# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=18 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 19 --- ## [Any threads for retired folks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-threads-for-retired-folks/1029603)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-threads-for-retired-folks/1029603 "2026-04-30T21:15:22Z")
Not seeing it, so here we go. Many of the folks on the SDMB are older. So this is for us, or anyone that wants to ask. Myself, retired in December after 33 years at the last job. But I was working since I was 11yo. I’m… --- ## [Karma, karma, karma -- big game hunter trampled by elephants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-karma-karma-big-game-hunter-trampled-by-elephants/1029565)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-karma-karma-big-game-hunter-trampled-by-elephants/1029565 "2026-04-30T19:26:27Z")
A big game hunter from California dies when he’s trampled by elephants. --- ## [Why do my glasses get so dirty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-glasses-get-so-dirty/1028047)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-glasses-get-so-dirty/1028047 "2026-04-30T13:48:41Z")
I suspect many here wear glasses and have experienced this. You clean them in the morning, put them on your face and some hours later they are gunked up. Maybe not badly, but noticeably (I am particularly sensitive to … --- ## [Elon Musk sues OpenAI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-sues-openai/1029640)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-sues-openai/1029640 "2026-04-30T13:00:37Z")
This is a big deal as both sides are backed by huge amounts of cash and the stakes are considerable. I have no doubt that Musk is suing them out of malice and vengeance since they’re a major competitor and former partne… --- ## [Bad bad bad Belly of the Beast! (Medical scans)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-belly-of-the-beast-medical-scans/1029650 "2026-04-30T05:54:02Z")
Ol’ Beck is slid into a tube. Untold powers zapped into her broken, scrawny body again. I swear when I die..if you exhume me 10years in the future, I’ll be glowing in the dark. Really how much of this crap can a body t… --- ## [AI deletes company's entire database](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-deletes-companys-entire-database/1029636)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-deletes-companys-entire-database/1029636 "2026-04-30T01:56:50Z")
What a shame. :slightly\_smiling\_face: PocketOS, which provides software for car rental businesses, suffered a massive outage over the weekend after the autonomous artificial intelligence tool wiped the database and all… --- ## [Things you have more than one of, just because you like them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-more-than-one-of-just-because-you-like-them/1029466)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-more-than-one-of-just-because-you-like-them/1029466 "2026-04-29T16:18:31Z")
… Even though you probably only need the one. For me it’s sunglasses. My wife would say I have an obsession. I have sunglasses out the wazoo but sometimes when I see a cool pair, I just have to have them. Pocket knives… --- ## [I hate my roommates!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-roommates/1029563)
**Author:** [@kaade199](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaade199)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-roommates/1029563 "2026-04-29T00:29:42Z")
all my roommates do is SIT on their ASSES and EAT and FLIRT WITH eachother i CANT STAND IT !!! and ONE OF THEM keeps putting RANDOM SHIT IN MY ROOM!!! MY ROOM! --- ## [Religious mode and scientific mode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-mode-and-scientific-mode/1029345)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-mode-and-scientific-mode/1029345 "2026-04-28T21:32:39Z")
I think it’s even more complicated than that: I think it’s even possible to have the trait, but still to think that any particular expression of it is, in the scientific mode, hogwash. Cite: the inside of my own head. … --- ## [Rosasharn come home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosasharn-come-home/1029600)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosasharn-come-home/1029600 "2026-04-28T19:56:32Z")
Here’s the story.. A couple weeks or so we had a hobo dog show up on the place. Looking for a hand out. She certainly got one. Ate all the garage cats food. Ate and grazed around the burn pit, was working on whatever’… --- ## [Do you see rising family friction between siblings that have children and those who don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-rising-family-friction-between-siblings-that-have-children-and-those-who-dont/1029598)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-rising-family-friction-between-siblings-that-have-children-and-those-who-dont/1029598 "2026-04-28T13:09:53Z")
I’ve run across several cases in just the past two weeks, and I wonder if it’s a growing trend. In brief, the sibling who haven’t (yet?) had children are feeling resentful that it seems their parents regard the siblings… --- ## [Why have you chosen to stick with internet forums over modern social media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-you-chosen-to-stick-with-internet-forums-over-modern-social-media/969066)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-you-chosen-to-stick-with-internet-forums-over-modern-social-media/969066 "2026-04-28T03:56:21Z")
For the last few years or so, I have become more and more fascinated with forums. I’m 19, so for me, internet forums are not really something that I have grown up with. But over time I have basically given up traditional… --- ## [The what’s out of the bag?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-s-out-of-the-bag/1029590)
**Author:** [@kaade199](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaade199)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-what-s-out-of-the-bag/1029590 "2026-04-27T08:20:42Z")
Well … someone figured it out. My roommates post was about my two cats. :slight\_smile: --- ## [How much increase in air travel costs since the 2026 Iran War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-increase-in-air-travel-costs-since-the-2026-iran-war/1029605)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-increase-in-air-travel-costs-since-the-2026-iran-war/1029605 "2026-04-28T02:19:12Z")
We have discussed gas prices for automobile use, general bent crude and gasoline prices, and other transportation increases in several threads for the post Iran-Strikes World. Especially for USA posters, we have been so… --- ## [The non-disappearing nail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-disappearing-nail/1029589)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-disappearing-nail/1029589 "2026-04-27T10:31:43Z")
