# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=427 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 428 --- ## [Satanic Monument for Oklahoma State Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanic-monument-for-oklahoma-state-capitol/687607)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanic-monument-for-oklahoma-state-capitol/687607 "2018-12-08T02:16:55Z")
I really hope that this is for real, and not a hack: There are pictures at the site: This is evidently being raised as a sort of protest: After all, you really SHOULD insure your Satanic statues, against intended … --- ## [Hypothetical: Who are you, again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-who-are-you-again/783152)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-who-are-you-again/783152 "2018-12-08T02:08:07Z")
The word has come down From On High that all posters must choose a new user name, and it can’t be a variation or respelling of their old name. What name would you choose? I would be A. Nonny Mouse. --- ## [Porsche 911 992 Variant Unveiled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porsche-911-992-variant-unveiled/825242 "2018-12-07T23:54:35Z")
Yesterday, Porsche unveiled the new 992 variant of its iconic 911 Carrera sports car. The 992 is the 8th variant of the 911 model for 2019. Currently, the 992 is available only in the C4 and C4S models, and with the PDK… --- ## [The More People Push Me to Do Something, the Less I Want to Do It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-people-push-me-to-do-something-the-less-i-want-to-do-it/825686)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-people-push-me-to-do-something-the-less-i-want-to-do-it/825686 "2018-12-07T21:17:36Z")
I’ve noticed that the more people try to push or cajole me into doing something, the more resistant I become to doing it. I could give several examples. One that stands out is when a colleague invited me to an out-of-tow… --- ## [Any practical effect from Apprendi line of cases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-practical-effect-from-apprendi-line-of-cases/825627)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-practical-effect-from-apprendi-line-of-cases/825627 "2018-12-07T20:32:37Z")
Perhaps some of you fellow legal dopers can help me with this quandry that the Apprendi line of cases seemingly fail to address: Scenario #1: A state outlaws mopery and sets the punishment to a maximum of 5 years in pr… --- ## [Do not depend on SCOTUS when it comes to stopping Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-depend-on-scotus-when-it-comes-to-stopping-trump/825758)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-depend-on-scotus-when-it-comes-to-stopping-trump/825758 "2018-12-07T20:25:11Z")
The Supreme court gave a green light to Trump’s bulldozing through The National Butterfly Center to build his wall. The ruling means his administration gets to bypass 28 federal laws, including the Endangered Species A… --- ## [Pearl Harbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor/825756)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor/825756 "2018-12-07T18:10:46Z")
On this date that will live in infamy the game I play, World of Warships, has posted a pretty good treatise. I thought I’d share it with you. --- ## [Record-setting Teddy Bear Toss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-setting-teddy-bear-toss/825750)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-setting-teddy-bear-toss/825750 "2018-12-07T15:32:02Z")
34,798 Teddy bears, along with $15,000 from CommunityAid and apparently $34,798 from a Bears club seat holder who agreed to donate $1 per stuffed animal collected on Sunday, for charity. Kind of wish there was a minor l… --- ## [TV Watching Habits by Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-watching-habits-by-race/825709)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-watching-habits-by-race/825709 "2018-12-07T04:57:09Z")
Ok, lets try to keep this out of Great Debates. I almost thought about this in General Questions, but I figured answers would be more opinion than fact. I was reading an article from The Atlantic today and came across … --- ## [How do race relations and racial hierarchies work in east asia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-race-relations-and-racial-hierarchies-work-in-east-asia/825460)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-race-relations-and-racial-hierarchies-work-in-east-asia/825460 "2018-12-07T01:28:46Z")
I guess I’m particularly curious about China, Japan and Korea. My impression is that they all have racial tensions with each other. Do they all consider themselves the superior race and the other 2 as inferior? Is there… --- ## [Dangers of being a whore (Favre tricked into recording message for white supremacists)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangers-of-being-a-whore-favre-tricked-into-recording-message-for-white-supremacists/825505)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangers-of-being-a-whore-favre-tricked-into-recording-message-for-white-supremacists/825505 "2018-12-06T22:27:38Z")
This was easily avoided with literally 5 seconds of Googling, but I guess Favre really needed that nickel? --- ## [Jehovah's Witnesses standing on street corners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovahs-witnesses-standing-on-street-corners/825638)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jehovahs-witnesses-standing-on-street-corners/825638 "2018-12-06T19:39:50Z")
lately around here (RTP area of NC) I see them on street corners giving out their magazines. Is this new idea for them or is it just new here? I assume they still go door to door as well but I have not had them at … --- ## [Things you're expected to know/do, but don't...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-expected-to-know-do-but-dont/825316)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youre-expected-to-know-do-but-dont/825316 "2018-12-06T18:40:20Z")
A companion to my “How much am I missing by not being an expert…” thread. Things you’re expected to know/do, but don’t… Them: “You live in Hawaii and don’t swim?” Me: “Nope, and I don’t do the hula either” Them: “You… --- ## [Happy St. Nicholas Day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-nicholas-day/825666)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-st-nicholas-day/825666 "2018-12-06T18:31:43Z")
I don’t know if anyone knows or even cares. But today, December 6th, is St. Nicholas day. Yeah, the Dutch apparently transferred the practices associated with this day to Christmas. That is why we celebrate Santa Claus/S… --- ## [Renewable power cheaper to build and operate than coal power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewable-power-cheaper-to-build-and-operate-than-coal-power/824976)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renewable-power-cheaper-to-build-and-operate-than-coal-power/824976 "2018-12-06T03:45:40Z")
