# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=333 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 334 --- ## [What is The Wall to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-wall-to-you/851124)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-wall-to-you/851124 "2020-04-11T15:58:30Z")
AKA: That Goddamn Wall because it inspires outsized negative reactions in you. Depending on the moment, for me it can be that pathetic excuse for a wall Trump is building along the Mexican border. The one that, after … --- ## [My new feline overlords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-feline-overlords/851517)
**Author:** [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-feline-overlords/851517 "2020-04-10T20:19:04Z")
I mentioned over in the quarantine forum that I had just adopted two kittens. My previous cat had passed away due to kidney issues. I live alone and I can deal with not having people around but not having feline compan… --- ## [Someone in your life that “doesn’t get it”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-in-your-life-that-doesn-t-get-it/644030)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-in-your-life-that-doesn-t-get-it/644030 "2020-04-10T18:06:00Z")
I know you could talk about whole branches of your family tree or the coworkers in THAT department or the neighbor that has issues, but for this thread you only get one. My sister-in-law. She’s not really my sister-in-… --- ## [World's longest "Stringy stingy thingy" found, deep in the Indian Ocean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-longest-stringy-stingy-thingy-found-deep-in-the-indian-ocean/851500)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-longest-stringy-stingy-thingy-found-deep-in-the-indian-ocean/851500 "2020-04-10T17:02:28Z")
Scientists are giving various names for it, but I like “The Entity” the best. Massive, deep-sea ‘entity’ leaves ocean scientists ‘blown away’ --- ## [Why American Sign Language on Television?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-american-sign-language-on-television/851453)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-american-sign-language-on-television/851453 "2020-04-10T17:01:58Z")
In CA Governor Newsom provides a daily update on TV. This appears to be the case in other states with their Governor as well. There seems to always be a signer. Here you can see David Letterman emerged from retirement in… --- ## [Two Kennedy family members lost in Chesapeake bay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kennedy-family-members-lost-in-chesapeake-bay/851054)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-kennedy-family-members-lost-in-chesapeake-bay/851054 "2020-04-10T01:38:35Z")
Even if they had life jackets the water is way too cold now. Probably can’t survive more than an hour at most . --- ## [Posting on the forum while drunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-on-the-forum-while-drunk/851229)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-on-the-forum-while-drunk/851229 "2020-04-09T21:20:07Z")
My first (or second) post while drunk in self-isolaton. :slight\_smile: I hope the mods are understanding :slight\_smile: --- ## [Any Computer Experts Out There?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-computer-experts-out-there/850695)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-computer-experts-out-there/850695 "2020-04-09T15:08:00Z")
I would have posted this days ago, but I hate asking for help, but I’ve had the flu for almost 2 weeks, and my laptop is really screwed up, and it’s kinda my life, especially during this quarantine and all this free time… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad things are being built in becks back yard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-things-are-being-built-in-becks-back-yard/851260)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-things-are-being-built-in-becks-back-yard/851260 "2020-04-09T13:54:30Z")
In a fit of weirdness Mr.Wrekker ordered this gigantic climbing play gym with swings, a fort and a slide AND a convienant hanging rope. Do kids under the age of consent really need a rope in which to hang themselves or o… --- ## [Time to hang em up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-em-up/850989)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-hang-em-up/850989 "2020-04-09T02:59:57Z")
Or at least take an, um, extended break. Please, try and keep the wild cheers down to a minimum. Take care all. -XT --- ## [My friend's husband is dying and I can't send flowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-husband-is-dying-and-i-cant-send-flowers/850909)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-husband-is-dying-and-i-cant-send-flowers/850909 "2020-04-09T05:40:31Z")
My friend’s husband is dying and I can’t send flowers because of this damn covid-19 epidemic, and the florists are all closed. In know that in the scope of things this isn’t a big deal, but it just seems so sad to me. … --- ## [Artificial regions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-regions/850164)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artificial-regions/850164 "2020-04-09T05:21:45Z")
I spent much of my early years in the Spokane area. The local TV stations and the newspapers would often refer to a region centered on that city as the Inland Empire. (Yes, I know there’s another Inland Empire in Califor… --- ## [Are any kinds of performance enhancing drugs used for ultra marathoners, trail runners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-kinds-of-performance-enhancing-drugs-used-for-ultra-marathoners-trail-runners/851300)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-kinds-of-performance-enhancing-drugs-used-for-ultra-marathoners-trail-runners/851300 "2020-04-08T21:01:13Z")
I’ve been watching and reading several documentaries and books about ultra marathoners and trail runners. People who run and hike for days or weeks on end. But it seems like a sport where there would be a large impulse t… --- ## [Furloughed/laid off due to the plague? Here's the thread to discuss unemployment insurance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furloughed-laid-off-due-to-the-plague-heres-the-thread-to-discuss-unemployment-insurance/851341)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furloughed-laid-off-due-to-the-plague-heres-the-thread-to-discuss-unemployment-insurance/851341 "2020-04-08T15:48:30Z")
I’m a legal secretary at a law firm, and we were doing gangbuster business when COVID-19 struck. That didn’t keep a lot of us “non-essentials” from being furloughed until May 9. I’ve had to file a claim for unemploymen… --- ## [Beck's not hearing voices... but,her ear is bad, bad, bad!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becks-not-hearing-voices-but-her-ear-is-bad-bad-bad/850990 "2020-04-07T20:04:42Z")
