# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=57 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 58 --- ## [Tinkerbell in an SUV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkerbell-in-an-suv/316645)
**Author:** [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinkerbell-in-an-suv/316645 "2025-06-12T18:27:08Z")
At the drive thru getting lunch today I was behind a Chevy Suburban driven presumably by a Tinkerbell fan. On the back window were three decals, a color image of Tink’ looking over her shoulder with the caption “what ar… --- ## [Guess what went wrong with car, for fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-went-wrong-with-car-for-fun/1018409)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-went-wrong-with-car-for-fun/1018409 "2025-06-12T15:18:52Z")
Ms. Napier’s 12 year old Toyota RAV4 broke down yesterday. One moment cruising down the highway at speed, then a loud noise, then major clattering noise and immediate total loss of engine power. Pulled over to shoulder, … --- ## [What Britishisms most baffle Americans? What Americanisms most baffle Brits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-britishisms-most-baffle-americans-what-americanisms-most-baffle-brits/1008941)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 1237\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-britishisms-most-baffle-americans-what-americanisms-most-baffle-brits/1008941 "2025-06-12T11:51:58Z")
On the TV show Slow Horses (set in the UK), a character announced he was going to get some kip, and the meaning completely eluded me. Likewise when, ages ago in a bar, some friends mentioned totty. We are truly separat… --- ## [Trivia Question about Paper Money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-about-paper-money/998001)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-about-paper-money/998001 "2025-06-12T11:43:43Z")
Of the seven denominations of U.S. Federal Reserve Notes in common use today ($1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100), how many different U.S. presidents are depicted? Can you name them? Hint # 1: This is a trick question… --- ## [Will this Englishman find the Mother of All Tanks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-englishman-find-the-mother-of-all-tanks/1019317)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-englishman-find-the-mother-of-all-tanks/1019317 "2025-06-11T22:06:47Z")
The prototype for the first British WWI Mark I tank, nicknamed “Mother”, went missing in WWII. It’s been assumed it was melted down like other scrap to assist in the war effort. But… There have been persistent rumours … --- ## [Tourist vs wild beef .... the beef usually wins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-vs-wild-beef-the-beef-usually-wins/965529)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-vs-wild-beef-the-beef-usually-wins/965529 "2025-06-11T18:19:04Z")
in what’s becoming increasingly common a Yellowstone park visitor decided to get a closer than safe look at the bison … needless to say it ended in the usual manner --- ## [Very weird hypothetical: how long could you go using only the bathrooms of random Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-weird-hypothetical-how-long-could-you-go-using-only-the-bathrooms-of-random-americans/1019153)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-weird-hypothetical-how-long-could-you-go-using-only-the-bathrooms-of-random-americans/1019153 "2025-06-10T17:59:13Z")
I could bore you with the train of thought that led to this question, but I won’t. In short, it had to do with first on sight impressions you get of strangers in public. But discussions in the past about using other peop… --- ## [How drinking glasses accumulate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-drinking-glasses-accumulate/1018623)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-drinking-glasses-accumulate/1018623 "2025-06-10T03:39:46Z")
I opened the cupboard last night to get a glass for water. Normally I would perform this task completely on autopilot but because I was very dehydrated I paused to actually consider my choice of drinking glass. Specifica… --- ## [(Old) Toss it on the grill in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-toss-it-on-the-grill-in-the-mmp/1019101)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-toss-it-on-the-grill-in-the-mmp/1019101 "2025-06-09T14:35:41Z")
When I was a kid, having hamburgers from the back yard grill was a great treat. We didn’t just have a rickety grill - ours was a massive brick structure with a chimney and everything! Our back patio had a sassafras plant… --- ## [Missouri probes false screwworm press release](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-probes-false-screwworm-press-release/1019324)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-probes-false-screwworm-press-release/1019324 "2025-06-09T01:56:12Z")
I think it’s pretty obvious that this was some kind of stock-manipulation scheme. Literally fake news! It’s always scary that a single piece of false information can have such a big impact. https://www.reuters.com/worl… --- ## [North Korean Internet Suffers Outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-internet-suffers-outage/1019294)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korean-internet-suffers-outage/1019294 "2025-06-08T21:26:47Z")