Not exactly new news, the trends have been clear but for the first time it appears that coal power is more expensive to build and operate than renewable power. In some cases, it is more expensive just to ruin an existin… --- ## [Good appointment with the cardiologist today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-appointment-with-the-cardiologist-today/825650)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-appointment-with-the-cardiologist-today/825650 "2018-12-06T02:43:18Z")
I had some kind of “idiopathic” cardio-event that nearly took me out in April of 17. I felt better as soon as they took me off the ventilator (!). I had my latest checkup with the cardiologist today and things look good.… --- ## [Can you ever go home again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ever-go-home-again/825525)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-ever-go-home-again/825525 "2018-12-06T00:05:02Z")
Over the weekend my husband and I decided to move back to Wisconsin, Madison area. We left there in 1993. Lived in Saudi Arabia, Indiana, Arizona, Qatar, Italy and Australia before moving to our house in 2012. He’ll be … --- ## [Do You Own a "Car?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-car/825156)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-car/825156 "2018-12-05T21:43:44Z")
Last year, Ford just about got out of the car business. GM has just announced that five models of car are being discontinued. Seems all the action now are in pickup trucks, a few remaining minivans (distinguished by a fl… --- ## [Are Giraffes afraid of hamsters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-giraffes-afraid-of-hamsters/818024)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-giraffes-afraid-of-hamsters/818024 "2018-12-05T16:50:10Z")
Kind of like Elephants are scared of mice. If a Giraffe has a hamster friend, does it feed it or leave it all alone and sad and hungry? Is it actually true that Elephants are afraid of mice? --- ## [Airline employee mocks the name of a five-year-old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-employee-mocks-the-name-of-a-five-year-old/825348)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-employee-mocks-the-name-of-a-five-year-old/825348 "2018-12-05T15:49:44Z")
Story here. Apparently a mother and her five-year-old daughter, whose name is “Abcde,” were boarding a Southwest flight and one of the staff made fun of the name. While I question the advisability of saddling an innoce… --- ## [Long road names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-road-names/825502)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-road-names/825502 "2018-12-05T10:52:45Z")
I tend to write my address quickly and sometime it even pains me to write North so I just use “N”. I came across a beaut of a road name here in Ohio: Stonelick Williams Corner Road. Gotta be a story there. Dennis --- ## [Pros for work cubicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-for-work-cubicles/825295)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-for-work-cubicles/825295 "2018-12-05T04:41:34Z")
My work has been redoing a chunk of the building and there have been rumors it will be cubicle space. Just found out that it’s true, and that I’ll be one of about 20 people going there. Yea. I spent a decade in cubes … --- ## [Every Step You Take, I'll Be Watching You!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-step-you-take-ill-be-watching-you/825569 "2018-12-05T04:28:31Z")
https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AAS0ss7VXNtG93bqjULhb3\_h0R2S2XWAHqVijIfc\_5cis2EuvgqqCEYdxd8xacue4DeH\_S2OQsAQvhvwKJ88O1MJUmksyCf4JDhnjOUSLryZeSbgjShN9ls4q9SQf4p6BXemqyLH7E2jbCAXY56MtXR0-xv5S2Bi2u7Y8YkDJvwdRSENObjqT84… --- ## [Rape By Fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-by-fraud/825562)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-by-fraud/825562 "2018-12-05T04:11:15Z")
The idea of “rape by fraud” (having sex with someone who believes you to be someone else - they’re consenting to sex with the other person, not you) is a topic that’s come up on this board a bit in the past. I just read… --- ## [Bubbly hair underwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubbly-hair-underwater/825558 "2018-12-04T22:21:07Z")
I noticed something interesting while bathing - all my submerged body hair was floating away from my skin as though I had goosebumps, but because they were all covered a thin layer of air bubbles. Dipping still dry skin … --- ## [I don't see any recent threads about oddities in satellite images...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-see-any-recent-threads-about-oddities-in-satellite-images/825434)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-see-any-recent-threads-about-oddities-in-satellite-images/825434 "2018-12-04T18:31:19Z")
…so here’s the world’s largest QR code, according to TripAdvisor. --- ## [Remember, Kids, Google Image Search Is Just A \*First Step\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-kids-google-image-search-is-just-a-first-step/825495)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-kids-google-image-search-is-just-a-first-step/825495 "2018-12-04T16:53:34Z")
If you don’t check out the context and description of the neat image you found, you’re liable to end up with egg on your face like this: Catholic News Service Celebrates Hanukkah with Snap of Frieze of Vespasian Sacking… --- ## [Life's little victories.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-little-victories/825473 "2018-12-04T02:49:56Z")
Today, we made a Costco run, were in and out in less than 45 minutes and I didn’t yell “Get the fuck OUT OF MY WAY!!” once. Got a great deal on rum and fleece sheets, too. --- ## [All hail the new apocalypse: asteroid Bennu!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-new-apocalypse-asteroid-bennu/810721)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-new-apocalypse-asteroid-bennu/810721 "2018-12-04T01:53:19Z")
Evening Standard story here. Le sigh. We’ve been through this with Apophis. While the thing will create a big crater if it hits land and will be fatal for those in the vicinity - I wouldn’t want to be within 100 km of… --- ## [New Dog in the House!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430 "2018-12-03T20:36:08Z")
My wife and I lost or dog to cancer about a month ago and miss him terribly. We’ve been looking on the rescue sites and visiting adoption events within 50 miles searching for a successor. We’ve also had friends on the lo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=428)