# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=420 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 421 --- ## [Hate your job? Take solace in this fact:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-your-job-take-solace-in-this-fact/827615)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-your-job-take-solace-in-this-fact/827615 "2019-01-11T20:28:37Z")
at least you don’t have to break up fatbergs. --- ## [Another round of Emotional Support chickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-emotional-support-chickens/826371)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-round-of-emotional-support-chickens/826371 "2019-01-11T18:25:19Z")
But I can definitely get behind these. Yes, I have sympathy for people who need emotional support animals and certain accommodations can and should be made. But this is damn funny. --- ## [Ever moved permanently to your favourite holiday destination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-moved-permanently-to-your-favourite-holiday-destination/827348)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-moved-permanently-to-your-favourite-holiday-destination/827348 "2019-01-11T18:09:32Z")
So, it looks like in a few months’ time we’ll be moving to Vienna. I got a job there and am just waiting for all the paperwork to get paper-worked. I’m excited about this, but also a little apprehensive, because Vienna… --- ## [What to do in Dallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-dallas/797805)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-dallas/797805 "2019-01-10T21:35:31Z")
As the title says. I’m in Dallas TX for the day, flying out at way to early o’clock in the morning. What can I do to while away a few evening hours tonight thats relatively inexpensive? --- ## [My bank account was hacked. :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bank-account-was-hacked/827183)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bank-account-was-hacked/827183 "2019-01-10T15:58:50Z")
Logged in to my ‘special’ account that I use almost exclusively for my holiday savings, only to find nearly $1500 missing in a number of separate transactions just a couple of days ago. I’m hoping that the bank honours … --- ## [Just set out a trap-line in my study.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-set-out-a-trap-line-in-my-study/827321)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-set-out-a-trap-line-in-my-study/827321 "2019-01-10T15:08:21Z")
A few weeks ago, the Cub acquired a hamster. I pointed out that since we have Piper Cat, we should keep the hamster in a room with a closed door. So Piper Hamster took up residence in my study. Then one morning, well b… --- ## [Superman Flag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-flag/827469)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-flag/827469 "2019-01-10T14:07:53Z")
Here’s something both Mundane and Pointless You can buy a Superman Flag. It’s blue, with the Superman “S”, like on his chest, in the middle: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPERMAN-FLAG-BANNER-3X5FT-MARVEL-COMIC-ACTION-S… --- ## [Broadcast networks deliberating whether to air Trump's prime time immigration address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-networks-deliberating-whether-to-air-trumps-prime-time-immigration-address/827374)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-networks-deliberating-whether-to-air-trumps-prime-time-immigration-address/827374 "2019-01-10T07:31:45Z")
Here we go. Dunno how to feel about this. Seems a little late to stop feeding the troll. The guy is a compulsive liar–that’s not an opinion, it is a remarkably verifiable fact, regrettably. Is it unreasonable to expect… --- ## [Woman makes stupid choice, gets mad at results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-makes-stupid-choice-gets-mad-at-results/825917)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-makes-stupid-choice-gets-mad-at-results/825917 "2019-01-10T05:28:52Z")
Remember the airline agent recently who laughed at a girl’s name? A pregnant woman’s family made fun of the name she had picked out for her child. Much huffiness and drama ensued. MSN? Not too surprisingly, she mana… --- ## [Should I keep these speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-keep-these-speakers/827286)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-keep-these-speakers/827286 "2019-01-10T04:40:45Z")
So years ago I got a free pair of Technics SB-A51 speakers which I’ve been using with my home theater system. Trouble is, they’re rather large. Looking at home theater systems available these days, their speakers are a… --- ## [GoFundMe: Please help me turn my cat into a tripod.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-please-help-me-turn-my-cat-into-a-tripod/825116)
**Author:** [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gofundme-please-help-me-turn-my-cat-into-a-tripod/825116 "2019-01-10T04:07:39Z")
I posted this thread about my cat’s need for an operation to remove his leg. I’m going ahead and the op is tomorrow. It’s drastic but necessary for his quality of life. He has a nasty fungal infection on his “ankle” and … --- ## [Please tell me about vacationing in Czech Republic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-vacationing-in-czech-republic/827450)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-vacationing-in-czech-republic/827450 "2019-01-10T00:20:59Z")
I am in the planning phase for a trip to Trutnov, Czech Republic this July to go to a music festival. I am also thinking about spending 3-4 days in Prague, as multiple friends have told me, in the exact same words with … --- ## [A hold my beer moment that ends like you'd expect.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hold-my-beer-moment-that-ends-like-youd-expect/827414 "2019-01-09T15:57:19Z")
Anytime someone says hold my beer while I take care of this. You know the situation probably won’t end well. This tree cutter left his truck beside the tree he’s cutting? WTH? :wink: The video is hilarious. Thankfully … --- ## [I am shocked - shocked - to know that dancing is going on...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-shocked-shocked-to-know-that-dancing-is-going-on/827186 "2019-01-09T15:52:35Z")
(Mods, move this if it’s the wrong forum.) As a white male past middle age I am shocked to learn that the youngest Congresswoman used to dance on roof tops … https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-04/alexandria-ocasio-cor… --- ## [NYC to launch a universal health care system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-to-launch-a-universal-health-care-system/827447)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-to-launch-a-universal-health-care-system/827447 "2019-01-09T13:15:57Z")
