# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=534 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 535 --- ## [Facebook reached the 2 billion milestone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-reached-the-2-billion-milestone/790082)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-reached-the-2-billion-milestone/790082 "2017-06-28T20:02:52Z")
Or so I was told when I logged into FB last night. Granted, some of those have to be multiple accounts or non-people entities, but still nearly 1/3 of the world populace. But anyone else think Facebook will have gone t… --- ## [I suppose I assumed illiterate people could read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-i-assumed-illiterate-people-could-read/789529)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-i-assumed-illiterate-people-could-read/789529 "2017-06-28T19:04:27Z")
Not much, obviously. The alphabet. Their own name, that sort of thing. Turns out not. I encountered a man the other day who I had to get to fill in a form. Just name, contact details and signature. It was a difficult … --- ## [Post your cutest Pet photos here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-cutest-pet-photos-here/789938)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-cutest-pet-photos-here/789938 "2017-06-28T17:51:44Z")
Don’t have a cute pet photo? Grab your phone and take one. :cool: Google free image hosting and upload. Some don’t even require a login. Here’s my 10 lb baby, Sky . Sound asleep in her crate. She’s far too comfortable t… --- ## [Breaking news: Redstone Arsenal in Alabama under lockdown, possible active shooter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-redstone-arsenal-in-alabama-under-lockdown-possible-active-shooter/789992)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-redstone-arsenal-in-alabama-under-lockdown-possible-active-shooter/789992 "2017-06-28T17:47:24Z")
Get ready for cries of “false flag” if they haven’t already started. The Army base had scheduled an active shooter drill for tomorrow. --- ## [I think this is the most 2017 story and woman I've ever read and seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972 "2017-06-28T17:17:52Z")
https://www.thewrap.com/black-twitter-split-over-muslim-teen-using-black-lives-matter-stanford/ A Muslim, instead of writing an essay to get into Stanford, wrote “Black Lives Matter” 100 times and was accepted. A woman… --- ## [Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betelgeuse-betelgeuse-betelgeuse/789974)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betelgeuse-betelgeuse-betelgeuse/789974 "2017-06-28T17:01:10Z")
What’s your favorite star? Is it Betelgeuse, on Orion’s right shoulder? (His right, your left.) Well, if it is, I have good news: the ALMA telescope in Chile has taken a nice, clear picture of it. Spoiler alert: it’s n… --- ## [I think someone just tried to hack my Facebook account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-hack-my-facebook-account/790000)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-just-tried-to-hack-my-facebook-account/790000 "2017-06-28T16:55:14Z")
I just received the following email from Facebook. Apparently from an iPhone. I don’t own an iPhone. It wasn’t me who attempted the login. I changed my password, as prompted by Facebook, but who the hell is trying t… --- ## [82 year old mother moving...again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/82-year-old-mother-moving-again/790053)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/82-year-old-mother-moving-again/790053 "2017-06-28T14:26:34Z")
Last year Mom moved from a condo to an assisted living,after a couple falls. We couldn’t rely in my alcoholic sister to assist her even though She lived less than a mile from her. Sister would turn off her phone or not v… --- ## [Sounds really dirty but isn't.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-really-dirty-but-isnt/776657)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2017, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sounds-really-dirty-but-isnt/776657 "2017-06-28T11:39:37Z")
My son saw a video on YouTube of a guy using scissors to cut open a turkey, then salt and cook it and decided he wanted to try to do that. Only with a small chicken. Today he said the chicken was still too frozen to cut.… --- ## ['Moral Dilemma in the ER'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-in-the-er/790020)
**Author:** [@Arthur\_Peabody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arthur_Peabody)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-dilemma-in-the-er/790020 "2017-06-27T23:35:25Z")
http://annals.org/aim/article/2632371/moral-dilemma-er is a powerful account of an encounter in an ER in Basra, Iraq. Unfortunately it’s subscription-only content. I read at the med school library. --- ## [LA apartments don't come with Fridges. Oh my aching back.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-apartments-dont-come-with-fridges-oh-my-aching-back/789856)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-apartments-dont-come-with-fridges-oh-my-aching-back/789856 "2017-06-27T20:45:19Z")
This has to really suck. A fridge is one household item that I absolutely refuse to move. We buy a new fridge and happily pay a delivery and haul away fee. I’m not risking a lifetime of pain wrestling a fridge out the d… --- ## [Paperback Paradise - Hilarious fake book covers (NSFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579)
**Author:** [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paperback-paradise-hilarious-fake-book-covers-nsfw/789579 "2017-06-27T16:48:20Z")
Paperback Paradise This is the funniest thing I’ve seen this year. They take obscure paperback books (mostly young adult, sci fi, and fantasy), and make hilarious fake titles for them. I laughed so hard I cried. --- ## [Canadian Troops Stand on Guard for the Queen, Led by First Female Officer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884 "2017-06-27T01:47:05Z")
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation this July 1st, Her Majesty invited the Canadian Armed Forces to provide the guard for Buckingham Palace. Tomorrow, when Canadian troops will be standing on guard for t… --- ## [Do you know what you would have been named, if you'd been the other gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-you-would-have-been-named-if-youd-been-the-other-gender/789818)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-you-would-have-been-named-if-youd-been-the-other-gender/789818 "2017-06-27T01:42:31Z")
Inspired by a comment on the thread about translating your name, I happen to know that the name my parents had chosen for me it I had been a boy was Natan Chaim. I don’t know what Natan appealed to them, but at least the… --- ## [Gorrila loves his bathtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorrila-loves-his-bathtime/789772)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorrila-loves-his-bathtime/789772 "2017-06-26T22:29:58Z")
