# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=486 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 487 --- ## [Older Dopers with worsening eyesight: do you see things that are not real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-with-worsening-eyesight-do-you-see-things-that-are-not-real/808819)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-with-worsening-eyesight-do-you-see-things-that-are-not-real/808819 "2018-02-16T04:38:43Z")
… because if you do, you might be reassured to know that such hallucinations are very common, benign, and very underreported, as 10-40 % of the elderly with bad eyesight have them. These visions are know as Bonnet syndr… --- ## [When did "narcissism" become a huge issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-narcissism-become-a-huge-issue/808684)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-narcissism-become-a-huge-issue/808684 "2018-02-16T03:23:47Z")
Every few years, a new pop psychology buzzword makes the rounds. Right now, it seems to be “narcissism.” Every other self-help book, every other women’s magazine cover is about " My narcissist mother" or “Your narcissist… --- ## [New York Times CEO: Print journalism has maybe another 10 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-ceo-print-journalism-has-maybe-another-10-years/808814)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-ceo-print-journalism-has-maybe-another-10-years/808814 "2018-02-16T03:02:44Z")
The transition away from print has definitely been true for me: twenty years ago I took three daily newspapers; now I take none (I live half way between two major newspapers; I also took the Wall Street Journal). … --- ## [Any Dopers had a prostate orgasm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-had-a-prostate-orgasm/805047)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-had-a-prostate-orgasm/805047 "2018-02-15T23:32:13Z")
I had no idea there was such a thing until reading this Gizmodo article about a guy who’d trained himself to have them and found that he couldn’t stop having them in the end. I’m intrigued. I know that SDMB members run t… --- ## [11 school shootings in the first 23 days of 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-school-shootings-in-the-first-23-days-of-2018/807778)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-school-shootings-in-the-first-23-days-of-2018/807778 "2018-02-15T22:12:36Z")
WTF is this country coming to? School Shooting in Kentucky Was Nation’s 11th of Year. It Was Jan. 23. They’re barely making the headlines anymore. “Lost the capacity to shock.” It leaves one speechless. --- ## [Trip to San Jose, Costa Rica. Any advice/warnings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-san-jose-costa-rica-any-advice-warnings/808866)
**Author:** [@smsaks2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smsaks2000)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-san-jose-costa-rica-any-advice-warnings/808866 "2018-02-15T21:34:21Z")
I’m headed to San Jose, Costa Rica next month on a Dental Vacation (dentures and implants) and don’t know much about this city outside of what I can read online. I’d like to hear from fellow dopers about their travels t… --- ## [Tell me about the "Ring" doorbell/front porch security system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-ring-doorbell-front-porch-security-system/808773)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-ring-doorbell-front-porch-security-system/808773 "2018-02-15T19:05:49Z")
I’ve seen one too many videos of sketchy characters prowling around porches after midnight, as circulated by the people who are our neighbors through the website NextDoor. My husband has mentioned getting a front door c… --- ## [Candy hearts written by a neural network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-hearts-written-by-a-neural-network/808845)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-hearts-written-by-a-neural-network/808845 "2018-02-15T18:46:58Z")
What happens when you train software on a bunch of candy heart sayings and let it generate a few? STANK LOVE Really, there are others (“CHERT FACE”, “LOVE 2000 HOGS YEA”, “YOU ARE BAG”), but STANK LOVE wins this round. … --- ## [If You Had The Cash, What Three Cars Would You Own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-cash-what-three-cars-would-you-own/808408)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-cash-what-three-cars-would-you-own/808408 "2018-02-15T17:35:31Z")
Let’s all be mini-Jay Lenos. You have unlimited cash to buy exactly THREE cars, classic or new. What would you get? If really pressed, I’d probably get these: 1967 Pontiac GTO convertible, just like this one: https://w… --- ## [My first jury summons in my retirement.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-jury-summons-in-my-retirement/808410)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-jury-summons-in-my-retirement/808410 "2018-02-15T01:12:11Z")
