# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=161 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 162 --- ## [Man was masturbating at the beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-was-masturbating-at-the-beach/983438)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-was-masturbating-at-the-beach/983438 "2023-05-04T16:15:06Z")
Went rock hunting at a local beach today and noticed a guy sitting a ways down on a log. Didn’t think much of it even though he was watching me because people like to sit at the beach and people watch. But I kept it in t… --- ## [Cute kid interaction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-interaction/983413)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-interaction/983413 "2023-05-04T01:51:31Z")
Stopped at McDonald’s for a quick lunch yesterday. Sat down at one of the tables that shares a long bench with other tables, once of which has some sort of light up colored grid on it. Older than me (pretty sure) gentle… --- ## [Life is a short journey. Live it. Collect memories, not material things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-short-journey-live-it-collect-memories-not-material-things/983173)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-short-journey-live-it-collect-memories-not-material-things/983173 "2023-05-03T22:12:24Z")
I saw this video clip on Facebook. Thought I’d share it here: Life is a short journey. Live it! Collect memories, not material things. ➜ Lee Wilkins on Reels | (This URL redirects to a Facebook video. It is safe to c… --- ## [Any sundial fans here? Any members of NASS or any sundial club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sundial-fans-here-any-members-of-nass-or-any-sundial-club/939882)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sundial-fans-here-any-members-of-nass-or-any-sundial-club/939882 "2023-05-03T16:05:35Z")
It’s been a few years since we had a substantive thread on sundials. I’ve always found them fascinating and last year I discovered NASS, the North American Sundial Society. After poking around there a few months, I joine… --- ## [The True Menace™ To Society!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-menace-to-society/983439)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-menace-to-society/983439 "2023-05-03T13:26:17Z")
I KNOW THE TRUTH! Some say it’s the illegal aliens who are the Menace. A LIE! Others says it’s the Billionaires evading taxes. MERE JIBBER-JABBER! The truth is : It’s the blasted Organ Grinders! … --- ## [Green Eggs and Ham: A Reading Exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-eggs-and-ham-a-reading-exercise/983296)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-eggs-and-ham-a-reading-exercise/983296 "2023-05-03T13:23:12Z")
I’d been out of the womb perhaps fifteen minutes, still focusing my eyes, wondering what school, I was going to, and wishing for a cup of coffee… when Mom decided to go into education. Not right AWAY, of course; there wa… --- ## [Women Incandescently Angry Over Alimony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-incandescently-angry-over-alimony/983391)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-incandescently-angry-over-alimony/983391 "2023-05-03T00:19:19Z")
“I often look in the mirror and wonder whether this whole feminism thing backfired on me.” The typical narrative around child support and alimony is that, for better or worse, husbands pay it to their ex-wives. But the… --- ## ['At Time The Dragon Got In The Back Yard (An Exercise In Sentence Construction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-time-the-dragon-got-in-the-back-yard-an-exercise-in-sentence-construction/983441)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-time-the-dragon-got-in-the-back-yard-an-exercise-in-sentence-construction/983441 "2023-05-02T18:45:45Z")
Waaaal, there was that one time ‘at dragon got into the back yard because the neighbor won’t stop leaving meat scraps in the damn garbage, and then he climbed the fence and saw the cat, miracle he didn’t wreck the fence,… --- ## [What have you memorized, intentionally or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-memorized-intentionally-or-not/982972)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-memorized-intentionally-or-not/982972 "2023-05-02T16:43:18Z")
Here is the most mundane and miscellaneous and pointless and personal of questions: what things have you committed to memory, whether on purpose or just by happenstance? Possibilities include: Songs Poems Parts of play… --- ## [The Brag-On-Your-Kids Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brag-on-your-kids-thread/32151)