This bathing beauty is the best thing you will watch all day: --- ## [How muggy is it in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muggy-is-it-in-the-mmp/789363)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-muggy-is-it-in-the-mmp/789363 "2017-06-26T21:26:00Z")
I let the dog out this morning, took a deep breath, and almost drowned!! Happy Moanday! --- ## [People who sit on front porch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-sit-on-front-porch/789820)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-sit-on-front-porch/789820 "2017-06-26T21:20:21Z")
When taking a walk and you see the same people, usually seniors, sitting on the front porch do you usually greet them? Does it cross your mind they may be open to a random visit? What would be the cues you might get from… --- ## [So why isn't Trump being investigated or prosecuted for using insecure communications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-isnt-trump-being-investigated-or-prosecuted-for-using-insecure-communications/789828)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-isnt-trump-being-investigated-or-prosecuted-for-using-insecure-communications/789828 "2017-06-26T20:05:31Z")
Hillary’s email server was a huge issue during the election. She didn’t use secured government communication devices. But Trump has used an insecure android phone, and Mar A lago is very easy to hack. I know Trump is a… --- ## [First we lose the Old Man of the Mountain, and now this....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-we-lose-the-old-man-of-the-mountain-and-now-this/789903)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-we-lose-the-old-man-of-the-mountain-and-now-this/789903 "2017-06-26T18:10:57Z")
…Norway has lost its Trollpikken (“Troll prick”). Only this time, instead of natural erosion, the cause was human intervention. The rock formation, which suggested an enormous erect penis, was “hacked off” (the words in… --- ## [Brother-in-Law: Mentally ill, or irredeemably stupid? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-in-law-mentally-ill-or-irredeemably-stupid-long/789736)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brother-in-law-mentally-ill-or-irredeemably-stupid-long/789736 "2017-06-26T18:07:04Z")
Need to vent. Don’t need solutions - I know what needs to be done, but I can’t make anyone do what they need to be do. My niece has brand-new facial scars. Their family dog, a huskey, launched into her face and gave her… --- ## [Anthony Kennedy to retire this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-kennedy-to-retire-this-year/785709)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthony-kennedy-to-retire-this-year/785709 "2017-06-26T17:09:10Z")
CNN yesterday ran a story on the increasing buzz surrounding Justice Kennedy’s supposed plans to retire this summer: This was serious enough for Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus to write If you’re reading this, Ju… --- ## [Have you purchased lumber over the past 70 years? You got ripped off!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-purchased-lumber-over-the-past-70-years-you-got-ripped-off/789672)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-purchased-lumber-over-the-past-70-years-you-got-ripped-off/789672 "2017-06-26T17:08:52Z")
You mean a 2 X 4 is really 1.5" X 3.5" ?? :eek: :mad: I’ve purchased a LOT of dimensional lumber over the past 30 years. Looks like I’ve been getting ripped off all this time. I want a part of this class-action lawsuit! … --- ## [Three Hundred Years of Freemasonry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-hundred-years-of-freemasonry/789804)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-hundred-years-of-freemasonry/789804 "2017-06-26T09:52:24Z")
Well, really yesterday was the anniversary. I will blame time-zone differences. “On June 24, 1717 four London Lodges, which had existed for some time, came together at the Goose and Gridiron Tavern in St Paul’s Churchya… --- ## ["March Against Sharia"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623 "2017-06-26T07:56:28Z")
Today, in various locations across the country, will be staged a March against Sharia. Just in case anyone is in any doubt about the purpose of this set of coordinated marches, here is one Billy Roper from Arkansas (sur… --- ## [Interpret Your Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpret-your-name/789844)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpret-your-name/789844 "2017-06-25T17:29:24Z")
Inspired by this thread about the translations of peoples names Mine translates Manly Of the Brave Counsel From the Broad Wood (or Copse) Interpreted to modern American English Stoic/Studly Dude Who takes no… --- ## [RIP Otto Warmbier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-otto-warmbier/789403)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-otto-warmbier/789403 "2017-06-25T15:39:11Z")
Just days after his return from North Korea, Otto Warmbier has died. --- ## [Beyond Pro-Choice: The Solution to White Supremacy is White Abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyond-pro-choice-the-solution-to-white-supremacy-is-white-abortion/789765)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyond-pro-choice-the-solution-to-white-supremacy-is-white-abortion/789765 "2017-06-25T15:38:44Z")
It is hard to imagine that someone can be so deluded as to write this not tongue-in-cheek. But it seems to be serious. “Whites are embedded from birth with the sense of common white identity, and this identity conditi… --- ## [Variation in lightning strike density across US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variation-in-lightning-strike-density-across-us/789693)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/variation-in-lightning-strike-density-across-us/789693 "2017-06-25T13:15:51Z")
I ran across this graphic several years ago and I find it fascinating. The difference in lightning strike density across the country would probably be surprising to many people (especially ones that have not moved a lot)… --- ## [Well, that was scumbuckety! Car-related complaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-scumbuckety-car-related-complaint/789317)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-scumbuckety-car-related-complaint/789317 "2017-06-25T05:34:30Z")
I’m doing a two-day BMW high performance track class on Monday and Tuesday (excited!) In order to do the course your car needs to meet a long list of mechanical standards. Everything was in order for my car, but I decid… --- ## [The secret lives of young IS fighters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-lives-of-young-is-fighters/789795)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-lives-of-young-is-fighters/789795 "2017-06-24T23:13:23Z")
A long and thorough article documenting the author’s research into some ISIS fighters in Mosul. Fascinating stuff. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=533) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=535)