I’m really not a hypochondriac. Really, I’m not. (Hush, out there!!) My upper back was hurting. My head was dizzy. I had nausea. DIL dragged me to my doctor. I most decidedly did not wanna go. Fear of the corona virus,… --- ## [Ask the full time RVer and ALS caretaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-full-time-rver-and-als-caretaker/851036)
**Author:** [@sishoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sishoch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-full-time-rver-and-als-caretaker/851036 "2020-04-07T19:32:54Z")
My wife was diagnosed with ALS aka Lou Gehrigs disease, three years ago. After the first 6 months, as walking was becoming difficult for her, we decided that our current residence was totally unsuitable. Narrow hallway, … --- ## [Has anyone heard from Nava recently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-nava-recently/851137)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-heard-from-nava-recently/851137 "2020-04-07T17:43:17Z")
She last posted about two weeks ago and checked in without posting a few days ago. Hope she’s okay - Spain’s been hard hit by the virus. --- ## [Share your stories of humiliating yourself. (The funny ones.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-of-humiliating-yourself-the-funny-ones/850361)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-of-humiliating-yourself-the-funny-ones/850361 "2020-04-07T14:11:38Z")
Yeah, just something to lighten the mood. I’ll start us off. I ride a bike – for transport, exercise, it’s what I do. So: one afternoon I’m out for a ride, deep in the countryside, riding through a tiny village on very … --- ## [OJ's Hilarious April Fools Day Tweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-hilarious-april-fools-day-tweet/850853)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-hilarious-april-fools-day-tweet/850853 "2020-04-07T03:46:58Z")
May the coronavirus do to him what our justice system failed to do. --- ## [Are you sick of "celebrity culture?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sick-of-celebrity-culture/850876)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sick-of-celebrity-culture/850876 "2020-04-06T18:58:55Z")
Yuck, puke, vomit, splat… There must be a term or word describing a condition beyond narcissism, solipsism, head-stuck-in-rectumism… Celebrity Culture Is Burning --- ## [After the zombies I have to go to Norway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-zombies-i-have-to-go-to-norway/439228)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-the-zombies-i-have-to-go-to-norway/439228 "2020-04-06T06:19:00Z")
To get agriculture going again? So they made a vault for seeds to survive ‘something bad’ but man that looks bleak. So after fighting off the zombies or living through the asteroid hit, you have to go to the Norway to … --- ## [Cabin fever in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabin-fever-in-the-mmp/850654)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 227\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabin-fever-in-the-mmp/850654 "2020-04-06T05:38:43Z")
Halfway through quarantine, and feeling better. Still very tired, though. Unless something else comes up, I return to Hades Annex next Moanday, the 6th. As of Saturday, I should be able to go among others without being a… --- ## [This just isn't the year for an April fools gag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-isnt-the-year-for-an-april-fools-gag/850810)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-isnt-the-year-for-an-april-fools-gag/850810 "2020-04-06T04:43:55Z")
No gags here. Anyone got any good tales of past April fools jokes that were well executed and funny? --- ## [Reflections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reflections/851127)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reflections/851127 "2020-04-06T01:20:27Z")
I sit here because of “stay-at-home” advice. Which is good, awesome except tor the boredom and looking at these four walls. I need more interaction with my fellow human beings. (No worries. Recent hospital stay tested me… --- ## [People who've saved a life (or several) directly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whove-saved-a-life-or-several-directly/850790)
**Author:** [@Adbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adbul)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-whove-saved-a-life-or-several-directly/850790 "2020-04-05T21:39:17Z")
I’m looking for famous examples of people (both fictional and real) who’ve saved lives. I’m not too interested in people who’ve saved lives indirectly through inventing a vaccine or preventing a war (these are easy enoug… --- ## [Does anyone know what happened to Ambivalid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-happened-to-ambivalid/851096)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-happened-to-ambivalid/851096 "2020-04-05T18:04:07Z")
I just realized that I hadn’t seen him here in a while, and a search revealed that he abruptly stopped posting on January 17th. We didn’t always see eye-to-eye, but he was a rather colorful poster and I personally hope … --- ## [Most head-spinning two months of news in the past half century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-head-spinning-two-months-of-news-in-the-past-half-century/850845)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-head-spinning-two-months-of-news-in-the-past-half-century/850845 "2020-04-05T16:57:36Z")
Two months ago today, we had a Selzer poll fiasco in Iowa. We had been following the presidential race for a year, but there was no voting or caucusing yet, no Iowa meltdown, no Bernie frontrunner panic, no unprecedente… --- ## [Well, Pizzagate is still around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pizzagate-is-still-around/850979)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pizzagate-is-still-around/850979 "2020-04-05T15:20:28Z")
On Twitter, at least. While discussing the two hospital ships, Mercy and Comfort, I kept running across how they were there (especially Comfort) to rescue children that are apparently hidden in secret tunnels under Cent… --- ## [Forced Fun and Educational Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-fun-and-educational-too/851106)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-fun-and-educational-too/851106 "2020-04-05T04:33:12Z")
aaaaaah \[del\]archanum\[/del\] Straight Dope…helluva hard habit to kick…oh well, once off the wagon shouldn’t hurt So, laying about the house with Vaderling, nothing interesting to do but fret about the immediate future a… --- ## [This is Why We Have No Hand Sanitizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-have-no-hand-sanitizer/849535)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-we-have-no-hand-sanitizer/849535 "2020-04-04T17:35:21Z")
They started buying it up after the first US death. Then Amazon and Ebay shut them down for price-gouging. I’m sure these pillars of the community will donate all their supplies, right? Right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=332) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=334)