# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=51 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 52 --- ## [Couple caught cheating at Coldplay concert and social media loses its mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-caught-cheating-at-coldplay-concert-and-social-media-loses-its-mind/1021060 "2025-07-28T21:20:10Z")
The internet is such a weird place. If you’ve been on social media at all in the last few days, you’ve seen the couple whose affair was outed at a Coldplay concert. They were standing, with him behind her with his arms… --- ## [(Old) Water spots be us, our new MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132)
**Author:** [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132 "2025-07-28T14:33:36Z")
Last week you all said we should, so here it is. Carry on. --- ## [Dealing with stress / anxiety / depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stress-anxiety-depression/1017462)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-stress-anxiety-depression/1017462 "2025-07-28T13:50:19Z")
Over the past several years, I suppose I’ve been feeling a buildup of stress related to my job, raising two kids, the political climate, the economy, and recently some potential health issues. The way I would describe i… --- ## [Wonky GPS Experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonky-gps-experience/1021209)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonky-gps-experience/1021209 "2025-07-28T03:00:43Z")
While traveling this week I was using my phone as a back up to my friend’s wonky car GPS which kept going silent or refusing to work at all. At one point the entire map on my phone was suddenly upside down and I was a b… --- ## [OOOOH! Very Trippy Carousels!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-very-trippy-carousels/1021409)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooooh-very-trippy-carousels/1021409 "2025-07-28T01:49:36Z")
Underwater creatures! Another is a double-decker carosel. And one with Giant Bugs! {LINK} --- ## [Is a thumbs-up emoji legally binding on a contract?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-thumbs-up-emoji-legally-binding-on-a-contract/1014622)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-thumbs-up-emoji-legally-binding-on-a-contract/1014622 "2025-07-27T23:09:27Z")
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal: :+1::+1::-1: Supreme Court of Canada : :thinking: --- ## [Good news about he Asian Flu: It has apparently escaped a Canadian lab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-about-he-asian-flu-it-has-apparently-escaped-a-canadian-lab/299126)
**Author:** [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-about-he-asian-flu-it-has-apparently-escaped-a-canadian-lab/299126 "2025-07-27T04:53:00Z")
www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7261 Fun! Fun! Fun! --- ## [Are you posting less? Is it because of the way the world is? Well, let's fix that!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-posting-less-is-it-because-of-the-way-the-world-is-well-lets-fix-that/1018456)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-posting-less-is-it-because-of-the-way-the-world-is-well-lets-fix-that/1018456 "2025-07-27T03:49:26Z")
A few days ago, I was exchanging DMs with another poster (they know who they are, but I won’t @ them without their permission!) and we were talking about how it seems everyone was posting less these days. I felt (and th… --- ## [Eponyms and such](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponyms-and-such/1021349)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eponyms-and-such/1021349 "2025-07-26T17:52:14Z")
I coined, I think, the term “coldplaying” to mean cheating on someone, in the Coldplay couple thread. Like “gaslighting” for the movie Gaslight. Do you know or can you come up with other cromulent ones? I’m just a be… --- ## [Hockey Canada has secret fund to pay off victims of sexual assaults by players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-canada-has-secret-fund-to-pay-off-victims-of-sexual-assaults-by-players/968456)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hockey-canada-has-secret-fund-to-pay-off-victims-of-sexual-assaults-by-players/968456 "2025-07-25T17:30:11Z")
Hockey Canada is the umbrella group that provides a lot of funding and logistical support to hockey programs, especially the junior leagues that are the stepping stone to the NHL. News came out two months ago that a you… --- ## [25 years on the SDMB, and I still don't know the secret handshake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-on-the-sdmb-and-i-still-dont-know-the-secret-handshake/1021088)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-on-the-sdmb-and-i-still-dont-know-the-secret-handshake/1021088 "2025-07-25T13:07:09Z")
If you were the young gentleman at Terminal ‘C’ in Las Vegas waiting for the Albuquerque flight, while surfing the SDMB on your tablet as i walked by, I would have offered my hand to see if you knew the secret handshake.… --- ## [Amplified Wellness -- Regenerative Medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amplified-wellness-regenerative-medicine/1001710)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amplified-wellness-regenerative-medicine/1001710 "2025-07-25T10:12:16Z")
I just received an ad offering a free buffet dinner if I attend a seminar for the Amplified Wellness company about Regenerative Medicine. The ad has all the hallmarks of a timeshare scam. The only info I can find about… --- ## [I'm not drinking and emailing. Nope, not doing that. But I want to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-drinking-and-emailing-nope-not-doing-that-but-i-want-to/1021265)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-drinking-and-emailing-nope-not-doing-that-but-i-want-to/1021265 "2025-07-25T04:31:39Z")
Some stressful stuff happened to me today in a meeting, involving a bunch of people I care about but who have different points of view. Long story, it would bore y’all to tears, just assume normal life stuff, because tha… --- ## [Dating and the sending of nude pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-and-the-sending-of-nude-pictures/1021228)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-and-the-sending-of-nude-pictures/1021228 "2025-07-25T01:29:21Z")
\[Disclaimer\] There was some recent unpleasantness regarding that midwestern gambler guy and his misogynistic posts, which were often sexual in nature. Also, the last time I discussed a personal relationship issue, I wa… --- ## [Don't call us "ladies"!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-us-ladies/1021223)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-call-us-ladies/1021223 "2025-07-25T01:26:06Z")
