# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=176 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 177 --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck spills her guts. Time for some truths to be told. Yeah, it's time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-spills-her-guts-time-for-some-truths-to-be-told-yeah-its-time/978374)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-spills-her-guts-time-for-some-truths-to-be-told-yeah-its-time/978374 "2023-01-21T22:34:28Z")
I feel like I’ve misrepresented myself on the Dope, I didn’t mean to. It just came out that way. I think you guys think I’m this blond, tall, good looking woman. I’m not. I’m blond, veering on grey. I’m tall. That’s a… --- ## [Crocodile mummies removed from previously undisturbed tomb (I'm sure everything will be fine)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-mummies-removed-from-previously-undisturbed-tomb-im-sure-everything-will-be-fine/978527)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-mummies-removed-from-previously-undisturbed-tomb-im-sure-everything-will-be-fine/978527 "2023-01-21T19:53:11Z")
At least five large crocodile mummies plus a few heads were discovered in a tomb in Egypt. Did the researchers quickly seal the tomb and run the other way? No, they removed the mummies for study. It’s like these people h… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad CNA Ivy might own a cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-cna-ivy-might-own-a-cat/978495)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-cna-ivy-might-own-a-cat/978495 "2023-01-21T16:47:03Z")
She’s been at my house since before Thanksgiving. Being a general General and keeping me alive. Her house is in the same town where I have dialysis. She’s having it worked on while she’s out of there. So we go often and… --- ## [Thoughts on tip percentages rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-tip-percentages-rising/978214)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-tip-percentages-rising/978214 "2023-01-21T11:13:35Z")
I’m pretty sure that when I was a yout back in the 1960s, a 15% restaurant tip was considered generous. 10% was, I believe, the norm. Am I remembering this correctly? Nowadays, though, 15% is considered sub-par, with 20… --- ## [Common words that used to have other meanings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-words-that-used-to-have-other-meanings/977656)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-words-that-used-to-have-other-meanings/977656 "2023-01-21T08:59:10Z")
I thought it would be interesting to bring up some words that used to have meanings that they don’t have in modern usage. Here I don’t mean big million-dollar words like “ejaculate” (which used to be used in literature m… --- ## [Continuing discussion of SpaceX launches \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-discussion-of-spacex-launches-edited-title/741048)
**Author:** [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Replies:** 1238\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-discussion-of-spacex-launches-edited-title/741048 "2023-01-20T23:56:28Z")
We’ve had a few lively and informative threads around here about SpaceX, reusable rockets, and other developments in spaceflight, so I’d thought I’d let y’all know that a significant SpaceX launch is coming up. Today, D… --- ## [Ever been in a rumble (street fight)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-in-a-rumble-street-fight/978366)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-in-a-rumble-street-fight/978366 "2023-01-20T13:12:31Z")
In my youth (late 60s, early 70s) there was frequent talk of “rumbles” being planned and my friends and I were confident that at some point we would be in one. Never happened. Did you ever participate (or witness first … --- ## [Are 'New Years' Cards now a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-years-cards-now-a-thing/978316)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-years-cards-now-a-thing/978316 "2023-01-20T07:31:02Z")
It’s been a happy holiday season here at the Casa de Tripler, but I think I missed a memo or something. . . In the run-up to the holidays, my significant other (SIGO) and I dutifully assembled pictures of us and our pet… --- ## [Now that a Tesla is marked down $15K, would you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-a-tesla-is-marked-down-15k-would-you-do-it/978239)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-a-tesla-is-marked-down-15k-would-you-do-it/978239 "2023-01-19T21:44:27Z")
So, Tesla just made major price cuts and they’re eligible for the tax credit again (and they’re available for delivery in a month). I really want an EV, but I can’t STAND Elmo, and I’m fully aware of Tesla’s build quali… --- ## [Help me debunk a claim made by my conspiracy theorist friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-debunk-a-claim-made-by-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend/978171)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-debunk-a-claim-made-by-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend/978171 "2023-01-19T09:26:11Z")
