# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=407 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 408 --- ## [USA: a nation of arachnophobes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-a-nation-of-arachnophobes/830346)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-a-nation-of-arachnophobes/830346 "2019-03-18T21:32:22Z")
Thought prompted by something mentioned in a recent thread; and an item chanced-upon in one from a couple of years ago – bringing to mind what has struck me as a bit of a recurring theme on SDMB. In discussion of courte… --- ## [Anybody spend St. Patrick's Day in Ireland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-spend-st-patricks-day-in-ireland/831273)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-spend-st-patricks-day-in-ireland/831273 "2019-03-18T21:12:47Z")
So who on the boards has been in Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, whether as a visitor or resident? I heard that it was traditionally a very quiet day until recently, where’s it become much more a festival–is that true? I… --- ## [Combination screws and combination tip screwdrivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-screws-and-combination-tip-screwdrivers/831076)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-screws-and-combination-tip-screwdrivers/831076 "2019-03-18T19:51:38Z")
This is so irksome I have to rant. It’s those screw heads that have both a slot and a Phillips (or other crossed) drive recess. You often see them on electrical equipment such as terminals and strain reliefs. The most de… --- ## [Rid of my plantar fasciitis!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rid-of-my-plantar-fasciitis/831255)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rid-of-my-plantar-fasciitis/831255 "2019-03-18T15:55:05Z")
Putting this here so that it shows up for anyone doing a search on plantar fasciitis. No one treatment fits everyone. But here is how I avoid dealing with plantar fasciitis. I’m a seasonal runner. Don’t like the cold.… --- ## [Are there any young Dicks anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-young-dicks-anymore/831077)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-young-dicks-anymore/831077 "2019-03-17T23:33:51Z")
Sorry not sorry for the title. But seriously, do you know any Richard, under, say, 30, that goes by Dick? Also, if you happen to go by Dick, why? --- ## [Mass shooting in at least one mosque, Christchurch NZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-at-least-one-mosque-christchurch-nz/831165)
**Author:** [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-at-least-one-mosque-christchurch-nz/831165 "2019-03-17T21:48:33Z")
Pretty much what the title says. White supremacist used what looked like an AR-15 with what looks like an Eotech sight and at least one 60 round magazine, to shoot up a bunch of people in a mosque in Christchurch. Lo… --- ## [Does anyone have experience with Carvana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-with-carvana/831250)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-with-carvana/831250 "2019-03-17T20:39:38Z")
I posted a while back that I need to sell my car because I can no longer drive. I also don’t want to deal with strangers test-driving it and other hassles. Some Dopers recommended CarMax, but it turns out the nearest one… --- ## ["Bully List" at High School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bully-list-at-high-school/830962)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bully-list-at-high-school/830962 "2019-03-17T19:16:47Z")
Media story. Three Eric Hamber Grade 12 students suspended over online list | Vancouver Sun There is also a reddit thread in r /vancouver, plus many more articles if you Google “Hamber List” This list was created as a … --- ## [The plural “you”; the formal “you”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plural-you-the-formal-you/831108)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-plural-you-the-formal-you/831108 "2019-03-17T18:50:45Z")
I’ve been learning basic Hindi, for no particularly good reason. Like a lot of languages, it has a singular form and a plural form for “you” depending on how many people you are talking about. It also uses the “plural … --- ## [I feel like climatologists need to stop predicting the future.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-climatologists-need-to-stop-predicting-the-future/830731)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-like-climatologists-need-to-stop-predicting-the-future/830731 "2019-03-17T17:42:12Z")
Just finished having a stupid debate about climate change on FB. One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of deniers latch on to the fact that Al Gore or climatologists will claim: “By the year 2012 “X” will happen” and the… --- ## [Mean, Possibly Intentional Advertising and Brands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-possibly-intentional-advertising-and-brands/831190)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mean-possibly-intentional-advertising-and-brands/831190 "2019-03-17T16:03:12Z")
I am occasionally surprised by brand names or advertisements that seem to go out of their way to be low-level offensive or condescending. Since ads like to call attention to themselves, sometimes it can be part of a del… --- ## [who else is watching April the pregnant giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-watching-april-the-pregnant-giraffe/783504 "2019-03-17T15:36:55Z")
I looked to see if there was a thread about this already and am not finding one. live feed April is in a zoo\* in New Jersey and 15 months into this project, the zoo has been posting updates morning and evening. from t… --- ## [8 year old boy slips off ski lift and is saved by a group of teens.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-year-old-boy-slips-off-ski-lift-and-is-saved-by-a-group-of-teens/830504)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-year-old-boy-slips-off-ski-lift-and-is-saved-by-a-group-of-teens/830504 "2019-03-17T14:18:43Z")
I’m very impressed that these young boys calmly assessed the situation and quickly formulated a rescue plan. These boys did everything right. They even padded the netting with foam. What a impressive group of resourcefu… --- ## [Riddle Me This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772 "2019-03-16T00:42:41Z")
What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question? --- ## [Darth Vader at the Olympics! Fencing with light sabers is now a sport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-at-the-olympics-fencing-with-light-sabers-is-now-a-sport/830937)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-at-the-olympics-fencing-with-light-sabers-is-now-a-sport/830937 "2019-03-16T00:19:39Z")
Yes, kids, it’s true! You weren’t just playing around with annoying plastic flashlights… you were training for a serious competitive sport. It’s official: " the French Fencing Federation elevated lightsabers to the sam… --- ## [Honda Airbag Recall Number 10,009](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-airbag-recall-number-10-009/831099)
