# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=315 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 316 --- ## [Mundane and Pointless, Indeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-indeed/914483)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-and-pointless-indeed/914483 "2020-07-08T21:18:48Z")
My beloved Dopers, I need your advice! And this is as Mundane as it gets! The country’s going to Hell, we’re all being stalked by COVID, and VOW has a stupid problem. I started an online blog years ago. Through the age… --- ## [What would you call a male Karen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465 "2020-07-08T19:50:49Z")
Is there a male name similar to a Karen? --- ## [Trying Intermittent Fasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-intermittent-fasting/913290)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-intermittent-fasting/913290 "2020-07-08T19:49:52Z")
Anybody doing this right now? I’ve been doing it for a couple of weeks. Some days are easy some are more difficult. I’m doing 18:6. I started with 16:8 but I found I didn’t get enough of a fast with that. I’ve managed a … --- ## [What color is the sunset exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-the-sunset-exactly/914585)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-the-sunset-exactly/914585 "2020-07-08T13:03:33Z")
This article says it depends on what planet you refer to. As we already know from sci-fi stories, at least, the star’s radiation matters - but the atmospheric composition plays an important part too. It seems that sunset… --- ## [Kiwis in Spaaaaace \[Rocketlab Electron makes orbit\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiwis-in-spaaaaace-rocketlab-electron-makes-orbit/807111)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiwis-in-spaaaaace-rocketlab-electron-makes-orbit/807111 "2020-07-08T09:27:33Z")
New Zealand joins the list of space-faring nations with the successful launch of their Electron rocket: It’s a small rocket with a 150 kg payload (approximately the mass of a large sheep), but good enough … --- ## [Good-looking guys, part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-looking-guys-part-2/28922)
**Author:** [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-looking-guys-part-2/28922 "2020-07-08T09:23:47Z")
I threw this question out several months ago, but since we’ve got a lot of new people on the board since then, I thought I’d throw it out again. Are good-looking guys unattractive? I like to look at them, but they real… --- ## [Heartwarming article about dogs, love and family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-article-about-dogs-love-and-family/913813)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-article-about-dogs-love-and-family/913813 "2020-07-08T06:00:48Z")
Short snippet. --- ## [These sequential threads see in 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 476\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sequential-threads-see-in-2020/845671 "2020-07-08T02:01:49Z")
\*\* A real “I Am My Own Grandpa” What was Grandma (or Grandpa) doing in the kitchen or outside all day?\*\* Being their own grandpa. Lame, yes, but I was dying to post that new sequential thread title. Happy 2020 everyon… --- ## [The crash of PIA Flight 8303 - very strange](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crash-of-pia-flight-8303-very-strange/854538)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crash-of-pia-flight-8303-very-strange/854538 "2020-07-07T21:13:19Z")
On May 22 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 (an Airbus A320) from Lahore to Karachi crashed in a crowded urban area just short of runway 25L. 97 of the 99 people on board were killed. (It’s remarkable that 2 … --- ## [Concentration issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concentration-issues/914524)
**Author:** [@awahl1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awahl1138)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concentration-issues/914524 "2020-07-07T18:51:57Z")
Hi! New here. I didn’t immediately see introduction threads so let this rather sad admission be people’s first impression of me. Is concentration an issue for anybody else? Specifically reading. There’s so many interest… --- ## [U of Alabama on BLM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-of-alabama-on-blm/914387)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-of-alabama-on-blm/914387 "2020-07-07T16:58:10Z")
I wouldn’t consider this mundane but the UA football team put out (to me) a powerful message: There’s probably nobody more influential in Alabama than Saban and maybe this moves the needle a tiny bit. Hopefully this i… --- ## [The Great Summer 2020 Doper Postcard Exchange!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863 "2020-07-07T03:06:42Z")
Northern Piper, melodyharmonius and jayrey have run them in the past, and they’re always fun, but it’s been awhile. Here’s how it works (as adapted from NP’s previous thread). Our rules, by the numbers, and written wit… --- ## [Fox crops Trump out of photo with Epstein and Maxwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-crops-trump-out-of-photo-with-epstein-and-maxwell/914526 "2020-07-06T22:17:11Z")
Par for the course https://twitter.com/i/events/1280176625380802577 --- ## [That's what \_\_\_\_ said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-said/914346)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-said/914346 "2020-07-06T03:30:15Z")
On the old board I made a topic of the old saw from The Office, “that’s what she said.” When I read it the next day I was embarrassed about how lame it was, especially since The Office first aired in 2006. Is anyone not… --- ## [Worst webcam ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-webcam-ever/26002)
