# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=485 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 486 --- ## [Slight headache one day, the next five in ICU -AMA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-headache-one-day-the-next-five-in-icu-ama/808969)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slight-headache-one-day-the-next-five-in-icu-ama/808969 "2018-02-21T21:43:50Z")
While doing a Spin bike workout last week I felt a slight throbbing in the right side of my head. It passed after 30 seconds or so and I didn’t give it another thought. (Although at the time I thought “That’s not right”.… --- ## [I am a middle aged man with baby fever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-middle-aged-man-with-baby-fever/809286)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-middle-aged-man-with-baby-fever/809286 "2018-02-21T20:41:24Z")
The logo over at Supercook looks like a sperm with a cape. A super sperm. And what’s the caption say below that logo? Is there any non-naughty way to interpret this? Because I’m having trouble. I need help. --- ## [Check number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-number/809227)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-number/809227 "2018-02-21T20:33:53Z")
Went online a bit ago to see if a check the wife had written had cleared our joint account. Check. Realized we had written 5600+ checks on this account since we opened it 25+ years ago. We write quite a bit fewer now … --- ## [NorthernPiper - Look at this article](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northernpiper-look-at-this-article/809291)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northernpiper-look-at-this-article/809291 "2018-02-21T20:32:53Z")
Irish couple mistakenly takes romantic trip to see Red Hot Chilli Pipers, not peppers \[Couple mistakenly takes romantic trip to see Red Hot Chilli Pipers, not peppers - ABC7 San Francisco\](Valentine’s Day concert gone a… --- ## [Another step toward self-driving cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-step-toward-self-driving-cars/809292)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-step-toward-self-driving-cars/809292 "2018-02-21T20:31:00Z")
One of the biggest obstacles on the route to completely self-driving cars is the issue of bad weather. A team of Finnish researchers are working on that issue. --- ## [experience with hypnopompic sleep hallucinations in the elderly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-hypnopompic-sleep-hallucinations-in-the-elderly/809207)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-hypnopompic-sleep-hallucinations-in-the-elderly/809207 "2018-02-21T12:58:19Z")
My mother is 90 years old. She is in poor health but there is nothing major going on with her right now. She isn’t taking any new medications. She is not as sharp as she used to be but hasn’t really suffered from cogn… --- ## [chacoguy has passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chacoguy-has-passed/806345 "2018-02-21T04:56:02Z")
It has been reported on giraffeboards that SDMB user chacoguy has passed. I have been unable to confirm his passing, but if we get more information I will update this thread and the thread title. Edit: This has been co… --- ## [A funny and touching obituary.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-and-touching-obituary/809204)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-funny-and-touching-obituary/809204 "2018-02-21T02:35:13Z")
For Mary T. O’Connell. I loved it. --- ## [Tell us about your daily work lunch experience (not the food, everything else)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-daily-work-lunch-experience-not-the-food-everything-else/808988)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-daily-work-lunch-experience-not-the-food-everything-else/808988 "2018-02-21T00:25:37Z")
Aside from quitting time, lunch is the highlight of my work day. We are a pretty tight group and we are usually able to eat lunch together. We talk about TV, movies, stuff in the news, etc. and have a lot of laughs. Shop… --- ## [You never know when you just got carded for the last time...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-never-know-when-you-just-got-carded-for-the-last-time/808985)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-never-know-when-you-just-got-carded-for-the-last-time/808985 "2018-02-20T22:04:44Z")
…but I’m 99% sure tonight marks that milestone in my life. The last time was during a visit to Chicago several years ago, and I actually didn’t have ID with me and had to plead with the guy to just look at me carefully … --- ## [Most pointless commercial you've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pointless-commercial-youve-seen/809097)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-pointless-commercial-youve-seen/809097 "2018-02-20T21:58:20Z")
I was looking up a Frank Zappa album on YouTube when the album stopped midway… …for a four second YouTube commercial. What really annoyed me about this commercial it didn’t advertise a new feature or some big event on … --- ## [Brawl breaks out in cruise ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brawl-breaks-out-in-cruise-ship/809222 "2018-02-20T21:56:09Z")
--- ## [An interesting 23 and Me result](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-23-and-me-result/809202)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-23-and-me-result/809202 "2018-02-20T19:04:38Z")
I got the results yesterday. Pretty boring, for the most part, as I’m the expected 99.9% European heritage. It was the 0.1% that was interesting, as it says that this minuscule part of me is Native American, with a full-… --- ## [Bought a house and got a cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-house-and-got-a-cat/800512)
**Author:** [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-a-house-and-got-a-cat/800512 "2018-02-20T15:38:58Z")
So my wife and I closed on a house 2 weeks ago. |We are really happy with it and enjoying planning what changes we are gong to make etc. From the day we moved in there was a cat who turned up at the door every morning. … --- ## [Explaining death to a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-death-to-a-child/808836)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-death-to-a-child/808836 "2018-02-20T15:11:20Z")
People talk about the “birds and the bees” discussions, about “the talk” in African American families, and so on. But somehow I never expected to have to explain this, although it seems obvious in retrospect. (I guess … --- ## [Qualifying for Medicaid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualifying-for-medicaid/808820)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qualifying-for-medicaid/808820 "2018-02-20T05:17:58Z")