**Author:** [@gvntofly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gvntofly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-airbag-recall-number-10-009/831099 "2019-03-15T23:52:54Z")
How many times will Honda recall the air bags? I mean how hard can it be to engineer and produce an airbag that works and doesn’t put your life at risk in a 15 mph fender bender? This will be my FOURTH time to get a re… --- ## [Metric?? Electricians don't need metric!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-electricians-dont-need-metric/831025)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metric-electricians-dont-need-metric/831025 "2019-03-15T23:33:18Z")
So part of my job is ordering items that the different departments need. Our electrican needed me to order a power adapter with some specific specs, one of which being an output of 5A. I found one on Amazon and sent him … --- ## [Very proud of my spouse yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-proud-of-my-spouse-yesterday/830959)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-proud-of-my-spouse-yesterday/830959 "2019-03-15T03:47:32Z")
Well, I’m proud of her fearlessness in general, but yesterday seemed noteworthy. We have good local transit, including light rail. All of these have priority seating for seniors and disabled folks, and it is clearly mark… --- ## [GoFundMe campaign for medical bills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-campaign-for-medical-bills/822707)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-campaign-for-medical-bills/822707 "2019-03-15T00:07:11Z")
TubaDiva and the mods have given me permission to post this. This is not easy for me. It’s embarrasing to beg for money. I’m trying to pick up the pieces of my life but I need some help to do so. I’ve started a GoFundMe… --- ## [I worry that my son has no love life.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-that-my-son-has-no-love-life/831079)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-worry-that-my-son-has-no-love-life/831079 "2019-03-14T23:46:49Z")
So my son, who is moderately autistic (He did graduate HS) just recently turned 21. To date, he’s had only one GF when he was 15. It was a bit of luck that they found each other. Don’t think she was autistic like my son… --- ## [Cinematic clichés you have used unironically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-cliches-you-have-used-unironically/830984)
**Author:** [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-cliches-you-have-used-unironically/830984 "2019-03-14T16:10:57Z")
For stories of moments where life was just like the movies: I have yelled MUSH! to a pack of sled dogs A few years ago, my girlfriend bought a day of dog-sledding through groupon or whatever and after I got over my sur… --- ## [Any fishkeepers on the dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fishkeepers-on-the-dope/831009)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fishkeepers-on-the-dope/831009 "2019-03-14T13:41:17Z")
A quick search shows that we’ve had a few aquarium threads over the years, but mostly it’s been people posting a quick question. I thought it could be cool to have a thread where we can talk about what kinds of fish we k… --- ## [the death of shall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-shall/830570)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-shall/830570 "2019-03-14T04:12:34Z")
I just learned that the word shall is dead! Dead I tell you! Dead! OK, that is done. I had always been taught that shall meant you have to do something and will means it is optional. If you do the work I shall pay you i… --- ## [Biology class changes from 1959 to 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biology-class-changes-from-1959-to-2019/831018)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biology-class-changes-from-1959-to-2019/831018 "2019-03-14T02:17:45Z")
I avoided biology in high school. Not intentionally, but partly due to scheduling conflicts, my college prep plan was oriented more towards math, chemistry and physics, and I never experienced biology in high school or … --- ## [Conservative "Yelp" clone found to have gaping security holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-yelp-clone-found-to-have-gaping-security-holes/831065)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-yelp-clone-found-to-have-gaping-security-holes/831065 "2019-03-14T00:01:54Z")
This is pure schadenfreude but here goes. You may have heard recently about a website that collects reviews of businesses based on their friendliness to MAGA hats. Well, it ends up that the site has some glaring securi… --- ## [A Mystery That Only Death Can Solve.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-that-only-death-can-solve/830832)
**Author:** [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mystery-that-only-death-can-solve/830832 "2019-03-13T23:30:27Z")
Is there life after death? Well most Americans, about 70% or so, believe that they will go to heaven when they die which I guess means they believe in life after death. Many Buddhists believe that there is a new existen… --- ## [Losing virginity in teen years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-virginity-in-teen-years/830903)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-virginity-in-teen-years/830903 "2019-03-13T23:11:14Z")
In society, still being a virgin by one’s 20th birthday is highly frowned upon. The average age in the US to lose virginity is 17. Frankly, this is why I think our society has FAILED. The point of posting this is becaus… --- ## [World Wide Web celebrates 30th anniversary March 12, 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-wide-web-celebrates-30th-anniversary-march-12-2019/831055)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-wide-web-celebrates-30th-anniversary-march-12-2019/831055 "2019-03-13T22:51:58Z")
\#Web30 is trending heavily. Fascinating stuff on Twitter tonight. People sharing their experiences. I’d encourage everyone to check out the birthday celebration. btw, I’m aware some people consider earlier dates. It com… --- ## [In which RNATB builds a thing (Tamiya 1/10 scale RC model)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rnatb-builds-a-thing-tamiya-1-10-scale-rc-model/830951)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-rnatb-builds-a-thing-tamiya-1-10-scale-rc-model/830951 "2019-03-13T22:33:18Z")
So over here, I posted asking for advice about building an RC car. I suppose I should share my progress (particularly since there aren’t many threads about this on the Dope). I’ve been building and modifying a 1/10 scal… --- ## [Enola Straight's countdown to 6000 posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-straights-countdown-to-6000-posts/830985)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enola-straights-countdown-to-6000-posts/830985 "2019-03-13T21:51:54Z")
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