# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=318 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 319 --- ## [The Straight Dope Software Switch Countdown thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-software-switch-countdown-thread/855901)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-software-switch-countdown-thread/855901 "2020-06-24T07:15:31Z")
Party like it’s 1999! :smiley: Who will be the last to post before the switch? Should they win a cupcake or something? --- ## [Is the Little Debbie Logo Racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-little-debbie-logo-racist/912620)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-little-debbie-logo-racist/912620 "2020-06-24T03:00:23Z")
How can something like this still be on the market in the year 2020? Look at the logo for Little Debbie Snack Cakes. It includes a little girl that is clearly of European-American ancestry. Is McKee Foods telling us th… --- ## [I've got shingles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-shingles/912517)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-shingles/912517 "2020-06-24T00:45:34Z")
A big stack of them just got dropped off in the driveway. Tomorrow, the roofers will be here to tear the old shingles off the 30-year-old roof and install the new ones. Based on a previous roofing experience at our old … --- ## [The Obelisk of Wokeness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-obelisk-of-wokeness/855532 "2020-06-23T22:29:29Z")
I love the Twitter replies, especially this one: --- ## [If you supported the failed coup, step in here to collect your free turnip coupon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-supported-the-failed-coup-step-in-here-to-collect-your-free-turnip-coupon/911051 "2020-06-23T21:28:43Z")
While supplies last. --- ## [Swedish authorities close Prime Minister Olof Palme assassination investigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-authorities-close-prime-minister-olof-palme-assassination-investigation/855422)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-authorities-close-prime-minister-olof-palme-assassination-investigation/855422 "2020-06-23T17:26:01Z")
They’re pretty sure they know who did it and why, and it’s just a regular guy who had a beef with his policies. I’m sure there were lots of conspiracy theories but it seems like the evidence is pretty clear that this g… --- ## [Cleaning a toothbrush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-toothbrush/855887)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-toothbrush/855887 "2020-06-23T16:50:21Z")
So I’m babysitting, and I take my niece (she’s 8) in to get ready for bed. I pick up her toothbrush to put the toothpaste on it, and it’s stiff. Really stiff. Totally caked with toothpaste, and (ICK) food pieces. I clea… --- ## [Feeling disillusioned with Facebook, decided to pop onto here after 5 years.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-disillusioned-with-facebook-decided-to-pop-onto-here-after-5-years/855673)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-disillusioned-with-facebook-decided-to-pop-onto-here-after-5-years/855673 "2020-06-23T15:59:21Z")
Hello. My facebook feed in recent days has seen a few of my family members sharing hate-baiting posts about race, BLM etc and revealing their underlying prejudices, and other family members giving up on facebook altoget… --- ## [Sam Roberts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-roberts/181243)
**Author:** [@jb\_007clone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_007clone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-roberts/181243 "2020-06-23T12:25:30Z")
Anybody here heard of Sam Roberts? He’s a musician from Canada. He plays rock and roll. He loves rock and roll. If you haven’t heard his stuff, it’s really good! I have his new cd and I think it’s released in the USA … --- ## [Interesting things you've learned about because you have time now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-youve-learned-about-because-you-have-time-now/855666)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-things-youve-learned-about-because-you-have-time-now/855666 "2020-06-23T05:52:20Z")
Are there any interesting things you’ve learned about just because you’ve had so much time at home the past few months? I can think of two such things. I can’t swear that I would never had learned about them had I not … --- ## [Returning mail order mattresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-mail-order-mattresses/911938)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-mail-order-mattresses/911938 "2020-06-23T01:32:55Z")
Have you ordered a mattress via the internet and been dissatisfied enough to return it? How easy was the process? Did you have to deflate and re-roll it? Did you want to send it back but give up and keep it anyway? T… --- ## [Well looky here, is this a full sentance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looky-here-is-this-a-full-sentance/911049)
**Author:** [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-looky-here-is-this-a-full-sentance/911049 "2020-06-22T15:24:29Z")
Place looks kinda strange, and requires full sentences. --- ## [You know those movies 'Left Behind'? (It's bad, bad, bad but not about religion. At. All)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-those-movies-left-behind-its-bad-bad-bad-but-not-about-religion-at-all/855866)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-those-movies-left-behind-its-bad-bad-bad-but-not-about-religion-at-all/855866 "2020-06-22T14:37:08Z")
Well, unless you count 'Cecil Adams worship. I’m nervous. I feel like that bad kid the family moved away and left her behind. I imagine sitting in an empty house, peeling wallpaper and an old picture of lil’Ed hanging… --- ## [The Pet Picture Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pet-picture-thread/911084)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pet-picture-thread/911084 "2020-06-22T08:41:39Z")
Dopers, meet Luna: --- ## [Sneaking up on the Summer Solstice in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaking-up-on-the-summer-solstice-in-the-mmp/855688)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaking-up-on-the-summer-solstice-in-the-mmp/855688 "2020-06-22T05:54:13Z")
