# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=488 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 489 --- ## [. . . ain't watchin' the Super Bowl. Who's with me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-watchin-the-super-bowl-whos-with-me/808193)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-watchin-the-super-bowl-whos-with-me/808193 "2018-02-06T11:40:55Z")
I have absolutely no interest in the Super Bowl. I spent today vacuuming, cleaning up, dusting, etc. for a business trip next week. There were a couple of episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and Black Mirror watched too. I… --- ## [China to destroy universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-to-destroy-universe/808027)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-to-destroy-universe/808027 "2018-02-06T10:03:54Z")
China is working on a laser system called “Station of Extreme Light”, capable of creating pulses of 10 million billion watts. It is expected to concentrate enough energy in a small area to generate electron-positron pair… --- ## [New Zealand Guy Tries To Save Seagull, Swearing Ensues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-guy-tries-to-save-seagull-swearing-ensues/808186 "2018-02-06T05:33:18Z")
This YouTube clip of a Maori truckdriver narrating his rescue of an angry seagull in his cab is probably the most New Zealand thing you will ever see. It’s a vicious thing, bro. --- ## [A Trucker Went Off-Roading on the 2,000-Year-Old Nazca Lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trucker-went-off-roading-on-the-2-000-year-old-nazca-lines/808080)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trucker-went-off-roading-on-the-2-000-year-old-nazca-lines/808080 "2018-02-06T04:25:08Z")
:eek: :mad: Hmmm. Looks like we don’t have a “thankfully” emoji. How bad is it? Well, you can see the video and pictures at the links above, but if you want words and numbers: For thousands of years they were f… --- ## [Piper Cub makes sure I can defend myself in his absence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-makes-sure-i-can-defend-myself-in-his-absence/808228)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-makes-sure-i-can-defend-myself-in-his-absence/808228 "2018-02-06T02:07:17Z")
Woke up feeling grotty today with a bad sinus head cold, so decided not to go to work - just sleep. Piper Cub was quite concerned by this. Before he left with Mrs Piper, he took the following steps for my safety and com… --- ## [Economically, why does it cost more to stream movies than to rent the physical DVDs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economically-why-does-it-cost-more-to-stream-movies-than-to-rent-the-physical-dvds/807630)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economically-why-does-it-cost-more-to-stream-movies-than-to-rent-the-physical-dvds/807630 "2018-02-06T01:49:10Z")
Redbox charges $1.50 to rent a new release on DVD, $2 on blu ray. Or you can stream it from redbox for $5 for standard definition, or $6 for high definition. Prices on Amazon prime are the same, $5 for SD and $6 for HD… --- ## [The Long-Necked Animal Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-necked-animal-message-board/806800 "2018-02-05T23:30:00Z")
I’ve run into a few mentions of said board on SD and finally took a stroll on over to take a look. Huh, it’s an odd little ungulate outpost. It seems this is a site that Dopers dare not mention by name? Am I allowed to … --- ## [The Sea Around Us (1953) and climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sea-around-us-1953-and-climate-change/808233)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sea-around-us-1953-and-climate-change/808233 "2018-02-05T22:47:12Z")
The Sea Around Us (1953) is an Oscar-winning documentary directed by Irwin Allen, which just aired on TMC. At the end of the film, there was a warning about rising temperatures at the poles, and if all of the ice on Ear… --- ## [Would you like some Girl Scout Cookies with your Girl Scout Cookies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-some-girl-scout-cookies-with-your-girl-scout-cookies/808110)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-some-girl-scout-cookies-with-your-girl-scout-cookies/808110 "2018-02-05T17:54:41Z")
Seems a girl found the magic place to sell her Girl Scout Cookies. 300 boxes in about 6 hour. That’s about one box a minute. Where did she pull this off… (work safe spoiler) Capitalism and opportunity. --- ## [Sleep formula.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-formula/808120)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-formula/808120 "2018-02-05T16:26:47Z")
I’ve been taking this OTC sleep formula stuff off and on since 2007. It contains melatonin. I’m worried my body will stop producing melatonin on my own. Will that happen? How do I get off it? --- ## [I'm late. I resign in disgrace.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-late-i-resign-in-disgrace/807909)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-late-i-resign-in-disgrace/807909 "2018-02-05T14:14:23Z")
A minister was a few minutes late to answer some questions about Her Majesty’s Government… and decided that he had disgraced his office, so resigned on the spot and walked out of the House of Lords. Am I embellishing … --- ## ["Kismen güneşli" -- anyone else getting Accuweather forecasts in Turkish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kismen-gunesli-anyone-else-getting-accuweather-forecasts-in-turkish/807306)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kismen-gunesli-anyone-else-getting-accuweather-forecasts-in-turkish/807306 "2018-02-05T08:27:10Z")
Suddenly my phone’s Accuweather page is telling me L.A. is party sunny–in Turkish. But only for L.A. All the other cities on my Accuweather reports are in English. Also, L.A. was not 81 degrees this morning–it was more … --- ## [Just another manic Moanday MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-manic-moanday-mmp/807716)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-another-manic-moanday-mmp/807716 "2018-02-05T04:24:09Z")
Morning all you Mumpers. Yes, tis that most favorite day of the week MOANDAY. Happy New Week! --- ## [I saw a BEAR today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-bear-today/808124)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-bear-today/808124 "2018-02-05T01:29:53Z")
I went to my office to pick up some paperwork, sashayed out to the parking lot, and there was a BEAR hanging out by my car. The campus is surrounded by heavy woods and deer/sundry fauna are a common sight. It took a mom… --- ## [Hidden Adware in Chrome. How I removed it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-adware-in-chrome-how-i-removed-it/808177)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-adware-in-chrome-how-i-removed-it/808177 "2018-02-04T22:37:00Z")