**Author:** [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-webcam-ever/26002 "2020-07-05T21:21:37Z")
I watched the first episode of Big Brother and immediately came to the conclusion that is was the most asinine show on TV. Since then, I have paid no attention to the show. However, my dad said the website had some inter… --- ## [Jabba the Hutt is back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabba-the-hutt-is-back/914404)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabba-the-hutt-is-back/914404 "2020-07-05T20:31:19Z")
With a fake tan this time https://twitter.com/evanjm02/status/1279850265181597698 --- ## [Found a long lost book!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-long-lost-book/914300)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-a-long-lost-book/914300 "2020-07-05T17:13:21Z")
Back in high school French, we read a science fiction novel, L’homme qui dormit cent ans (The Man Who Slept 100 Years). I finally was able to track down the author: one Henry Bernay. The novel stuck in my mind. It was … --- ## [Wirecard $2bn fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wirecard-2bn-fraud/913609)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wirecard-2bn-fraud/913609 "2020-07-05T13:25:37Z")
I don’t see anything about this anywhere on the SDMB, but this is looking to be a really big deal as far as I am concerned. The basic idea is that Wirecard, an online payment processor based in Germany, has been inflati… --- ## [Mandela effect: Jim Morrison - Rolling Stone cover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandela-effect-jim-morrison-rolling-stone-cover/914169)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mandela-effect-jim-morrison-rolling-stone-cover/914169 "2020-07-05T11:55:54Z")
I have long believed that the Rolling Stone cover about Jim Morrison that said “He’s hot, he’s sexy and he’s dead” was published shortly after he died, and that people actually found out about his death for the first tim… --- ## [Remembering Last July 4th and My Hospital Stay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-last-july-4th-and-my-hospital-stay/914334)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-last-july-4th-and-my-hospital-stay/914334 "2020-07-05T07:22:13Z")
Long time lurker here… It’s been exactly one year since my six-month recovery. I remember fireworks scheduled in Grand Rapids and since I ordered a DSLR for delivery, I was going to take some awesome pictures from my h… --- ## [Rats, another setback for homeopathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955 "2020-07-05T00:28:53Z")
It may not be as big news as the recent Covid-19 paper retractions, but a published “research” article claiming effectiveness of a homeopathic penis enlargement drug (in rodents, anyway) has bit the dust. Cue “In Rus… --- ## [Iranian factory makes U.S. and Israeli flags for the specific purpose of being burned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-for-the-specific-purpose-of-being-burned/847269)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-for-the-specific-purpose-of-being-burned/847269 "2020-07-04T16:25:28Z")
Where there is demand, there shall be supply to meet it. --- ## [We need a catchy name to call the migration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075 "2020-07-04T14:44:36Z")
Hopefully something that will rival “The Winter of Our Missed Content.” --- ## [Condolences & Flowers to TubaDiva's Family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condolences-flowers-to-tubadivas-family/914141)
**Author:** [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condolences-flowers-to-tubadivas-family/914141 "2020-07-04T13:39:08Z")
You can send your condolences and flowers to Jenny’s family via this link. --- ## [... unless it is a vine bearing nuts or a railroad tunnel on an Indian reservation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unless-it-is-a-vine-bearing-nuts-or-a-railroad-tunnel-on-an-indian-reservation/914107)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unless-it-is-a-vine-bearing-nuts-or-a-railroad-tunnel-on-an-indian-reservation/914107 "2020-07-04T02:51:39Z")
Many years ago I was reading the instructions for an I.R.S. form regarding depreciation and came across an interesting phrase. The phrase was so silly and oddly specific that I remember it verbatim to this day. The phr… --- ## [It's hot, I hurt, too much to do, and a bad mood on top of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hot-i-hurt-too-much-to-do-and-a-bad-mood-on-top-of-it/912757)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hot-i-hurt-too-much-to-do-and-a-bad-mood-on-top-of-it/912757 "2020-07-03T12:42:27Z")
It’s hot, I hurt, too much to do, and a bad mood on top of it all! --- ## [It Was Twenty Years Ago Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-twenty-years-ago-today/913513)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-twenty-years-ago-today/913513 "2020-07-03T12:09:48Z")
… that I registered at this board. That’s crazy. I’ve literally spent 37% of my life registered here. --- ## [That Elusive Post You Keep Wanting to Make](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-elusive-post-you-keep-wanting-to-make/913903)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-elusive-post-you-keep-wanting-to-make/913903 "2020-07-03T00:32:25Z")
You know what I mean, right? You’re out in your car or on foot or in bed, anywhere but ensconced in front of your computer, and you’re thinking, for, like the seventh time, “Oh yeah, I should totally post about that to … --- ## [Question for Dopers who own Glocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-dopers-who-own-glocks/913865)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-dopers-who-own-glocks/913865 "2020-07-02T22:14:45Z")
The pandemic does strange things: My mother, of all people, has suddenly gone out and bought two Glock handguns (but not ammo yet.) I am concerned about the lead primer oxide and lead bullets in general and want to see i… --- ## [10 year time lapse of Sun by NASA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-time-lapse-of-sun-by-nasa/913943)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-time-lapse-of-sun-by-nasa/913943 "2020-07-02T18:00:03Z")
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