old and he was about 13. After collecting 8 or 10 items, he lost int… --- ## [Johnny Bravo quits his job \[trigger warnings: long, melancholy, sanctimonious\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravo-quits-his-job-trigger-warnings-long-melancholy-sanctimonious/982715)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-bravo-quits-his-job-trigger-warnings-long-melancholy-sanctimonious/982715 "2023-06-06T00:46:22Z")
I quit my job a while ago. For a very long time - almost as long as I’ve been a member of these boards - I’ve been a teacher in programs for at-risk kids. I’ve spent my entire professional career desperately trying to m… --- ## [No! I don't need a bath!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-need-a-bath/984996)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-dont-need-a-bath/984996 "2023-06-06T00:10:29Z")
There’s a trope about the battles that parents have trying to get their kids to take a bath. Not babies and toddlers, who understandably may have a fear of what is to them deep water. Older children who love to go swimmi… --- ## [AWWW! How Cute! Widdlle Biddy Panzer Units!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-how-cute-widdlle-biddy-panzer-units/985007)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-how-cute-widdlle-biddy-panzer-units/985007 "2023-06-05T17:06:03Z")
The Cold War was utter surreal, & we were all quite Mad. Commie Boys Scouts in Twee Tanks! WHEE! --- ## [“I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.” AI “kills” human operator in simulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-sorry-dave-i-can-t-do-that-ai-kills-human-operator-in-simulation/984899)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-sorry-dave-i-can-t-do-that-ai-kills-human-operator-in-simulation/984899 "2023-06-05T14:22:27Z")
Just read this story about an AI that went rogue. It was being “trained” to destroy a mock SAM unit. The better it got at destroying the SAM, the stronger its mission to destroy the SAM. Then as a test, the operator is… --- ## [(Old) Firin' up the grill in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-firin-up-the-grill-in-the-mmp/984734)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-firin-up-the-grill-in-the-mmp/984734 "2023-06-05T06:34:08Z")
Today being the unofficial start of summer according to all the local news folk, let’s talk cook-outs. As a kid, I loved when we cooked out, but then all I had to do was help carry stuff from the kitchen to the deck, the… --- ## [Random “Unartistic” Images](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-unartistic-images/984940)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-unartistic-images/984940 "2023-06-05T03:18:09Z")
This thread made me laugh. But it’s pretty random. --- ## [On December 7th 1941, an airplane took The Long Way Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-december-7th-1941-an-airplane-took-the-long-way-home/985006)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-december-7th-1941-an-airplane-took-the-long-way-home/985006 "2023-06-05T02:13:54Z")
Around the World. Unplanned & Unprepared. It would be a hellava Indiana Jone film, but it was real. THE LONG WAY HOME, 1941 --- ## [Funny Quotes and Anecdotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-quotes-and-anecdotes/984670)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-quotes-and-anecdotes/984670 "2023-06-04T23:58:07Z")
Just for fun. As everyone probably knows, I love cephalopods. Oh, and I hate surprise birthday parties. So last night my husband was teasing me about the worst thing ever, surprise birthday parties, and I said, “I gue… --- ## [Neanderthal Chemical Engineering, of sorts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neanderthal-chemical-engineering-of-sorts/984989)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neanderthal-chemical-engineering-of-sorts/984989 "2023-06-04T21:25:21Z")
A limited form of chemistry on Tar seems to have been practiced. --- ## [Spies die in mysterious boat accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spies-die-in-mysterious-boat-accident/984951)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spies-die-in-mysterious-boat-accident/984951 "2023-06-04T15:01:09Z")
This really does sound like something from a spy novel. Maybe it was an innocent pleasure trip that caught bad weather, but the whole thing is weird. --- ## [Free electricity from air](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-air/984556)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-electricity-from-air/984556 "2023-06-04T04:45:20Z")
Some scientists claim they can harvest electricity from humid air: The idea is to have a material that has zillions of nano-pores of less than 100 nm across. The article doesn’t say it, but one side of the material ne… --- ## [Help us name our 3rd kitten!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-name-our-3rd-kitten/409027 "2023-06-04T00:20:48Z")
Photos of the new kittens are forthcoming(my wife is picking them up now). Anyway, we named two of our cats Kaylee and Inara. I know, it’s not that original with Dopers, but none of our family knows the origins of the n… --- ## [And “You” Are Feeling Old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-are-feeling-old/984779)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-are-feeling-old/984779 "2023-06-03T20:52:47Z")
I enjoyed this thread of the oldest known examples of things like socks, sunglasses, shoes and sculpture. I don’t know how accuracy they dates are on this collection of random items. --- ## [Oldest person with a living parent/grandparent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-person-with-a-living-parent-grandparent/621891)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-person-with-a-living-parent-grandparent/621891 "2023-06-03T19:19:32Z")
This might sink like a rock, having had longevity threads recently, but. . . Who’s the oldest person you’ve known with a living parent or grandparent? I’ll start (“yo” is my shorthand for “year(s) old”): My 79yo grand… --- ## [Livejournal, Russia, and time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livejournal-russia-and-time/968169)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/livejournal-russia-and-time/968169 "2023-06-03T16:46:07Z")
So… after many many years since I last noticed/bothered with my old livejournal account I get an email from them out of the blue. It is, indeed, from livejournal. Even so, I was suspicious. When I went to look for liv… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=157)