--- ## [It was 30 years ago today, Hale-Bopp came out to play](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-30-years-ago-today-hale-bopp-came-out-to-play/1021242)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-30-years-ago-today-hale-bopp-came-out-to-play/1021242 "2025-07-24T23:45:22Z")
Discovered on July 23 1995. --- ## [I've now visited all 49 continental US states. Plus DC, PR, and USVI. I'm looking at you next, Hawaii](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-now-visited-all-49-continental-us-states-plus-dc-pr-and-usvi-im-looking-at-you-next-hawaii/1021160 "2025-07-24T14:12:52Z")
Red indicates the counties I’ve been in, blue the counties (city, in the case of Baltimore) I’ve lived in. I finally knocked off Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska on a re… --- ## [Stupid question #277: TV measurements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-277-tv-measurements/1021246)
**Author:** [@Bishop5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bishop5)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-question-277-tv-measurements/1021246 "2025-07-24T11:59:59Z")
Why is a television measured diagonally? --- ## [Bezos, Trump and the Washington Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bezos-trump-and-the-washington-post/990759)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bezos-trump-and-the-washington-post/990759 "2025-07-24T03:43:53Z")
This Atlantic article probably takes a rosy view of WaPo, its interactions with Trump. and commenting on objectivity in modern journalism at a time when some are untrusting or see this as passé. I have no idea about if … --- ## [HOA horror story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217 "2025-07-24T01:29:18Z")
This involves a local HOA that makes ridiculous demands, levies ridiculous fines and fixed the game so that it is near impossible to vote them out. There is a video with an accompanying article: Residents of Beaverton … --- ## [Elerebal Reserve Oedo of Goveryaeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elerebal-reserve-oedo-of-goveryaeb/1021222)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elerebal-reserve-oedo-of-goveryaeb/1021222 "2025-07-23T22:00:10Z")
That’s what appears to be written around the seal of the Federal Reserve in the fake Jerome Powell resignation latter, apparently the result of AI generation. I love it. It sounds like the name and planet of origin of … --- ## [I got 4 really nice Adirondack chairs for free off Craigs today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-4-really-nice-adirondack-chairs-for-free-off-craigs-today/1021211)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-4-really-nice-adirondack-chairs-for-free-off-craigs-today/1021211 "2025-07-23T20:26:06Z")
They was a little wobbly, but I quickly identified the key spot for a couple of fresh bolts. A little engineering, stuff I had on hand, and a few minutes of labour-of-love and I got a killer set-up outside. The Crew tri… --- ## [I'm building a house! How can you help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-a-house-how-can-you-help/1021181)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-building-a-house-how-can-you-help/1021181 "2025-07-23T13:37:21Z")
I’ve been watching this guy Justus Reid who is an American living in Serbia(?) who bought a house for €5,000 and is now making daily videos about renovating the house and the land. The most amazing thing about his video… --- ## [More waving at people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-waving-at-people/1021193)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-waving-at-people/1021193 "2025-07-23T05:50:32Z")
Take off from this thread: I was in my car in line at Chick Fil A when I spotted some movement in the restaurant. Two middle Eastern teenagers at a table were trying to get my attention. When I looked at them they flas… --- ## [What causes dry eyes and lungs when the air is very humid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-dry-eyes-and-lungs-when-the-air-is-very-humid/1021204)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-dry-eyes-and-lungs-when-the-air-is-very-humid/1021204 "2025-07-22T22:33:21Z")
Ever since I moved into a different apartment, the internal air was really humid (69-72% humidity), so I ran a big dehumidifier to try to get it down. I also got two digital hygrometers. What happened then was rather od… --- ## [HVAC DEAD--I wish I was, too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hvac-dead-i-wish-i-was-too/1021081)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hvac-dead-i-wish-i-was-too/1021081 "2025-07-22T18:20:04Z")
In the South, with no AC. Motherboard inj HVAC died. Tech may or may not be able to jury-rig a temp fix. But a new motherboard may take 2 months to get here from China. --- ## [Crazy flooding in our area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-flooding-in-our-area/1021112)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-flooding-in-our-area/1021112 "2025-07-22T17:50:17Z")
We live just outside Washington, DC on the Maryland side, and got around 5 inches of rain in a fairly short period of time yesterday afternoon/evening. People living next to a nearby creek were advised to evacuate, and … --- ## [Ten years on, they're dead. (Women aviators)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-on-theyre-dead-women-aviators/491121)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-on-theyre-dead-women-aviators/491121 "2025-07-22T17:06:22Z")
A decade ago I bought a book called Women And Flight, a book profiling 36 contemporary female pilots. I read several chapters but never got around to finishing it. You know how it is; you get involved in something else… --- ## [Columbus Junction, Iowa: 88 children taken from "church camp" (reported 6/16/2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-junction-iowa-88-children-taken-from-church-camp-reported-6-16-2025/1019730)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbus-junction-iowa-88-children-taken-from-church-camp-reported-6-16-2025/1019730 "2025-07-21T18:05:44Z")
Information is sketchy, but this is what we have now: Last week, a camper called 911 to say they “didn’t want to be there” and authorities descended upon this facility on June 12 and 13. A nearby church did house the k… --- ## [(Old) Get To the Chopper! A Bastille Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-get-to-the-chopper-a-bastille-day-mmp/1020844)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-get-to-the-chopper-a-bastille-day-mmp/1020844 "2025-07-21T14:54:33Z")
It’s Moanday, and back to work for us non-RDOSes, but let’s not lose our heads. You’re hotter than me, it’s only 73 degrees Ferret Height(22 Centipedes) here. But the Heat Index is 82. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=52)