He made a FB post that there’s been a “sudden increase” in cardiac arrests for young athletes, and that it’s “probably due to the Covid vaccine.” I told him that there are many scholarly articles - going back decades -… --- ## [Tell us about a product that you were pleasantly surprised by its usefulness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-a-product-that-you-were-pleasantly-surprised-by-its-usefulness/971838)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-a-product-that-you-were-pleasantly-surprised-by-its-usefulness/971838 "2023-01-19T01:48:22Z")
Mine is my robot vacuum. I was on the fence about getting it, usure about how well it would work, and very doubtful that it would be worth the money. I was dead wrong. It is the coolest thing since sliced salami. My hou… --- ## [Question re MS Authenticator app and how to use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-ms-authenticator-app-and-how-to-use/978364)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-ms-authenticator-app-and-how-to-use/978364 "2023-01-18T23:27:19Z")
I have MS Authenticator on my phone, necessitated by a website that doesn’t seem to offer any other options for 2FA. I’ve been using it for more than a year and still have not quite figured out the smoothest way to use i… --- ## [Why is searching on Amazon so shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-searching-on-amazon-so-shit/978185)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-searching-on-amazon-so-shit/978185 "2023-01-18T19:52:24Z")
I was looking for a midi skirt with pockets on Amazon. That’s a search with three parts: it must be a skirt, it must be mid length, and it must have pockets. There were 60 garments returned from this search, and how many… --- ## [I'm aware I have a low-wisdom mind, but don't know how to change it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-aware-i-have-a-low-wisdom-mind-but-dont-know-how-to-change-it/978116)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-aware-i-have-a-low-wisdom-mind-but-dont-know-how-to-change-it/978116 "2023-01-18T18:53:26Z")
Kind of a self-Pitting, but not in the Pit. So - the past few years, age 31-34, I’ve finally pinpointed the problem that’s been plaguing me my whole life - namely that I am high-IQ but low-wisdom, and my decisions are o… --- ## [Miss Ukraine appears at 2023 Miss Universe in an angelic warrior costume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-ukraine-appears-at-2023-miss-universe-in-an-angelic-warrior-costume/978237)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-ukraine-appears-at-2023-miss-universe-in-an-angelic-warrior-costume/978237 "2023-01-18T02:55:37Z")
This brings a tear to my eyes whenever I read or watch it: https://www.google.com/search?q=miss+ukraine&oq=miss&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i60j69i61j69i60.1708j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Miss Ukraine, Viktoriia Apanas… --- ## [Dropping turkeys from a helicopter? Thailand says "Hold my beer!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-turkeys-from-a-helicopter-thailand-says-hold-my-beer/978346)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropping-turkeys-from-a-helicopter-thailand-says-hold-my-beer/978346 "2023-01-18T00:02:25Z")
Thailand: Helicopter dropping sweets destroys stadium | Metro News They were supposed to drop sweets over a stadium from a helicopter to celebrate “National Children’s Day” . The downdraft destroyed a section of the ro… --- ## [Sex Roles in other Animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-roles-in-other-animals/977848)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-roles-in-other-animals/977848 "2023-01-17T18:28:35Z")
I’ve always been bugged by lionesses in prides doing all the hunting, and the males muscling in on dinner without having done a lick of work. Lioness Lib!!! --- ## [Truffle Hunters Poison Each Other's Dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truffle-hunters-poison-each-others-dogs/978318)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truffle-hunters-poison-each-others-dogs/978318 "2023-01-16T18:24:40Z")
Apparently a bunch of papers are doing this story right now, including: But this is not new, here is a story from a quarter-century ago saying the same thing: But I don’t understand this. If the goal is to eliminat… --- ## [Secrets from pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-from-pets/976942)
**Author:** [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-from-pets/976942 "2023-01-15T16:58:33Z")
So a few years ago, my wife received a modest inheritance, and she used it to buy a small vacation house. It’s about an 11 hour drive from our home, and she will use it several times a year, and I will go once or twice a… --- ## [Rewarding father/daughter activities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewarding-father-daughter-activities/978112)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewarding-father-daughter-activities/978112 "2023-01-14T23:58:56Z")
