# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=302 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 303 --- ## [More bad things antifa has done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bad-things-antifa-has-done/920871)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bad-things-antifa-has-done/920871 "2020-09-20T04:22:49Z")
The other “what’s the worst thing antifa has done” thread is entirely too serious for this news flash. Antifa has evidently caused an impressive car crash that ended with the car halfway up a power pole. A drunk man at… --- ## [Weaving a Tangled Web](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaving-a-tangled-web/921021)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaving-a-tangled-web/921021 "2020-09-20T02:35:57Z")
Lemme set this up: Kayla’s bestie here in SoCal is getting married next May, and Kayla is Maid of Honor (which presents challenges, what with her living in Brooklyn atm, but we’re all pretty confident that she’ll be able… --- ## [Do you consider the SDMB to be "social media?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-sdmb-to-be-social-media/849036)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-the-sdmb-to-be-social-media/849036 "2020-09-19T23:10:49Z")
I was having a discussion with a coworker today about how widespread social media is (meaning FaceBook, Twitter, InstaGram, etc.), especially to the Millennials. My co-worker is an older Generation X-er, and I, as I und… --- ## [Need a one time very small favor from someone who doesn't know me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-one-time-very-small-favor-from-someone-who-doesnt-know-me/920844)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-one-time-very-small-favor-from-someone-who-doesnt-know-me/920844 "2020-09-19T16:07:03Z")
I just need to make sure the facebook link I want to put on my business cards for my very small time side hustle is correct. I want this checked by someone who is not already my facebook friend and with a computer I hav… --- ## [Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. - Oh, shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-died-oh-shit/920964)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-died-oh-shit/920964 "2020-09-19T14:12:36Z")
RGB dead. StG --- ## [US Election workers who are not US citizens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-election-workers-who-are-not-us-citizens/920882)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-election-workers-who-are-not-us-citizens/920882 "2020-09-19T05:27:34Z")
My google-fu is brutally way off right now. I’m just simply trying to find out if a non-US citizen can help with any US electoral work. I’m getting sick and fed up at seeing what’s going on, down there, and yeah yeah I g… --- ## [Rare example of meteorological humor sighted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-example-of-meteorological-humor-sighted/920951)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-example-of-meteorological-humor-sighted/920951 "2020-09-19T00:27:31Z")
Tropical storm Beta formed in the Gulf of Mexico today, and Forecaster Beven’s official National Hurricane Center “400 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2020” storm discussion, reviewing the effect of a “mid-level ridge building to the … --- ## [Rip rbg 1933-2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960 "2020-09-19T00:14:31Z")
Reuters is reporting Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. ETA:CNN reports on it now. --- ## [It's the Great Pumpkin Weigh-off, Charlie Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-weigh-off-charlie-brown/920934)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-great-pumpkin-weigh-off-charlie-brown/920934 "2020-09-18T17:45:15Z")
Because of the Coronavirus, Topsfield, MA has cancelled its annual agricultural Fair for the first time since WWII. It celebrated its 200th anniversary a couple of years ago, and I finally got a chance that year to witne… --- ## [Is this 'Social media launch/scaling' thing a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-social-media-launch-scaling-thing-a-scam/920793)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-social-media-launch-scaling-thing-a-scam/920793 "2020-09-18T12:39:21Z")
Yeah, I know - if you have to ask, yes, it’s a scam. My YT channel is nearing 500k subs and I just received an email from this guy: https://www.youtube.com/user/juanboadella He seems civil enough, but here’s the thing:… --- ## [Teach me how to use Instagram](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-use-instagram/920775)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-how-to-use-instagram/920775 "2020-09-18T07:30:48Z")
I am led to believe that nobody under the age of 40 uses Facebook. Therefore, in attempting to promote my small selection of products, I would do well to open an Instagram account. I know exactly zero about how it works… --- ## [My phone detected network CKDexterHavens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-phone-detected-network-ckdexterhavens/920880)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-phone-detected-network-ckdexterhavens/920880 "2020-09-18T00:43:54Z")
I was driving around for my job and pulled out my phone to make a work-related call. I’m not sure what I pushed, but got a list of available local networks. The first one on the list was CKDexterHavens. Locked, of course… --- ## [Dumb fraud/scam attempt I got this week (bank-related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-fraud-scam-attempt-i-got-this-week-bank-related/918439)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-fraud-scam-attempt-i-got-this-week-bank-related/918439 "2020-09-18T00:33:35Z")
Yesterday morning, I got a push notification directly from my bank’s app, letting me know that I was getting a $200 deposit through Zelle (which my bank uses for direct transfers) and that the funds were expected to be d… --- ## [Who remembers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers/917822)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers/917822 "2020-09-17T13:29:29Z")
10base-2 Ethernet? (I don’t know if this should be in the Game Room or not). --- ## [RIP The Cat With The Loud Purr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-the-cat-with-the-loud-purr/920534)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-the-cat-with-the-loud-purr/920534 "2020-09-17T00:47:34Z")
Two days ago; on my lap; 17 years old; after a long slow illness during most of which, with treatment, she didn’t know she was ill, and a rapid decline in her last couple of weeks. She went gently enough to go at home. S… --- ## [Modding an iPod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modding-an-ipod/919977)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modding-an-ipod/919977 "2020-09-16T21:52:52Z")