I’m posting this here instead of in the original thread because it’s off-topic. From a post by @Railer13 in the Trump Is Dying thread: I was curious about this, so I bought a 20-ounce bottle of Pepsi, poured it into a… --- ## [(Old) Stone Cold Vacation A 4/20 MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-stone-cold-vacation-a-4-20-mmp/1029417)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-stone-cold-vacation-a-4-20-mmp/1029417 "2026-04-27T02:17:58Z")
It’s 4/20 so leave some milk and cookies out for Willie. It’s midnight, I’m on vacation, and hijack away. --- ## [My cat is 17 years old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-17-years-old/1000937)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-17-years-old/1000937 "2026-04-26T13:41:49Z")
Fairly early in the morning of April 30, 2007, I went outside to check on a feral momma cat. My next door neighbors and I had been putting out food and water for her, as she was bulgy with kittens to be. This morning… --- ## [A lifelong Hawaii resident gets snippy about the Merrie Monarch Festival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lifelong-hawaii-resident-gets-snippy-about-the-merrie-monarch-festival/1029378)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lifelong-hawaii-resident-gets-snippy-about-the-merrie-monarch-festival/1029378 "2026-04-26T11:17:58Z")
This ended a week ago, but with a total runtime a shade over fifteen hours, I’m not going to be done with it anytime soon. The Merrie Monarch Festival is a big three-day hula shindig that happens in Hilo, a sleepy big is… --- ## [Bee-keep-tress Beck wants to know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-keep-tress-beck-wants-to-know/1029537)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bee-keep-tress-beck-wants-to-know/1029537 "2026-04-26T05:29:23Z")
Ok. I’m not a beekeeper. I thought about it a few years ago. Being the lazy ass I am, I decided too much work for something I could barely have a taste of. I am not the salesperson type enough to go into a little side h… --- ## [My Weird Commercial crushes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439)
**Author:** [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-weird-commercial-crushes/1029439 "2026-04-25T20:22:21Z")
Over the years I have developed weird crushes on actresses in commercials. At one point I was devoted to Flo from Progressive (Stephanie Courtney), which has waned a bit as she has matured, but I am delighted that she s… --- ## [What is this shower for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-shower-for/1029472)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-shower-for/1029472 "2026-04-25T18:50:56Z")
I like to browse through real estate listings and look at the pictures of houses that are for sale. I just saw this one. This appears to be an open shower stall next to a… --- ## [University of Maryland scientists have created a fart-tracking device. Any volunteers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-maryland-scientists-have-created-a-fart-tracking-device-any-volunteers/1029485)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-maryland-scientists-have-created-a-fart-tracking-device-any-volunteers/1029485 "2026-04-25T17:22:30Z")
The title pretty well says it all. Researchers at U of M have created a 3-D printed device that fits in your underwear and counts the number of farts you release over a period of time. Smart Underwear is able to track… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad: Exit stage...left!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-exit-stage-left/1029523)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-exit-stage-left/1029523 "2026-04-25T07:46:20Z")
Sitting on the deck this morning I heard Son-of-a-wrek squeal like a teenager. Not really alarmed. He often expresses himself, thus. Mid-dau stepped out and said: “Wut!?” I just shook my head. He comes running up the… --- ## [How would we look differently (evolution for 2025 tasks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-look-differently-evolution-for-2025-tasks/1029394)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-look-differently-evolution-for-2025-tasks/1029394 "2026-04-25T02:35:08Z")
Hi there, spin-off from the bi-pedal robotics thread here: there is (at least some) agreement that it does not make sense “copying” the human body (HB) in robotics, as the HB did evolve over 1000s of generation and so… --- ## [My son's experience with ChatGPT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-experience-with-chatgpt/1029538)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-experience-with-chatgpt/1029538 "2026-04-24T23:44:36Z")
My son once published a book on debugging. It contained 50 programs, 10 each in 5 different programming languages, each supposed to contain exactly one bug that student/reader was expected to find. There was a lot of t… --- ## [Why did they drop "Junior High" in favor of "Middle School"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-drop-junior-high-in-favor-of-middle-school/808636 "2026-04-24T17:03:19Z")
A long time ago elementary school was K-8 and high school was 9-12. Then junior high appeared for 7-8 or 6-8 or 7-9 depending on school district. Now it’s middle school for nominally 6-8. YDMV. When did this change ta… --- ## [Fire Alarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms/1029451)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-alarms/1029451 "2026-04-23T18:11:21Z")
We had a visit from our local Fire and Rescue Service yesterday. They checked our fire alarms and found them wanting, so they replaced them with new ones with batteries that will last ten years. The CO alarm in the kitch… --- ## [At 1:45pm (Eastern Daylight Time) I dropped my tax returns into an official US mail box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-1-45pm-eastern-daylight-time-i-dropped-my-tax-returns-into-an-official-us-mail-box/1029247)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-1-45pm-eastern-daylight-time-i-dropped-my-tax-returns-into-an-official-us-mail-box/1029247 "2026-04-23T17:36:29Z")
IOW, almost 60 hours before the deadline! Wahoo! (Any remaining slackers out there I can justly look down upon and sneer?) --- ## [Robot wins Peking Half-marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-wins-peking-half-marathon/1029392)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-wins-peking-half-marathon/1029392 "2026-04-23T03:18:15Z")
faster than any human in 50 min for 21km … - 10 min faster than the fastest human … What is significant: last year the fastest robot took 2hours 40 min (160min) for the same race (need to dump the “—” in the YT link)… --- ## [Crossdressing men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossdressing-men/162639)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crossdressing-men/162639 "2026-04-22T21:26:16Z")
Just wondering how many Doper guys have ever worn women’s clothing (that they will admit to). As a lifestyle choice, for Halloween, theater, or any other reason. I have twice. Both times for Halloween while in college… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=19)