It’s been suggested to me that I start a new thread so that some of our Medicaid experts can chime in. For background see this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=843266 Specifically, startin… --- ## [Adventures in Truncation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-truncation/809033)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adventures-in-truncation/809033 "2018-02-20T05:15:02Z")
I’m most likely to listen to music in the car. We drove 6 hours today so I listened to a lot of miscellaneous music. The device we have lists the title of the piece as it plays. But it only has a few characters to work … --- ## [Pop N Play Pimples and Pop It Pal Fake Zits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-n-play-pimples-and-pop-it-pal-fake-zits/808753)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-n-play-pimples-and-pop-it-pal-fake-zits/808753 "2018-02-20T01:04:06Z")
Search isn’t working for me and I’ve been away for quite awhile. Mods please remove if a thread already exists. I know how much Dopers love a good zit popping story/video. When I saw the commercial for these things I co… --- ## [The Anti-Confirmation Bias Book Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-confirmation-bias-book-club/808990)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-confirmation-bias-book-club/808990 "2018-02-19T04:54:03Z")
In this time of great polarization, where Republicans and Democrats mutually despise each other, I thought of a way for Liberals and Conservatives to reach across the aisle to each other. I call it the Anti-Confirmation… --- ## [Hearts and Flowers in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearts-and-flowers-in-the-mmp/808678)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearts-and-flowers-in-the-mmp/808678 "2018-02-19T02:18:03Z")
Wednesday is Valentine’s day. Does it matter? Do you bother? Discuss. Happy Moanday! --- ## [Rod Serling's description of The Twilight Zone also describes the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-serlings-description-of-the-twilight-zone-also-describes-the-internet/808979)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-serlings-description-of-the-twilight-zone-also-describes-the-internet/808979 "2018-02-18T19:22:19Z")
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies b… --- ## [Sunsets are overrated. Moonsets are where it's at!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets-are-overrated-moonsets-are-where-its-at/809055)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunsets-are-overrated-moonsets-are-where-its-at/809055 "2018-02-18T17:00:56Z")
I’m over at the coast most weekends, and people flock to the beach when it’s clear in order to watch the sunset. But I like to watch the moonset. Last night was perfect. There was a fingernail sliver of a moon, turned… --- ## [iPhone voice-to-text drives me nuts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-voice-to-text-drives-me-nuts/808742)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-voice-to-text-drives-me-nuts/808742 "2018-02-18T04:13:45Z")
It would be one thing if it just wasn’t very good, or couldn’t understand me for some reason. But I’m constantly seeing it be 100% accurate as I’m saying the worlds, only for it to decide to change everything the moment… --- ## [Lions eat poacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-eat-poacher/808748)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-eat-poacher/808748 "2018-02-17T18:38:15Z")
Cecil’s revenge!!! South African lions eat ‘poacher’, leaving just his head - South African lions eat 'poacher', leaving just his head - BBC News --- ## [Wired: Pro-Gu Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-pro-gu-russian-bots-flood-twitter-after-parkland-shooting/808963)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wired-pro-gu-russian-bots-flood-twitter-after-parkland-shooting/808963 "2018-02-17T17:46:05Z")
I’m starting to wonder just how long this kind of thing has been going on and how much of our political discord and disfunction was orchestrated from outside. --- ## [Are there terms for authoritarianism waves (opposite of democracy waves)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-terms-for-authoritarianism-waves-opposite-of-democracy-waves/808642)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-terms-for-authoritarianism-waves-opposite-of-democracy-waves/808642 "2018-02-17T08:24:35Z")
Supposedly democracy occurs on a large scale (not just in isolated countries) and so far, 4 waves have been identified. Early 18th century Post WW2 Decolonization in the 70s and 80s Arab spring and Eastern European… --- ## [Why no Russia Grooms? \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-russia-grooms-sigh/808825)
**Author:** [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-russia-grooms-sigh/808825 "2018-02-16T23:56:31Z")
I receive a great deal of spam to one particular e-mail account. No biggie everyone gets spam. However the spam I receive is geared toward a male. You know the kind: “enlarge my package\*” “see hot (insert whatever countr… --- ## [Are you able to distinguish among people of various ethnicities/ancestries by their looks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-able-to-distinguish-among-people-of-various-ethnicities-ancestries-by-their-looks/808747)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-able-to-distinguish-among-people-of-various-ethnicities-ancestries-by-their-looks/808747 "2018-02-16T16:03:10Z")
In general, I believe I can distinguish among people of European, African, or Asian ethnicity/ancestry by their facial appearance (while recognizing that there would be many, many exceptions). Even within these groups I… --- ## [Omnibus Morgenstern omnibus omnibus thread omnibus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-morgenstern-omnibus-omnibus-thread-omnibus/808816)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-morgenstern-omnibus-omnibus-thread-omnibus/808816 "2018-02-16T06:55:31Z")
Done. :smiley: --- ## [Minor things (maybe) I didnt realize I was doing was sexist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-maybe-i-didnt-realize-i-was-doing-was-sexist/807788)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-things-maybe-i-didnt-realize-i-was-doing-was-sexist/807788 "2018-02-16T04:44:34Z")
I work in building maintenance. Years ago when they built bathrooms for say an office they built them equal. Say 3 toilets in each. They then suddenly realized women require more and bigger bathrooms and hence, started t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=484) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=486)