I support the concept but that is only $166 per person. How are they going to give health care at those prices? Also, I don’t want to be a party pooper, but its not true UHC unless prices are brought under control an… --- ## [Starlite Recipe Cracked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlite-recipe-cracked/826824)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlite-recipe-cracked/826824 "2019-01-09T10:49:00Z")
I think I remember reading about this stuff via the SDMB some time ago, an amazing insulator created by a crazy dude, that seemed to be real but that he refused to give up or sell the recipe for, and then died. This guy… --- ## [Drunken, obnoxious, Arkansas dopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-obnoxious-arkansas-dopers/827285)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunken-obnoxious-arkansas-dopers/827285 "2019-01-09T04:35:30Z")
I am now one of you. At least for a few months, if not longer. So…where can I get a cheap draft beer and not be suffocated by cigarette smoke? What’s the smoking/drinking laws here? I’ve found a few awesome divey holes h… --- ## [I got Diverticulitis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-diverticulitis/827140)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-diverticulitis/827140 "2019-01-08T22:15:27Z")
Diverticulitis. I was hospitalized with it in 2016. I hate this. --- ## [Don't leak MY wiki!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-leak-my-wiki/827424)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-leak-my-wiki/827424 "2019-01-08T21:39:39Z")
Or maybe it should be “don’t wiki MY leak.” either way, Assange apparently doesn’t feel that there should be transparency in reporting about him, attempting to tell the media what they can and can’t say about him. --- ## [What's the point of guilt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-guilt/827364)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-guilt/827364 "2019-01-08T19:13:44Z")
I don’t know why I feel guilty all the time. I feel guilty that I am not being a good parent, that I am not doing enough at work, about how I have treated people in the past and many other things. I even feel guilty ab… --- ## [According to The Economist, 40% of jobs are "bullshit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-economist-40-of-jobs-are-bullshit/827117)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-the-economist-40-of-jobs-are-bullshit/827117 "2019-01-08T19:00:27Z")
I just came across this article in The Economist from a few months ago and thought I’d share: Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism Basically, the gist is this. According to anthropologist David Graeber, … --- ## ['Gangrene of the Genitals' The Hell, you say!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangrene-of-the-genitals-the-hell-you-say/827330)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangrene-of-the-genitals-the-hell-you-say/827330 "2019-01-08T13:33:43Z")
I was watching TV late night last night and about 1am comes on a commercial for a ‘Call this lawyer if you have this’ and the blonde talking head says,\* “Gangrene of the Genitals”.\* :eek: Ok. You got my attention. But,… --- ## [Kidnapper slammed by karate instructor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidnapper-slammed-by-karate-instructor/827250)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidnapper-slammed-by-karate-instructor/827250 "2019-01-08T03:04:58Z")
I know we have had a thread about how effective the martial arts are in real life situations but couldn’t find it. Here is a case where a would be kidnapper chases his victim into a karate dojo and gets his ass handed to… --- ## [A little dig at Trump I made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-dig-at-trump-i-made/827212)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-dig-at-trump-i-made/827212 "2019-01-07T18:07:15Z")
When I heard him say he was “proud of what he was doing,” this is what I thought of: --- ## [Remember "Covfefe"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-covfefe/827221 "2019-01-07T14:49:43Z")
May 31, 2017 12:06 AM Donald Trump tweets “Despite the negative press covfefe” followed 6 hours later by “Who can figure out the true meaning of ‘covfefe’ ??? Enjoy!” For some reason, today I typed “covfefe” into Go… --- ## [Toyota brings back the Supra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-brings-back-the-supra/827157 "2019-01-07T14:29:54Z")
Discuss. --- ## [Do congressional hearings on high drug prices actually solve anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-congressional-hearings-on-high-drug-prices-actually-solve-anything/827229)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-congressional-hearings-on-high-drug-prices-actually-solve-anything/827229 "2019-01-07T14:06:49Z")
Call me a cynic, but my impression is neither party has any interest in passing laws that might actually work to reduce drug prices because neither party wants to offend the rich. There are outliers here and there (Warre… --- ## [Strange Telephone Behavior with Job Applicants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-telephone-behavior-with-job-applicants/827209)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-telephone-behavior-with-job-applicants/827209 "2019-01-07T13:36:29Z")
I’m answering a lot of local job ads to pick up seasonal / office / whatever work these days. So a lot of employers and agencies and headhunters etc have my name, tel, resume etc. Three times in the last month this has… --- ## [Tuna sells for $3,000,000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuna-sells-for-3-000-000/827256)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuna-sells-for-3-000-000/827256 "2019-01-07T11:56:05Z")
Probably best to skip the tuna sushi at his place for awhile. Dennis --- ## [New Year = Figuring your net worth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-figuring-your-net-worth/827111)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-figuring-your-net-worth/827111 "2019-01-07T07:43:57Z")
I’ve never been successful at New Year’s Resolutions. Just never yet kept one. But I have a decades long record of calculating our net worth every January 1st. I get the current balance of every bank account/investmen… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=419) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=421)