Saturday will be the longest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest night south of the equator. I love the extra daylight of summer, but I’m glad I’m not in the Land of the Midnight Sun - that’s a bit much, methi… --- ## [Weird dog posture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-posture/855826)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-posture/855826 "2020-06-18T22:01:42Z")
A dog belonging to a friend often lies down in a posture I’ve never seen another dog assume (although I don’t have a vast amount of experience with dogs). Rather than the usual “couchant” posture of the hind legs with pa… --- ## [R.I.P. David Dees, the Truthers' Hieronymus Bosch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-dees-the-truthers-hieronymus-bosch/855799)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-dees-the-truthers-hieronymus-bosch/855799 "2020-06-18T21:33:43Z")
A great talent has passed on (5/31, though with little fanfare, which is no coincidence). David Dees, former Sesame Street illustrator turned artist laureate to the woke non-sheeple (you’ve probably seen his work many t… --- ## [Freedom as a kid by decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-as-a-kid-by-decade/855770)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-as-a-kid-by-decade/855770 "2020-06-18T21:25:09Z")
The ice cream truck question made me remember how much freedom I had to run around essentially unsupervised as a kid, and when it was. When I think of children’s books written before and around my time, I don’t think I’… --- ## [India says 20 soldiers killed in border dispute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-says-20-soldiers-killed-in-border-dispute/855829)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/india-says-20-soldiers-killed-in-border-dispute/855829 "2020-06-18T15:43:03Z")
… with China. This hurts my head: the border between India and China is in the fucking Himalayas. They engaged in sub-zero temperatures, at an altitude that many of us have never been (other than inside an airplane) over… --- ## [Columbus is down!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-is-down/855445)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-is-down/855445 "2020-06-18T13:15:57Z")
This isn’t exactly mundane or pointless, but I’m not sure where to put it. One thing I wouldn’t have predicted was that the current round of protests and the pulling down of statues would include the downing of statues … --- ## [Ah... Tea!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-tea/272478)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-tea/272478 "2004-11-02T19:52:30Z")
I’m a computer guy. I didn’t sign up for manual labour. But I work in a small company, and one does what’s needed. Today I went to the top of Chuckanut Crest and helped put together conduit. Then I got a little shove… --- ## [Facebook to allow users to turn off political ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-to-allow-users-to-turn-off-political-ads/855875)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-to-allow-users-to-turn-off-political-ads/855875 "2020-06-17T23:03:25Z")
Don’t use facebook but I figure some here might like this . I did not know twitter banned political ads last Oct. --- ## [Bestiality in the Bluegrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestiality-in-the-bluegrass/855659)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestiality-in-the-bluegrass/855659 "2020-06-17T22:41:40Z")
Well, in Northern Kentucky anyway, where the first people have been charged under the state’s new bestiality law. I’ve never been prouder of my state. Well, sort of. --- ## [Twitter adding audio to tweets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-adding-audio-to-tweets/855864)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-adding-audio-to-tweets/855864 "2020-06-17T22:34:50Z")
I rarely tweet but I read a lot of tweets. --- ## [Putin's Disinfection Tunnel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putins-disinfection-tunnel/855844)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putins-disinfection-tunnel/855844 "2020-06-17T20:20:21Z")
All I can think of is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3kcnI72Ec --- ## [Man Held 2 Roofing Company Salesmen at Gunpoint Because He Thought They Were Antifa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-2-roofing-company-salesmen-at-gunpoint-because-he-thought-they-were-antifa/855732 "2020-06-17T06:27:22Z")
People like this man are more dangerous than any supposed “antifa”. --- ## [A linguistic quibble with the term "white supremacy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-linguistic-quibble-with-the-term-white-supremacy/855493)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-linguistic-quibble-with-the-term-white-supremacy/855493 "2020-06-17T05:13:24Z")
“Join us in the fight against white supremacy.” “Acts of white supremacy must be condemned.” “White supremacy is built into every part of our country.” Shouldn’t the term be “White supremacism”? Calling it “supremacis… --- ## [Very nice Boston Dynamics robot for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-nice-boston-dynamics-robot-for-sale/855800)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-nice-boston-dynamics-robot-for-sale/855800 "2020-06-17T03:58:17Z")
Only $74.5k --- ## [T-mobile network is down. How is this presenting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-mobile-network-is-down-how-is-this-presenting/855729)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-mobile-network-is-down-how-is-this-presenting/855729 "2020-06-17T03:49:08Z")
I just tried to call a colleague and had the oddest experience. There was no ringing, no going straight to voicemail, no message that this number is no longer in service, etc. Instead the phone stayed silent. I then h… --- ## [My pet rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pet-rats/842797)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pet-rats/842797 "2020-06-17T00:34:50Z")
I have owned pet rats for over 10 years and have had 15 rats in that time. I currently have two rats, Frodo and Bilbo, who are nearing the end of their lives. Every rat has a unique personality. Let me introduce you to F… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=317) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=319)