# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=172 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 173 --- ## [Your insomniac/bored/anxious Youtube video choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-insomniac-bored-anxious-youtube-video-choices/979514)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-insomniac-bored-anxious-youtube-video-choices/979514 "2023-02-18T19:50:16Z")
You probably know the feeling. It’s 2am-ish, and you can’t sleep. Or you’re just bored, or a little anxious. Maybe watching a quickie video on YouTube would help settle your brain? Below are my go-to types of YouTube vi… --- ## [Ottawa Dopers, how are you doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-dopers-how-are-you-doing/958960)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ottawa-dopers-how-are-you-doing/958960 "2023-02-18T15:46:22Z")
I’m surprised there isn’t a thread about the truck protest in Ottawa. I hope Ottawa Dopers are doing okay, and daily life isn’t too disrupted. --- ## [.....I love you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-you/979796)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2023, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-you/979796 "2023-02-18T09:37:23Z")
i love you like a thousand candles lit. i love you across the years, the sea, the miles and even the universe of stars. i love you without regard to any other thing i love you with fear of the power it holds Perfectl… --- ## [Do you have cheaper electricity rates at certain times of day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-cheaper-electricity-rates-at-certain-times-of-day/979875)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-cheaper-electricity-rates-at-certain-times-of-day/979875 "2023-02-17T23:29:17Z")
poll I’ve read that in some markets, it’s common for the cost of electricity to vary over the course of the day. In these places, electricity costs less overnight, when usage is off-peak, so as to encourage customers to… --- ## [What's on your nightstand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-nightstand/979891)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-nightstand/979891 "2023-02-17T20:17:28Z")
Since nightstands are in the news, what do you keep on your nightstand? Maybe you don’t even have a nightstand. Do you have a nightstand? I’m tired of typing nightstand. Anyway. Anybody have a framed photo of a dear … --- ## [The 'new' influx of smaller balloons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-influx-of-smaller-balloons/979688)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-influx-of-smaller-balloons/979688 "2023-02-17T20:06:00Z")
My mundane, pointless thing is that these balloons have been flying over US airspace for years. I expect we will find that they will be mostly set adrift by people who want to see how high their balloon can go and get n… --- ## [I asked ChatGPT to write a sonnet to this message board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-chatgpt-to-write-a-sonnet-to-this-message-board/979806)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-asked-chatgpt-to-write-a-sonnet-to-this-message-board/979806 "2023-02-17T19:10:27Z")
It did pretty well. Maybe a little heavy on the wisdom and civility. :slightly\_smiling\_face: Oh Straight Dope Message Board, how do I sing Thy praises in a manner most befitting? For in thee, knowledge and wit both ta… --- ## [Not the smartest thing I did, but I succeeded. Kids, don’t try this at home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-smartest-thing-i-did-but-i-succeeded-kids-don-t-try-this-at-home/979341)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-smartest-thing-i-did-but-i-succeeded-kids-don-t-try-this-at-home/979341 "2023-02-17T05:16:42Z")
I just used these words on an FB post to describe something I did in my 20s. I’m 61 now. And yet here on the dope I used similar words to describe something else I did just last week, when I decided to drive myself to th… --- ## [Amusing little stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-little-stories/979911)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-little-stories/979911 "2023-02-17T01:06:23Z")
This is a dumb little story about myself, I hope you can have a laugh at me and share something amusing that happened to you. Some years ago, pre Trump, I would find myself driving along a road in my town, as one does, … --- ## [Active shooter at MSU February 13, 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-msu-february-13-2023/979750)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-msu-february-13-2023/979750 "2023-02-16T21:29:38Z")
Another mass shooting event in America. --- ## [In general, why is the college "party culture" viewed as negative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-general-why-is-the-college-party-culture-viewed-as-negative/836411)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-general-why-is-the-college-party-culture-viewed-as-negative/836411 "2023-02-16T17:56:03Z")
Is it the inappropriate behaviors that may occur from it? Or is it the illegal aspect of underage drinking? I think it’s a mix of several factors if you ask me. Now, I understand that partying has it’s pros & cons, & ev… --- ## [This week in Sudoku - a Triple, triple, triple solution!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-in-sudoku-a-triple-triple-triple-solution/979718)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-week-in-sudoku-a-triple-triple-triple-solution/979718 "2023-02-16T17:12:17Z")
For almost the last twenty years I have been a Sudoku addict. Even if I look at nothing else in the paper, I have to solve the Sudoku. I have a Sudoku desk calendar. People give me sudoku books, which I rapidly solve all… --- ## [Moldova - Putin’s next target?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moldova-putin-s-next-target/979672)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moldova-putin-s-next-target/979672 "2023-02-16T14:44:55Z")
Here’s the breakaway (ha!) thread on Moldova. It fits with the “Greater Russia” issue, but I thought I’d start a new thread because this might be an issue on its own. I don’t know much at all about Moldova, but looking … --- ## [Suggest a witty reply to a "what are you in for?" remark asked of a litter lifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-witty-reply-to-a-what-are-you-in-for-remark-asked-of-a-litter-lifter/979781)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-witty-reply-to-a-what-are-you-in-for-remark-asked-of-a-litter-lifter/979781 "2023-02-16T13:37:01Z")
I volunteered to pick up trash off the road sides recently. I wear a yellow vest and look just like someone who is doing it for a “community service” sentence. I’d like to hear some witty, but good natured, replies if … --- ## [Hey, I invented that! Bad, bad, bad Beck missed the boat once again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-invented-that-bad-bad-bad-beck-missed-the-boat-once-again/979813)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-invented-that-bad-bad-bad-beck-missed-the-boat-once-again/979813 "2023-02-16T04:15:10Z")
