# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=40 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 41 --- ## [So we're going to go to Golden Corral this year for Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-going-to-go-to-golden-corral-this-year-for-thanksgiving/1024187)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-going-to-go-to-golden-corral-this-year-for-thanksgiving/1024187 "2025-10-26T19:02:41Z")
My landlord passed away a couple of months ago, and his widow is suffering from dementia that includes memory problems, and hasn’t really cooked much in the past year. So her daughter suggested that rather than subject … --- ## [2025 Hurricane Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-hurricane-season/1019074)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-hurricane-season/1019074 "2025-10-26T13:12:46Z")
Today, June 1 is the official start of the 2025 hurricane season. The articles I have read suggest a worse than usual hurricane season with a federal government less prepared for it. NOAA predicts above-normal 2025 At… --- ## [Explosives factory in Tennessee extremely explodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-factory-in-tennessee-extremely-explodes/1023853)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosives-factory-in-tennessee-extremely-explodes/1023853 "2025-10-25T22:02:45Z")
As far as I can tell the whole building is completely gone, and the biggest things there are the burning cars in the parking lot. --- ## [How has the Amazon webservers issue affected you today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-amazon-webservers-issue-affected-you-today/1024130)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-the-amazon-webservers-issue-affected-you-today/1024130 "2025-10-25T18:06:33Z")
The Amazon web hosting service has been having issues for 6 hours now and I’m kinda surprised I haven’t seen a thread here on it unless I missed it. Our district has required us to use one curriculum service (uploading … --- ## [Today I got fooled by an AI video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-got-fooled-by-an-ai-video/1015553)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-got-fooled-by-an-ai-video/1015553 "2025-10-25T16:47:24Z")
This morning I got this youtube short in my feed, showing barnacles being removed from a whale at sea. Finally something good happening! But I found the scenario surprising enough to google a bit into it…and of course i… --- ## [What Hobbies Are Going to Experience a Demographic Crunch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hobbies-are-going-to-experience-a-demographic-crunch/1023445 "2025-10-24T19:56:34Z")
Today I went to a modeling expo hosted by the Arkansas branch of the International Plastic Modeler’s Society. I know, I’m a wild man. I overheard one of the other organizers talking to someone and saying they had a lit… --- ## [Ships that sank immediately after launch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ships-that-sank-immediately-after-launch/1024185)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ships-that-sank-immediately-after-launch/1024185 "2025-10-24T17:36:51Z")
After hearing about a yacht that immediately sank earlier this year, I got interested and did some research. Didn’t find a whole lot of large ships that sank right after launch, so obviously the people who make and launc… --- ## [How do I get Firefox to stop asking my location?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-firefox-to-stop-asking-my-location/1024247)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-firefox-to-stop-asking-my-location/1024247 "2025-10-24T09:59:07Z")
Seems like every time I surf the Web, Firefox drops something like, “Share your location?” in some message box on top of my screen. I get it; it’s handy for local pizza delivery and such, but it is just a pain in the as… --- ## [That infamous billboard Near Chehalis has been sold!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-infamous-billboard-near-chehalis-has-been-sold/1019296)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-infamous-billboard-near-chehalis-has-been-sold/1019296 "2025-10-24T01:40:35Z")
The Uncle Sam billboard off Interstate 5 in Lewis County, the one that has been spouting right wing claptrap for generations, has a new owner: the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. That damn thing has be… --- ## [So, someone set our car on fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-set-our-car-on-fire/1021118)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-someone-set-our-car-on-fire/1021118 "2025-10-24T00:52:11Z")
Well, that was unexpected… We were awoken in the middle of the night by a blaring car alarm, only to walk out and see our car on fire. The fire department arrived within a… --- ## [You get a cold! And you get a cold! And you get a cold!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-a-cold-and-you-get-a-cold-and-you-get-a-cold/1024178)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-a-cold-and-you-get-a-cold-and-you-get-a-cold/1024178 "2025-10-23T23:51:47Z")