**Author:** [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brag-on-your-kids-thread/32151 "2023-05-02T15:26:54Z")
Got great kids in your life? Your own kids, someone else’s kids? Grown kids or infants? Doesn’t matter. Share their wonderfulness here. I’ll start: My daughter got home from preschool just a few minutes after I got home… --- ## [TIL: Older Laptops Hate Janet Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-older-laptops-hate-janet-jackson/983436)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-older-laptops-hate-janet-jackson/983436 "2023-05-02T11:40:26Z")
Apparently Janet’s song Rhythm Nation emits a frequency that for a popular brand of Hard Drives from 15+ years ago, would disrupt the arm and disk which would crash the laptop. No point to this; I just thought it was fun… --- ## [I'm Starting an Online Malagasy Course Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-an-online-malagasy-course-today/982788)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-starting-an-online-malagasy-course-today/982788 "2023-05-02T08:09:07Z")
I’ve been interested, on-and-off, in the Austronesian languages for the past 25 years. I started learning bahasa Indonesia in the late 90s with a conversation guide that my then-girlfriend’s brother offered me after his… --- ## [When do you expect the first snow of the season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-expect-the-first-snow-of-the-season/973848)
**Author:** [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-expect-the-first-snow-of-the-season/973848 "2023-05-01T23:52:36Z")
Tell us when you expect the first snowfall of the season and when you expect the last snowfall. Date or week/month. I moved to Sierra Vista in May, so I have nothing to compare to. But according to Wikipedia, average is… --- ## [Slow Living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-living/983432)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-living/983432 "2023-05-01T22:21:07Z")
I first encountered the term ‘slow living’ only after having spent some years trying to cultivate this way of life. Slow living to me means living one’s life as consciously as possible. Our environment and culture promot… --- ## [Work-from-homers, retirees, etc., what are your signs that you need to shape up and get out more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-from-homers-retirees-etc-what-are-your-signs-that-you-need-to-shape-up-and-get-out-more/983283)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-from-homers-retirees-etc-what-are-your-signs-that-you-need-to-shape-up-and-get-out-more/983283 "2023-05-01T17:19:55Z")
Been working from home for over 3 years now since the lockdown began. These days, other than a weekly or so trip to shop and run errands, I hardly go out much at all. Haircuts went from every 6 weeks or so to every 6 mo… --- ## [It's been WEEKS since there's been a colonoscopy thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-weeks-since-theres-been-a-colonoscopy-thread/980963)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-weeks-since-theres-been-a-colonoscopy-thread/980963 "2023-05-01T17:05:55Z")
I’ve got my ninth one coming up on Monday. Oh joy. Well, since I’m one of those whose life was saved by a timely screening procedure quite a while back, let’s just say that it may not be fun, but it beats the alternativ… --- ## [Flat on one's back: recuperating stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-on-ones-back-recuperating-stories/983230)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-on-ones-back-recuperating-stories/983230 "2023-05-01T14:52:47Z")
So I had prostate surgery, and apparently I have since been spending too much time sitting in front of my computer, contributing to pain and bleeding. I am now told minimal chair time until I heal more. Thus the tedium o… --- ## [The Perfect Commute!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925 "2023-05-01T14:04:13Z")
My commute to work is 20 miles but, because I leave at 5:30 am and am going away from the city, it is usually pretty good, but it has never been PERFECT until this morning. From the time I pulled out onto my residential… --- ## [Foot-strut distinction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-strut-distinction/983410)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-strut-distinction/983410 "2023-05-01T09:24:44Z")
Research on the distinction or lack of between the vowel sounds in foot and strut in northern English. Looks interesting, although I see it’s based on a sample of just 141 speakers. I think I’ve noticed the absence of th… --- ## [(OLD) The Dessert MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-dessert-mmp/983106 "2023-05-01T08:47:58Z")