I’ve got a iPod Classic and i want to upgrade it. That means installing a solid state drive that will greatly increase its storage capacity, upgrading the battery and installing a new operating system (an open source OS … --- ## [Have you ever run into a FAST eater? (How to deal with socially)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-run-into-a-fast-eater-how-to-deal-with-socially/919978)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-run-into-a-fast-eater-how-to-deal-with-socially/919978 "2020-09-16T18:25:25Z")
So, one of my nieces has a new live-in guy. Yes, despite Covid. It was an on-line relationship that turned into F2F dating just a couple of months before quarantine, and Becky (not real name) later decided four months … --- ## [Prius Prime: any stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-prime-any-stories/835454)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prius-prime-any-stories/835454 "2020-09-16T14:24:12Z")
While it sounds like a Transformer, with rebates and our driving patterns, this car might be good for us. Anyone here with experience and stories? --- ## [Non-Restaurant Tipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-restaurant-tipping/27744)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-restaurant-tipping/27744 "2000-10-14T17:01:21Z")
Since tipping in restaurants is being discussed at length here, with very little discussion of any other kind of tipping, I thought it would be worthwhile to open a thread devoted to all the zillion other situations in w… --- ## [New Hampshire Voter Goes Topless After Her Anti-Trump Shirt Is Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hampshire-voter-goes-topless-after-her-anti-trump-shirt-is-banned/920253)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-hampshire-voter-goes-topless-after-her-anti-trump-shirt-is-banned/920253 "2020-09-15T22:26:16Z")
This looks very much like a publicity stunt, but I concede that I could also see a frustrated voter doing this Things like this never happen when 'm voting. --- ## [We're expecting a baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541 "2020-09-15T21:59:43Z")
This will be our first. Gonna be this summer (due date in early summer). I’m extremely excited! I know it will change everything, but that’s okay. I’ve always wanted to be a dad. No idea if/how this COVID thing will… --- ## [Today is 9/11, it's been 19 years since the attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-9-11-its-been-19-years-since-the-attack/920346)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-9-11-its-been-19-years-since-the-attack/920346 "2020-09-15T14:27:56Z")
2,977 people died 19 years ago. Plus many of the responders have died of related illness since then. :worried: The years have gone by so quickly. Life has never been completely normal since 9/11. 2020 has been the worst… --- ## [Luvsadawg Passing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luvsadawg-passing/920609)
**Author:** [@TXRebel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXRebel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luvsadawg-passing/920609 "2020-09-14T21:41:45Z")
I know a lot of you were acquainted with her but I wanted to let any old hats know that Laura, Luvsadawg passed. I searched to see if a thread had already been started and didn’t see one. If there is one could someone pl… --- ## [Hestia is back home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hestia-is-back-home/920559)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hestia-is-back-home/920559 "2020-09-14T21:02:18Z")
Our daughter, MilliCal, moved out into her new apartment a couple of weeks ago (with two friends). That was traumatic enough. But she also took half of our contingent of cats with her. Namely, Hestia. MilliCal has long w… --- ## [Older cars you still commonly see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-cars-you-still-commonly-see/404182)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-cars-you-still-commonly-see/404182 "2020-09-14T20:22:39Z")
To accompany the “Cars that you used to see everywhere, but now have disappeared from the roads” thread, how about car models that aren’t collector’s items and should have been more or less obsolete by now, but you still… --- ## [Critter Cam, Shenandoah Style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critter-cam-shenandoah-style/920579)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critter-cam-shenandoah-style/920579 "2020-09-14T18:19:18Z")
We have a small cabin that borders the Shenandoah National Park. I keep meaning to post some pics from our cameras. Here’s a link to a few of the best ones over the year. --- ## [Things You Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-love/920482)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-love/920482 "2020-09-14T17:04:35Z")
I initially wrote a pretentious introduction. I’ve just discarded it. I love flat surroundings, especially those near the coast such as this one: https://s.iha.com/00161070716/Cala-millor-Cala-millor.jpeg --- ## [The Labo(u)r Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-labo-u-r-day-mmp/919994)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-labo-u-r-day-mmp/919994 "2020-09-14T13:31:35Z")
Hello! It’s midnight, so technically Monday, so here is the MMP! It’s also my birthday! I don’t have any special plans for today. Maybe go outside and see which stores are open. How are you doing? Hope you all have … --- ## [What type of clothing do you typically wear on your days off work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-clothing-do-you-typically-wear-on-your-days-off-work/920143)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-clothing-do-you-typically-wear-on-your-days-off-work/920143 "2020-09-14T01:41:50Z")
For my type of clothing worn on days off of work, definitely jeans, either blue (91%) or black Black walking shoes w/ white peds. Shirt wear varies: “I’m an excellent judge of shirt wear, just ask me” Shirt wear wise… --- ## [Amazing Grace, a small tragedy. (Not the Song)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-grace-a-small-tragedy-not-the-song/920117)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-grace-a-small-tragedy-not-the-song/920117 "2020-09-14T00:07:24Z")
Grace aka Gracie-girl, Gracie-goo or just plain ‘Dummy’, my special-needs Yorkie has met her end. Age 10. Background: She was slated to be euthanized at a week old. I convinced the Vet to give her to me and let me try … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=301) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=303)