Because, dammit, I don’t want to be wallowing here in solitary misery! Come be miserable with me, please. It started a few hours ago: the headache, the sore throat, the scratchiness in my voice, the sinus stuffiness, th… --- ## [I involuntarily scream when I slip and fall now, did anyone else start doing that as they got older](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-involuntarily-scream-when-i-slip-and-fall-now-did-anyone-else-start-doing-that-as-they-got-older/1004018)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-involuntarily-scream-when-i-slip-and-fall-now-did-anyone-else-start-doing-that-as-they-got-older/1004018 "2025-10-23T18:35:08Z")
In my teens and 20s if I slipped and either almost fell or totally fell I would either be silent or I would laugh. Then starting in my mid 30s I started screaming involuntarily when this happened. I just had it happen e… --- ## [Apologies to those who have to deal w/ me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-those-who-have-to-deal-w-me/1024054)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-to-those-who-have-to-deal-w-me/1024054 "2025-10-23T18:10:36Z")
I have not been very creative recently, I am experiencing burnout although, that’s not a excuse I’m sorry if I act immature, I am 14. :wheelchair\_symbol: :cancer: :distorted\_face: --- ## [If the beatles had debuted on Ed Sullivan right after Covid hit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-beatles-had-debuted-on-ed-sullivan-right-after-covid-hit/1024144 "2025-10-23T12:55:06Z")
If the beatles had debuted on Ed Sullivan right after covid hit, they’d be releasing abbey road this year. It happened that fast. --- ## [I'm going to undertake a six-month occult ritual - ask me anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-undertake-a-six-month-occult-ritual-ask-me-anything/1016475)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-undertake-a-six-month-occult-ritual-ask-me-anything/1016475 "2025-10-22T22:26:10Z")
I’ve made oblique references to this in a few posts over the last few months, but since we’re now less than three weeks away from Easter, I’d like to take this opportunity to tell everyone that I’m more or less taking a … --- ## [Little things that made you happy today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-made-you-happy-today/1003763)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-made-you-happy-today/1003763 "2025-10-22T20:30:22Z")
I believe in stopping to take note of little, often trivial events that result in happiness. Today it was the dial on my new oven. The oven temperatures are expressed in degrees Celsius on a digital display; there is a… --- ## [What happened to Gavin Newsom’s video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-gavin-newsom-s-video/1024180)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-gavin-newsom-s-video/1024180 "2025-10-22T19:25:58Z")
I’m sure everyone has seen Trump’s video of himself wearing a crown in a jet dumping poop on the No Kings event. Gavin posted a response video of him piloting a jet dumping poop on the Jan 6 rioters. Now it seems to hav… --- ## [PT (our poster, penultima\_thule) seeks medical intervention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-our-poster-penultima-thule-seeks-medical-intervention/1023777)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pt-our-poster-penultima-thule-seeks-medical-intervention/1023777 "2025-10-21T18:14:02Z")
Hi there! A heads up for any who might give a toss … :nerd\_face: PT, as a furriner is naturally not one of The Dope’s more incisive or prolific posters … but I do spend an excessive amount of time here. Also having rece… --- ## [Cyber Blow-Ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-blow-ups/1024157)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-blow-ups/1024157 "2025-10-21T16:54:37Z")
I came in this morning to find my inbox full of Google Workspace Alerts. These are notices sent to domain administrators notifying us of application failures in Google and in apps associated with Google. I had to scrol… --- ## [AI search results can be crazy stupid (cars named after plants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-search-results-can-be-crazy-stupid-cars-named-after-plants/1023619)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-search-results-can-be-crazy-stupid-cars-named-after-plants/1023619 "2025-10-21T16:37:54Z")
I wondered what cars have been named after plants. The only one I could think of at first was the Toyota Sequoia. So I Googled it, first on my phone and later at home. One surprise was that I got different answers. Hmmm.… --- ## [Has anyone's job been threatened or lost due to AI, either directly or indirectly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyones-job-been-threatened-or-lost-due-to-ai-either-directly-or-indirectly/1024043)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyones-job-been-threatened-or-lost-due-to-ai-either-directly-or-indirectly/1024043 "2025-10-21T12:41:48Z")