This is for the Android version of Chrome, but also applies to pc’s running Chrome. I routinely use Chrome, settings, privacy, clear browsing data. Rids it of cookies and clears the cache. A dialogue box states, This Wi… --- ## [Do you feel comfortable masturbating with a pet in the room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-comfortable-masturbating-with-a-pet-in-the-room/807807)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-comfortable-masturbating-with-a-pet-in-the-room/807807 "2018-02-04T22:12:49Z")
I just can’t do it, never felt OK with it. If I suddenly realize the cat is in the room instant deflation is the result. Same deal with lovemaking, my wife and I exclude all animals from the room before we make the beast… --- ## [When I drink I lock up my gun and magazines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-drink-i-lock-up-my-gun-and-magazines/807633)
**Author:** [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-drink-i-lock-up-my-gun-and-magazines/807633 "2018-02-04T19:46:06Z")
I do that when I drink. I don’t drink really but once in a blue moon I’m in a mood to drink. Like tonight and I locked up my Glock 10mm and two 15 round magazines. I’m not sure why because I think I have a head on my sh… --- ## [Swearing at service people...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787)
**Author:** [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swearing-at-service-people/787787 "2017-06-05T18:42:19Z")
Three part question: have you “cussed out” service people before? Do you think it helped? Did it mat least ake you feel better? Background: Over the weekend my 20 year old pickup started overheating due to a cracked rad… --- ## [Stupidest ways you have been injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-ways-you-have-been-injured/759595)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-ways-you-have-been-injured/759595 "2018-02-04T17:49:31Z")
Got to be being stabbed with a pen , got a cut from it --- ## [Another (tepid) Pitting of Inconsiderate Drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tepid-pitting-of-inconsiderate-drivers/808117)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tepid-pitting-of-inconsiderate-drivers/808117 "2018-02-04T02:03:42Z")
On my morning city commute I take a main road, 3 lanes wide, to get to the freeway. Facebook is now picking up workers in huge monstrosity luxury buses to pool them to work. Nice idea, but the bus stops on this main stre… --- ## [Did anyone else...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else/808033)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else/808033 "2018-02-03T18:27:50Z")
… wake up today with a feeling of déja vu? --- ## [Hey American Left: Can we stop calling people "trash?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-left-can-we-stop-calling-people-trash/801870)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-american-left-can-we-stop-calling-people-trash/801870 "2018-02-03T14:26:37Z")
I have noticed a trend among lefty types of referring to people who do bad things as “trash.” They will say, “he is trash” or “people who X are trash.” I see it on this message board. I see it on Twitter. I see it on Fa… --- ## [Would you trade your life for Rose McGowans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-trade-your-life-for-rose-mcgowans/807966)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-trade-your-life-for-rose-mcgowans/807966 "2018-02-03T10:55:50Z")
I would, and then I’d top it off with a tall, cool Budweiser. But seriously, yes. --- ## [Any landmarks visible from your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573 "2018-02-03T07:02:52Z")
I was looking at a site about federal holidays (thanks to a question in IMHO) and the header image to the page was this really nice photo of Table Rock. If I walk to the end of my driveway, walk another couple of hundred… --- ## [Impending sinkhole in Carlsbad, NM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-sinkhole-in-carlsbad-nm/807918)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impending-sinkhole-in-carlsbad-nm/807918 "2018-02-03T02:25:07Z")
AP story here. It’s kinda big too: Looks like the whole thing was caused by \ salt mining. Officials are looking for $40M to try and fix the problem by backfilling the cavern before it collapses, thinkin… --- ## [Can an Airplane Take Off on a Moving Runway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-airplane-take-off-on-a-moving-runway/807906)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-airplane-take-off-on-a-moving-runway/807906 "2018-02-02T21:12:10Z")
yeah I know… --- ## [If You Work In, Or Know Someone, Who Works In The "Adult Entertainment" Industry, Raise Your Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-work-in-or-know-someone-who-works-in-the-adult-entertainment-industry-raise-your-hand/808050)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-work-in-or-know-someone-who-works-in-the-adult-entertainment-industry-raise-your-hand/808050 "2018-02-02T17:42:29Z")
As some of you may know, I am a freelance writer. I think there may be a story in what goes on in the adult entertainment industry, specifically in the more extreme side of things (scat, bdsm, fake snuff, that sort of th… --- ## [President Trump's "Fake News Awards"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-fake-news-awards/808048)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trumps-fake-news-awards/808048 "2018-02-02T17:11:12Z")
I somehow missed the outcome of this news story. What ever happened with it? Did he just let it drop,or were they awarded? --- ## [My meeting with an Egyptian diplomat (in the Egyptian Embassy in London)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-meeting-with-an-egyptian-diplomat-in-the-egyptian-embassy-in-london/808038)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-meeting-with-an-egyptian-diplomat-in-the-egyptian-embassy-in-london/808038 "2018-02-02T16:35:11Z")
Prior to taking up with me my wife had hsd a rather bizarre experience whilst on holiday in Egypt. She had run out of money and accepted the offer of a local man to stay with him in his mother’s house until her familly s… --- ## [Lawsuits against fictitious defendents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuits-against-fictitious-defendents/807980)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuits-against-fictitious-defendents/807980 "2018-02-02T15:34:42Z")
Who’da thunk? From Volokh: Arizona Bar Accuses Libel Lawyers of Suing Fake Defendants Basic gist of the idea is that you want to get a legal judgment in favor of your position on some legal/factual matter without havin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=489)