I have a 12 year old girl who loves to read (particularly Warriors or Wings of Fire- think Game of Thrones for anthropomorphized cats or dragons), loves actual dogs and cats, drawing, downhill skiing, and watching YouTub… --- ## [My story: a very frank and personal introduction \[long\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-story-a-very-frank-and-personal-introduction-long/978102)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-story-a-very-frank-and-personal-introduction-long/978102 "2023-01-14T15:47:21Z")
I keep meaning to out myself and tell my story here. I’ve just been waiting for the right time. The reason I think it’s worth telling here, on the SDMB, is just how damned often somebody’s started a thread or posted a … --- ## [I donated $50 to Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-donated-50-to-wikipedia/978196)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-donated-50-to-wikipedia/978196 "2023-01-14T15:32:20Z")
Wiki lets someone follow links and investigate sources as far as you want. I like SD for the same reason. I would donate to SD if I knew how. I hope SD also get some $$ from advertising. --- ## [Anyone else work in a "ghost town"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-work-in-a-ghost-town/978130)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-work-in-a-ghost-town/978130 "2023-01-13T23:05:39Z")
I’ve been working in the office for the past few months. This morning it just struck me how weird it is to inhabit a space that was designed for so many more people than use it. I counted - we have 25 offices and 31 cu… --- ## [Appalling news article: 8 teen girls charged with 2nd-degree murder in swarming death of man in Toronto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-news-article-8-teen-girls-charged-with-2nd-degree-murder-in-swarming-death-of-man-in-toronto/976870)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appalling-news-article-8-teen-girls-charged-with-2nd-degree-murder-in-swarming-death-of-man-in-toronto/976870 "2023-01-13T19:10:31Z")
I get it, murders happen, but this just stuns me. In Toronto late Saturday/early Sunday, three 13 yr old girls, three 14 yr old girls, and two 16 girls, swarmed and killed a 59 yr old man in downtown Toronto. Apparently… --- ## [I'm an idiot, or bugs you've created](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-idiot-or-bugs-youve-created/977995)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-idiot-or-bugs-youve-created/977995 "2023-01-13T13:37:29Z")
I made some changes to a script filtering a 29 million row file of summary statistics for genetic variants to remove all variants close to one of a few hundred known variants. The changes required replacing a for loop w… --- ## [Workplace rant: I spend a lot more time doing unnecessary "admin" work vs. 25 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-rant-i-spend-a-lot-more-time-doing-unnecessary-admin-work-vs-25-years-ago/978007)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-rant-i-spend-a-lot-more-time-doing-unnecessary-admin-work-vs-25-years-ago/978007 "2023-01-13T01:23:48Z")
I’m an engineer. I’m supposed to do technical work. But I also have to do “admin work,” i.e. busywork/paperwork that has nothing to do with the technical work I am supposed to be doing. When I first started back in the … --- ## [Rescue dog ran away, back 11 days later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-dog-ran-away-back-11-days-later/977650)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rescue-dog-ran-away-back-11-days-later/977650 "2023-01-13T00:59:31Z")
Our little rescue, Lucas, ran away the day after we got him (slipped his collar) and came back that night. He’s definitely spooky and scared, but sweet and gentle. That was 6 weeks ago. Christmas eve morning he bolted… --- ## [Vicious Canadians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicious-canadians/977887)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicious-canadians/977887 "2023-01-12T19:35:13Z")
I came across this article, about the ruthlessness of Canadians toward the Germans in the First World War. In one particularly cruel episode, Canadians even exploited the trust of Germans who had apparently become accu… --- ## [Pope Emeritus Benedict passes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-emeritus-benedict-passes-away/977408)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-emeritus-benedict-passes-away/977408 "2023-01-12T13:12:22Z")
RIP. Fun fact, he was Pope Emeritus longer than he was the actual pope. --- ## [If everyone was an animal could society still function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everyone-was-an-animal-could-society-still-function/977514)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-everyone-was-an-animal-could-society-still-function/977514 "2023-01-11T19:27:36Z")
A bit of a twist on the classic ‘if you had to be an animal which one would it be?’ question. Anyway Gaia has finally had enough of humanities shenanigans and decides to turn every human into an animal, but being surpri… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=175) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=177)