# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=460 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 461 --- ## [Pet peeve: Bias has a past tense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-bias-has-a-past-tense/816441)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-bias-has-a-past-tense/816441 "2018-06-22T09:24:57Z")
Over the last few years I’ve seen an annoying trend of people not understanding that the past tense of “bias” is “biased.” The data doesn’t show anything, but here’s 3 random examples from no-name twitter accounts. \[ … --- ## [BCG vaccine can reverse Type 1 Diabetes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bcg-vaccine-can-reverse-type-1-diabetes/816544)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bcg-vaccine-can-reverse-type-1-diabetes/816544 "2018-06-22T01:58:50Z")
This could be a huge discovery. I’m not diabetic but I know that a number of Dopers are. --- ## [Koko gogo.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-gogo/816504)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/koko-gogo/816504 "2018-06-21T22:21:20Z")
Koko the ball-grabbing gorilla has passed at the age of 46. --- ## [Giving yourself a needle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-yourself-a-needle/816496)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-yourself-a-needle/816496 "2018-06-21T21:33:51Z")
I always had troubles giving myself a needle. I just could not poke myself no matter how hard I would try. I would put the needle against the muscle and slowly try pushing it in and usually bending the needle or not gett… --- ## [Odd coincidence related to US polarization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-coincidence-related-to-us-polarization/816305)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-coincidence-related-to-us-polarization/816305 "2018-06-21T19:47:57Z")
I lived through the Reagan era, and I personally had close to the lowest opinion of him that a person could. The whole time, which put me in a maybe 20~30% group. The country seemed stable enough, and his team knew how t… --- ## [An incredibly petty grammatical complaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-petty-grammatical-complaint/816500)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-petty-grammatical-complaint/816500 "2018-06-21T12:45:53Z")
I’ve seen this twice in one day and I’m feeling a little salty, so I felt compelled to say something. One instance was an online retailer who says, “Ordering is easy if you follow these steps. I do not accept X form o… --- ## [Guys I Need A Job, Preferably From Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-need-a-job-preferably-from-home/815158)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-i-need-a-job-preferably-from-home/815158 "2018-06-21T09:41:17Z")
All- I am kinda new to this kind of job hunting. The prior jobs I’ve had I held for long periods of time, so now I am a servant of the internet to job hunt. As many of you know, I have a compromised health situation, s… --- ## [Miss me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-me/816277)
**Author:** [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-me/816277 "2018-06-21T07:39:49Z")
So I remembered these boards after an extended absence, and even remembered my username and password!! It helps that I used my standard pw that I use for everything. Looking at my history, my last post was in 2010, and … --- ## [Great US Army anti-fascism video from 1945](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-us-army-anti-fascism-video-from-1945/816489)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-us-army-anti-fascism-video-from-1945/816489 "2018-06-21T04:24:34Z")
Don’t be a sucker. I think this is the first time I have ever spammed a video on any format, the Dope, email, facebook, whatever, but I watched this on the front page of Reddit and I really want to share it. It is a vi… --- ## [For those who have lost canine friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-have-lost-canine-friends/816389)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-have-lost-canine-friends/816389 "2018-06-21T03:25:49Z")
A cartoon that will give some solace, with a nod to Terry Pratchett. --- ## [I hired a receptionist.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-receptionist/816472)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-receptionist/816472 "2018-06-21T01:58:12Z")
This is about as mundane and pointless as I can get, but it is still a development. I have spent the last few years tied to this desk, and only having something productive to do about 60% of the time. I now have tied s… --- ## [Play the jukebox at the bar and get a date!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-the-jukebox-at-the-bar-and-get-a-date/816478)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-the-jukebox-at-the-bar-and-get-a-date/816478 "2018-06-21T00:51:51Z")
I just received one of the oddest marketing emails ever. I very frequently use the TouchTunes app to play the jukebox at two of the bars I frequent often. Now, the next time I play a song with the TouchTunes app, I can g… --- ## [Barack Obama and Sir David Attenborough meet in Alice's Resturant...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-sir-david-attenborough-meet-in-alices-resturant/816459)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barack-obama-and-sir-david-attenborough-meet-in-alices-resturant/816459 "2018-06-20T19:40:22Z")
No, this isn’t the setup for a joke. Two newly described Edicaran fossil species in Australia have been named Obamus coronatus and Attenborites janeae in honor of the above-mentioned historical live guys. (Acceptable co… --- ## [The Times They Are A'Changing : Queen's Distant Cousin in Same-Sex Marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-times-they-are-achanging-queens-distant-cousin-in-same-sex-marriage/816445)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-times-they-are-achanging-queens-distant-cousin-in-same-sex-marriage/816445 "2018-06-20T18:07:31Z")
Lord Mountbatten, a distant cousin of the Queen, is going to be marrying his male partner. He’ll be walked down the aisle by his ex-wife, with whom he’s remained on good terms. His partner, James Coyle, has stated that… --- ## [Our new puppy is not minding my wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-puppy-is-not-minding-my-wife/816040)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-new-puppy-is-not-minding-my-wife/816040 "2018-06-20T02:14:38Z")
I wanted to get people’s input on an issue we’re having with our new dog. We got Bartleby when he was 8 weeks old, he’s about 4.5 months old now. I pretty much trained him and work with him about 20 minutes a day. My … --- ## [Thanking a teacher you never had the chance to thank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanking-a-teacher-you-never-had-the-chance-to-thank/814881)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanking-a-teacher-you-never-had-the-chance-to-thank/814881 "2018-06-19T19:28:52Z")