Today my employer had their quarterly state of the company conference call. For a while now, the CEO has been pushing the use of AI, and on the call they made the statement “Anyone who isn’t using ChatGPT should start no… --- ## [Hurray! The new toilet cam is here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-the-new-toilet-cam-is-here/1024107)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-the-new-toilet-cam-is-here/1024107 "2025-10-21T01:01:26Z")
Obsessed with your bowels (a longstanding American pastime)? Stressing out about whether your bodily wastes “look right”? High tech has the answer to your concerns - the shit cam. Actually it’s called the Dekoda. Yess… --- ## [Junk drawers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-drawers/1023546)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-drawers/1023546 "2025-10-20T14:08:15Z")
Go to you junk drawer. Open . Peruse. List 3 items. Mine are: Tape measure. A roll of old scotch tape. I’m sure is all melded together. A few triple A batteries, I don’t know the pedigree of. (I know there’s much m… --- ## [(Old) Canada's Thanksgiving begins the holiday season in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-canadas-thanksgiving-begins-the-holiday-season-in-the-mmp/1023923)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-canadas-thanksgiving-begins-the-holiday-season-in-the-mmp/1023923 "2025-10-20T12:29:27Z")
Enjoy your turkey and stuff!! With just a bit over a month to go, I’m having to think about the fourth Thursday in November, since we’ve decided to stay home. FCD has invited Daughter’s best friend and her husband (she w… --- ## [Museum You Found Inexplicably Fascinating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-you-found-inexplicably-fascinating/432939)
**Author:** [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/museum-you-found-inexplicably-fascinating/432939 "2025-10-20T02:10:58Z")
While it’s true I am easily amused, I have two candidates. Museum of Cedar Point. Cedar Point is an amusement park outside Cleveland. The museum contains old park maps, historical photos of the resort, and best of all… --- ## [Obscure Youtube Features and Behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-youtube-features-and-behavior/994239)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-youtube-features-and-behavior/994239 "2025-10-19T19:55:15Z")
I thought I’d start a general thread about these things, since I’ve occasionally noticed various weird things here and there that other people might want to talk about. A long time ago I started building music playlists… --- ## [Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) closest approach to Earth on Tuesday 10/21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-c-2025-a6-lemmon-closest-approach-to-earth-on-tuesday-10-21/1024089)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-c-2025-a6-lemmon-closest-approach-to-earth-on-tuesday-10-21/1024089 "2025-10-19T19:21:23Z")
It’s not as impressive at last years Tsuchinshan-Atlas, but it might still be worth a try on the evening of 10/21. I saw it this morning, from the very light-polluted Phoenix area. It was just barely a naked-eye object. … --- ## [What do you think constitutes "fairness" when two mature individuals begin sharing housing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-constitutes-fairness-when-two-mature-individuals-begin-sharing-housing/1024060)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-constitutes-fairness-when-two-mature-individuals-begin-sharing-housing/1024060 "2025-10-19T15:15:29Z")
The situation: two mature friends are discussing moving in together, and how they should handle their living expenses has become a somewhat…divisive…topic. Their current situations: She is a 58 year old widow living … --- ## [Anglicanism Split!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglicanism-split/1024045)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglicanism-split/1024045 "2025-10-19T02:23:01Z")
From Premier Christian News: The article closes with: --- ## [“Faith” Apparently Contributes $1.2Trillion to the US Economy Annually?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faith-apparently-contributes-1-2trillion-to-the-us-economy-annually/1024055)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faith-apparently-contributes-1-2trillion-to-the-us-economy-annually/1024055 "2025-10-18T19:27:11Z")
I was reading a filing and it claimed “the faith sector…including Christianity, the largest… contributes approximately $1.2 T to the US economy each year” as backed by some “interdisciplinary journal of research on relig… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=41)