Howrahruhrah. I wondered how long it would take. (2-1/2 years). And I believe I’ve figured out a fool proof way to get off the panel. Except that I really want to do it. I want a trial. I think I would like a Grand Jury … --- ## [Surely this isn't new...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-this-isnt-new/808554)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-this-isnt-new/808554 "2018-02-14T21:41:53Z")
I can’t be the first person to notice that one can fold the four corners of a rectangle like so to make a rectangle half the area; but I couldn’t find any examples anywhere. Can anyone point me to “prior art” on this? (O… --- ## [Anybody here remember 2/14/1961: Fat Valentine's Tuesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-2-14-1961-fat-valentines-tuesday/808731)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-remember-2-14-1961-fat-valentines-tuesday/808731 "2018-02-14T18:45:19Z")
Me neither, I was only 3 years old. I missed the previous one in 1956 completely! But if you do remember, what do you remember about it? The next one won’t be around until 2040. :frowning: A pity, it would make for … --- ## [Got my federal refund today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-federal-refund-today/808415)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-federal-refund-today/808415 "2018-02-14T13:39:31Z")
Filed electronically (TaxAct) on January 29, it was accepted the next day, and the money is in my bank and withdrawable today. I have a pretty straightforward return, which may have something to do with it, although I do… --- ## [Peculiar survey from Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-survey-from-facebook/808679)
**Author:** [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-survey-from-facebook/808679 "2018-02-14T11:39:04Z")
I have a Facebook account I only use for info from my town, favorite author new book announcements, favorite store sales, etc. There is nothing personal I am not connected to any friends or relatives and I put a bogus co… --- ## [Food stamps possibly replaced in part by commodities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamps-possibly-replaced-in-part-by-commodities/808752)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamps-possibly-replaced-in-part-by-commodities/808752 "2018-02-14T05:35:58Z")
I know that some people believe we should do this, but c’mon. What could possibly go wrong with this? In short, there’s a proposal that most food stamp/SNAP recipients would have half or more of their benefit replaced … --- ## [Serious massacre prevented on train by 3 US and 1 Brit passengers in Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-massacre-prevented-on-train-by-3-us-and-1-brit-passengers-in-europe/728473)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-massacre-prevented-on-train-by-3-us-and-1-brit-passengers-in-europe/728473 "2018-02-14T03:23:04Z")
http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/arras-coups-de-feu-dans-un-thalys-la-piste-terroriste-ia0b0n3001636 US Marine on leave and a British soldier hear a man in the train bathroom loading heavy weapons. Ambushed him as he c… --- ## [For no good reason, I"m doing three minutes of open mic stand up in about a month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-no-good-reason-i-m-doing-three-minutes-of-open-mic-stand-up-in-about-a-month/803761)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-no-good-reason-i-m-doing-three-minutes-of-open-mic-stand-up-in-about-a-month/803761 "2018-02-14T03:16:35Z")
A friend of mine has been doing it and it looks fun. I don’t think of myself as a really funny guy, but I tried for the past several weeks to take note of amusing moments and thoughts and see if I could make them into so… --- ## [What are your regional "vocal tics"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-regional-vocal-tics/807956)
**Author:** [@PapaJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapaJoe)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-regional-vocal-tics/807956 "2018-02-14T01:59:58Z")
Hi all! This is officially my first thread on the SDMB. I hope it goes well. Recently, I’ve been noticing certain “vocal tics” in myself. By this I mean certain reflexive turns of phrase or sounds made in certain social… --- ## [They're not making TV meemaws like they used to.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-making-tv-meemaws-like-they-used-to/808493)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-not-making-tv-meemaws-like-they-used-to/808493 "2018-02-13T22:50:37Z")
What happened to grandmothers on television show? They used to look like actual grandmothers. Not any more. Annie Potts plays Young Sheldon’s grandma and if she was to invite me into her bed I think I’d say, “Scooch on … --- ## [Dope lawyers: Do demons have legal rights in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-lawyers-do-demons-have-legal-rights-in-the-us/808633)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-lawyers-do-demons-have-legal-rights-in-the-us/808633 "2018-02-13T22:30:35Z")