There’s been too much sad of late in the MMP, so let’s do something we all can agree on - DESSERTS! Everybody loves desserts! I’ll tolerate no argument on this topic!! :grin: What’s your favorite? Or favorites? Feel fr… --- ## [Novel uses of AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novel-uses-of-ai/983394)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novel-uses-of-ai/983394 "2023-05-01T02:55:04Z")
I’d like to start a thread featuring novel uses of AI. Sure, a lot of these are pure hype (and will turn out to have no popsicles). No doubt there will be thousands of these alleged applications, so you might as well … --- ## [The Ultimate Pick-Me-Up thread, part the 3rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-pick-me-up-thread-part-the-3rd/983324)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-pick-me-up-thread-part-the-3rd/983324 "2023-04-30T22:57:46Z")
Back in the early days of the Dope, I was having one particularly bad day and I asked for people to help me cheer up with hugs, jokes, letting me know I was in their thoughts. It was actually fairly popular: I’d actu… --- ## [The Urinator In Darkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-urinator-in-darkness/983346)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-urinator-in-darkness/983346 "2023-04-30T20:46:43Z")
“It’s when you get up to pee,” said Berni. “All right,” I said, sipping my coffee. It was Saturday morning, and I wasn’t completely awake yet; Berni had been up for a while, though, and she had something important to te… --- ## [My wife is banned from Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-banned-from-facebook/983223)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-is-banned-from-facebook/983223 "2023-04-30T20:35:38Z")
She was reading her feed as usual one day last week and there was an item that it was international banana day. Since she was planning on bananes flambées for desert, she added a comment that she was about to flame a fe… --- ## [Fabricating the "impossible" rocket engines at NASA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabricating-the-impossible-rocket-engines-at-nasa/983383)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabricating-the-impossible-rocket-engines-at-nasa/983383 "2023-04-30T20:13:34Z")
I have tried to explain several times over the years how the Rocket Engine Test Facility at NASA Lewis developed the electroplated-to-solid combustion chambers. Here is a YouTube video about the process: NASA's clever … --- ## [Has it ever occurred to you how insane elementary school gym class was?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-ever-occurred-to-you-how-insane-elementary-school-gym-class-was/983246)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-it-ever-occurred-to-you-how-insane-elementary-school-gym-class-was/983246 "2023-04-30T15:39:19Z")
Two semi-organized sports, dodgeball and kickball, where you get people out by hitting them with a big red rubber ball. Climbing the cargo net and the rope from the floor to the ceiling with only a couple of mats betwee… --- ## [I'm So Uncertain If Posting Helps/Hurts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-uncertain-if-posting-helps-hurts/983227)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-uncertain-if-posting-helps-hurts/983227 "2023-04-30T05:53:29Z")
Dealing with tragedy. I’ve been so uncertain with everything. I can’t seem to even type it. I’m in panic as I type. Self-conscious of typing this (and why I can’t post a YouTube song). And I also wonder if it doesn’t ba… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad, I can die in peace now \[Cecil spoke to me\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-i-can-die-in-peace-now-cecil-spoke-to-me/983289)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-i-can-die-in-peace-now-cecil-spoke-to-me/983289 "2023-04-30T05:23:47Z")
Aaaaaccckkk!!! @Cecil\_Adams, the perfect master, the world’s smartest person. The influencer of my life (and others) spoke to me. Personally. I’m dying. :saluting\_face: --- ## [Dickie Berg! And from Dildo, no less!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dickie-berg-and-from-dildo-no-less/983331)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dickie-berg-and-from-dildo-no-less/983331 "2023-04-29T20:50:40Z")
--- ## [I think I have ED and Peyronies Disease. I'm going to the doctor. What can I expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-ed-and-peyronies-disease-im-going-to-the-doctor-what-can-i-expect/981932)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-ed-and-peyronies-disease-im-going-to-the-doctor-what-can-i-expect/981932 "2023-04-29T01:51:19Z")
That’s pretty much the question. I have symptoms of the aforementioned conditions. I have an appointment with my primary care physician in about three weeks. It will be uncomfortable, but I will discuss these symptoms… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=162)