I invented red clay mud dyed clothing. Years of kids swimming in a pond in all manner of clothing. Not just swimsuits. Mostly cut-offs, t-shirts with underclothing still on. All whites turned a lovely color I named ‘Mu… --- ## [Japanese students science project shot down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-students-science-project-shot-down/979723 "2023-02-15T22:43:51Z")
Japanese students from Tirami School were devastated to learn their science project may have been shot down over the US or Canada. The balloon carried 2 hamsters, a guinea pig and a baby stoat. All were doing well and we… --- ## [Chinese restaurant called out for 'problematic' concept](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-restaurant-called-out-for-problematic-concept/979740)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-restaurant-called-out-for-problematic-concept/979740 "2023-02-15T20:55:03Z")
Benjamin Berg lives in Houston, Texas. He is Caucasian/white. He opened a Chinese restaurant and named it “Benny Chows.” Some people find this problematic or offensive. Here’s the story. --- ## [Australian slang question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-slang-question/979752 "2023-02-15T03:22:52Z")
Can anyone tell me what this means? "as far as a weekend up the Goldie goes, I suppose it beats being glassed on the Glitter Strip by some roided up wanker with a Bintang singlet and a schnozz full of goey.” wanker and… --- ## [Trudeau: Warplane shot down object over northern Canada \[2/11/2023\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trudeau-warplane-shot-down-object-over-northern-canada-2-11-2023/979637)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trudeau-warplane-shot-down-object-over-northern-canada-2-11-2023/979637 "2023-02-14T23:52:37Z")
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” –Ian Fleming OTTAWA (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that on his order a U.S. warplane shot down an unidentified object th… --- ## [Do you personally know of any dogs with these names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-personally-know-of-any-dogs-with-these-names/979194 "2023-02-14T21:36:08Z")
When you hear these names you generally think of dogs, but have you ever personally come across any dogs with these names? poll --- ## [Your three biggest future worries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-three-biggest-future-worries/979549)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-three-biggest-future-worries/979549 "2023-02-14T20:17:03Z")
I might have more than just three, but… They can be personal, political, philosophical, peculiar, alliterative. China/Taiwan - Xi Jinping really, really wants Taiwan. I’ve heard grumblings about “total war” by 2026. I … --- ## [Big lottery winner from my home town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lottery-winner-from-my-home-town/979448)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lottery-winner-from-my-home-town/979448 "2023-02-14T18:57:15Z")
The winner of last nights Power Ball drawing bought the winning ticket from the Auburn, Washington Fred Meyer store. That is the same store I bought a $50,000 winning Power Ball ticket 4 years ago. What makes me sad, I n… --- ## [What is something unique about your pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-something-unique-about-your-pet/978593)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-something-unique-about-your-pet/978593 "2023-02-14T18:04:47Z")
Not only something that you’ve never had another pet do but never even heard about someone else’s pat do? I’ll start. My corgi, no matter how awake he is when he hops into bed with me, will fall right asleep when I pla… --- ## [Is there a way to stop Facebook from recommending my friends to other people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-facebook-from-recommending-my-friends-to-other-people/979638)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-facebook-from-recommending-my-friends-to-other-people/979638 "2023-02-14T04:16:44Z")
Having dealt with a stalker situation, I’d prefer to keep my friends list private (and I did set it to hidden.) There was a stalker who was contacting my Facebook friends, asking them questions about me. But I hear peopl… --- ## ['He Gets Us' I cannot find the thread about them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-gets-us-i-cannot-find-the-thread-about-them/979748)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-gets-us-i-cannot-find-the-thread-about-them/979748 "2023-02-14T03:38:13Z")
We’ve had a thread or two wondering just what this group was about and what they were up to. I cannot find those threads. But this article did catch my eye. ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl Ads for Jesus Flagged by Fans Criticizi… --- ## [7.8 Earthquake in Türkiye & Syria 02/06/2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-earthquake-in-turkiye-syria-02-06-2023/979377)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-8-earthquake-in-turkiye-syria-02-06-2023/979377 "2023-02-14T02:51:40Z")
Terrible News Today. I’m hearing some estimates of more than Ten Thousand presumed dead. Several powerful after shocks have also been felt. --- ## [Explain why this stock analysis is bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-this-stock-analysis-is-bad/979181)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-why-this-stock-analysis-is-bad/979181 "2023-02-13T23:05:06Z")
We all know that target prices for stocks are usually worthless. I was looking at a stock today and thought of a way to get a target price. It’s probably not accurate at all but I’m not sure why. Company A and Company… --- ## [Have You (Or Others) Stopped Driving Once COVID Hit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-others-stopped-driving-once-covid-hit/979657)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-others-stopped-driving-once-covid-hit/979657 "2023-02-13T22:21:25Z")
When COVID hit, grocery delivery sounded so appealing, and after a problem with my car, I just order… I haven’t driven in 2 yrs, and don’t miss it one bit. Even worse is being a passenger, where I can see all the drivers… --- ## [Lithium found in India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithium-found-in-india/979634)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithium-found-in-india/979634 "2023-02-13T20:31:27Z")
Of course, it will take a while to develop as a resource, but I’m sure offers of mining development support are already pouring in. According to news sources close to the sites, Lithium… …has the power to not only cha… --- ## [Someone I know got a planet named after them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-i-know-got-a-planet-named-after-them/979708)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-i-know-got-a-planet-named-after-them/979708 "2023-02-13T20:08:49Z")
Just now I was Googling for old friends and acquaintances and discovered that someone I know has had a planet named after him: Back in the early 1990s, Ross Parker and I were active on the BBS scene and members of the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=171) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=173)