So, before she moved in, Melania Trump had a team exorcise the White House of the demons brought in by the Clintons and the Obamas. Because apparently the demons have legal right to stay at a location as long as their ar… --- ## [SIRI as a baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siri-as-a-baby/808784)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siri-as-a-baby/808784 "2018-02-13T19:12:38Z")
:eek: --- ## [Someone took a normal light photograph of a single atom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-took-a-normal-light-photograph-of-a-single-atom/808724)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-took-a-normal-light-photograph-of-a-single-atom/808724 "2018-02-13T15:59:55Z")
Picture of a Single Atom Wins Science Photo Contest: Here’s the page on the contest with other winners in a slideshow at the bottom. --- ## [Now who or what added a grid to my paint app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-who-or-what-added-a-grid-to-my-paint-app/808755)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-who-or-what-added-a-grid-to-my-paint-app/808755 "2018-02-13T11:45:39Z")
I thought it was limited to one document but now I find it on all of them. I must have selected it somewhere not realizing :smack::smack: Now how do I get rid of it?? :confused::confused: thanks! --- ## [Small things you notice when travelling abroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-things-you-notice-when-travelling-abroad/806277)
**Author:** [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-things-you-notice-when-travelling-abroad/806277 "2018-02-13T08:19:30Z")
Apparently, the pigs in Belarus still aren’t standardized with respect to the size of their ears. So when you order a broiled pig’s ear at a diner in Minsk (and I advice you to do so; it’s delicious!) they put your plate… --- ## [Whatever happened to "Hot n Juicy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-hot-n-juicy/808652)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-hot-n-juicy/808652 "2018-02-13T04:57:47Z")
I used to be a fan of Wendy’s hamburgers. They were as advertised… Hot n juicy. For the past couple of years I’ve noticed their product becoming the opposite: cool and dry. Based upon my travels, it seems to be prevalen… --- ## [Hey! T-Mobile decided to do something helpful!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-t-mobile-decided-to-do-something-helpful/808728)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-t-mobile-decided-to-do-something-helpful/808728 "2018-02-13T03:17:52Z")
This morning I got a call on my iphone. Looked at the phone. The caller ID said; SCAM LIKELY And nothing more. Not that I would have answered it, because I don’t answer calls from numbers that I don’t recognize, but… --- ## [Let's plan an Occasion in the MMP!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-plan-an-occasion-in-the-mmp/808210)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-plan-an-occasion-in-the-mmp/808210 "2018-02-12T22:27:31Z")
Not a mere party or gathering - the MMP requires an OCCASION! Where shall we hold it? What shall the menu include? What entertainers are worthy of our attention? Would gilt-edge coasters be too fussy? Money is no ob… --- ## [Paying for the Oroville Dam repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-the-oroville-dam-repair/808634)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-the-oroville-dam-repair/808634 "2018-02-12T19:36:49Z")
You’ll recall that in Feb 2017 the reservoir behind California’s Oroville Dam filled, making it necessary to discharge lots of water. Due to questionable design, the main spillway developed cracks that soon became a lar… --- ## [mercury in the tundra](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-in-the-tundra/808656)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-in-the-tundra/808656 "2018-02-12T17:55:01Z")
No, not about being cold. This article says that the arctic permafrost contains insanely high levels of mercury. On the order of two-thirds the total free mercury on the earth’s surface. This could be bad. Currently, a… --- ## [It's Really, Truly Over After 15 Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-really-truly-over-after-15-years/808615)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-really-truly-over-after-15-years/808615 "2018-02-12T17:20:11Z")
About three years ago, I wrote about my relationship ending. It turns out that it wasn’t a breakup at the time, because she finally got what she wanted. A chance to move out of New York and to New Mexico. But tonight, it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=485) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=487)