Scene: Grade 11 Biology class in a little town in Saskatchewan, shortly after the Earth cooled. At the blackboard: Mr Brian Fedak, biology teacher: “So, when you have a homogenous population…” Conrad, the class clow… --- ## [Anxiety opening mail? Is that a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anxiety-opening-mail-is-that-a-thing/816155)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anxiety-opening-mail-is-that-a-thing/816155 "2018-06-19T17:56:36Z")
The other day a person called into a radio show and said that she missed out of a free trip because she has anxiety opening her mail and let the letter site until a deadline passed. The topic wasn’t even about fears or … --- ## [taking a break](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break/814265)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break/814265 "2018-06-19T17:12:35Z")
I’ll be taking a break from posting on the SDMB for a while. Sorry if that leaves anyone hanging in the middle of a discussion, but it seems to me like a good time to step away for a bit. For those of you that find such … --- ## [Longtime friends make good on pact to marry at 50 if still single](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-friends-make-good-on-pact-to-marry-at-50-if-still-single/816046)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longtime-friends-make-good-on-pact-to-marry-at-50-if-still-single/816046 "2018-06-19T16:01:30Z")
This is just sweet. Here’s wishing them the very best. (Yes, I know that both of them had already tied knots and then untied them; get over it! :)) --- ## [Post #5000!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-5000/816302)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-5000/816302 "2018-06-19T15:16:36Z")
I know I’m still a newb but damn, seems like my first post wasn’t so long ago. Narrator: “It was.” --- ## [I'm new \\ message boards vs social media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-message-boards-vs-social-media/816344)
**Author:** [@Kabab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kabab)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-new-message-boards-vs-social-media/816344 "2018-06-19T04:13:53Z")
Hi everyone, I am new! I couldn’t find a place where new people introduce themselves and found it odd to just jump in without saying announcing the obvious: I’m new! Anyway, the reason I joined is that I was looking for… --- ## [2500 Naked Women Together in One Place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2500-naked-women-together-in-one-place/815955)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2500-naked-women-together-in-one-place/815955 "2018-06-19T03:56:03Z")
2,505 women\* got together to skinny dip in County Wicklow Ireland It was for a good cause – a cancer fund. They wanted to break the previous Guiness-attested record of 786 and, by gum, they did. \*Who did the counting… --- ## [We spent more than we had as persons too available than her particulars en point.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-spent-more-than-we-had-as-persons-too-available-than-her-particulars-en-point/816355)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-spent-more-than-we-had-as-persons-too-available-than-her-particulars-en-point/816355 "2018-06-19T03:26:49Z")
Wife dragged everything out, given me, others, and everybody who ever lived, and all else to FUk everybpdy else anyone to be laughably dead. It was her way. I’m interestesd only because she would hate you. --- ## [New Medicare cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-medicare-cards/816338)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-medicare-cards/816338 "2018-06-19T03:18:06Z")
New Medicare cards are being mailed out, and I got mine today (apparently California is among the first states). The reason is to correct something I have complained about ever since I got mine almost 4 years ago - inste… --- ## [Piper Cub's football career is taking off! Says it's Sick!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cubs-football-career-is-taking-off-says-its-sick/816137)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cubs-football-career-is-taking-off-says-its-sick/816137 "2018-06-18T17:42:16Z")
I assume “sick” is a good thing. :slight\_smile: He gets to play in the big league tomorrow! Well, the big stadium, at least. The Cub plays in the Regina Flag Football League, one of the biggest in Canada, with over 2… --- ## [I have a tank full of algae and driftwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tank-full-of-algae-and-driftwood/816019)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-tank-full-of-algae-and-driftwood/816019 "2018-06-18T17:14:13Z")
People be hatin’, but I’m rollin with the 55g. Motherfuckers be askin’ why you fishin without no pole I tell em step back I’m rockin the native species - your sorry ass couldn’t even keep Petco fish alive. Your PH is wha… --- ## [Amazon reaches out to disabled community with sign language logo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-reaches-out-to-disabled-community-with-sign-language-logo/816049)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-reaches-out-to-disabled-community-with-sign-language-logo/816049 "2018-06-18T06:49:43Z")
Amazon has recreated their logo (“Amazon” with a swoosh connecting the A and Z) in sign language. They’ve placed pictures of the appropriate hand gesture for each letter beneath the english-language text version. I can’… --- ## [Who has owned a VW Beetle? (“Volkswagen Is Killing Off the Beetle“)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-owned-a-vw-beetle-volkswagen-is-killing-off-the-beetle/815805)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-owned-a-vw-beetle-volkswagen-is-killing-off-the-beetle/815805 "2018-06-18T03:14:30Z")
“Volkswagen Is Killing Off the Beetle“ — Not new news. It was announced 2-3 months ago. I searched here and did not find a thread on it. Have you ever owned a VW Beetle, either the older rear-engined, air-cooled one (19… --- ## [Time for a picnic in the MMP!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-picnic-in-the-mmp/815865)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 201\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-a-picnic-in-the-mmp/815865 "2018-06-18T02:28:43Z")
We’re having a big ol’ MMP picnic - it’s a surprise - at swampy’s place, since he has a pool and hot tub. :smiley: OK, he probably won’t share his address or anything, so this will have to be a flight of fancy. What d… --- ## [Nearly tripped over a rattlesnake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-tripped-over-a-rattlesnake/814581)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearly-tripped-over-a-rattlesnake/814581 "2018-06-17T18:17:20Z")
I went down to check the water levels in my pasture troughs and nearly stepped on a 2’ timber rattler. He was slowly meandering across my top paddock. I threw a stick at him, hoping to get him to move faster, but he just… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=461)