North Korea internet hit by a major outage, analyst says --- ## [Startup company busted for secretly using humans to do its "AI"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startup-company-busted-for-secretly-using-humans-to-do-its-ai/1019287)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/startup-company-busted-for-secretly-using-humans-to-do-its-ai/1019287 "2025-06-08T21:18:21Z")
Thought this was a pretty funny “man bites dog” situation. Lately people/companies are causing small scandals by using AI to do their work for them, but these guys flipped the script by starting an AI service that was ac… --- ## [For the love of God, use landscape mode when making videos, people!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-use-landscape-mode-when-making-videos-people/851850)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-god-use-landscape-mode-when-making-videos-people/851850 "2020-04-16T23:01:09Z")
OK, I realize this is about as mundane and pointless as it gets in times like these, but this is a pet peeve of mine that kind of drives me nuts. I’ve had morning news shows playing in the background while I work at hom… --- ## [Canadian defence policy and the Group of 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-defence-policy-and-the-group-of-7/1019231)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-defence-policy-and-the-group-of-7/1019231 "2025-06-08T09:15:47Z")
Pundits Greg Pollock and Imran Bayoumi have an article titled “A Canadian defense buildup could restart a beautiful friendship” in the WaPo today. It ends “But if the prime minister can put Canada on a credible path to m… --- ## [The Chinese Version of Where You Live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chinese-version-of-where-you-live/1019306)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chinese-version-of-where-you-live/1019306 "2025-06-07T22:58:37Z")
Many bigger cities have a “Chinatown” with restaurants serving delicious or dicey food late at night, distinctive signs, tai chi in the park, dim sum joints, big window displays of barbecued meat, and stores selling woks… --- ## [Looks like we’re sending more smoke down south](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-re-sending-more-smoke-down-south/1019014 "2025-06-07T21:44:50Z")
Wildfire season has started early in the Canadian West, and predictions are for even more smoke than last year. It’s extremely hazy in southern Sask right now, and I’m even seeing bits of ash floating down, although i… --- ## [I no long feel ashamed of being part of "Pet Rock" generation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-long-feel-ashamed-of-being-part-of-pet-rock-generation/1019239)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-no-long-feel-ashamed-of-being-part-of-pet-rock-generation/1019239 "2025-06-07T13:32:51Z")
O.k., maybe a little ashamed. :grin: More and more I am seeing ads for what is supposed to be the next craze-gold foil boxes filled with cushioning material and containing a specially imprinted…POTATO!! There are nume… --- ## [Fiendish riddle: Can you answer it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendish-riddle-can-you-answer-it/1019232)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendish-riddle-can-you-answer-it/1019232 "2025-06-07T12:16:45Z")
From Marilyn vos Savant’s “Parade” column, September 12, 1999. She didn’t know, and I don’t have a follow-up issue. I’ll repeat the entire riddle, including the names of the guilty parties in case any are still alive–a… --- ## [I shattered "My Doctor's" Mind in Kroger's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shattered-my-doctors-mind-in-krogers/1019219)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shattered-my-doctors-mind-in-krogers/1019219 "2025-06-07T02:38:42Z")
First thing First: I have no doctor Had to make a beer run. Kroger has these download coupons for insane beer discounts. Catch is, you use it, you lose it. So, if it lets you use it 5 times in a single transaction, you … --- ## [Can Bayliss, the dog, have a pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bayliss-the-dog-have-a-pet/1019203)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-bayliss-the-dog-have-a-pet/1019203 "2025-06-06T16:05:05Z")
Over last weekend Bayliss had a friend. He’s enamored with it. We were shocked. He not a fluffy toy dog. A bit interested in a ball, for a moment. Rather have a food treat, more than anything. He followed Son-of-a-wr… --- ## [Gee, Mom and Dad. Thanks for fucking me over, 63 years in advance. A Legal Name Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-mom-and-dad-thanks-for-fucking-me-over-63-years-in-advance-a-legal-name-rant/1018462)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gee-mom-and-dad-thanks-for-fucking-me-over-63-years-in-advance-a-legal-name-rant/1018462 "2025-06-06T15:00:43Z")
So, my parents decided before I was born to honor both dead great-grandfathers. Therefore, my birth certificate reads: Cartooniverse Stephen Crane Doper Nice. Honor, honor, honor. Problem? When applying for my first S… --- ## [I hate, hate, hate two-factor verification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-two-factor-verification/981811)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-two-factor-verification/981811 "2025-06-06T10:14:37Z")
Number of times that two-factor verification has prevented me from logging into my own account (because I don’t have the right phone with me, e.g.) and then I subsequently received an email saying “we prevented someone s… --- ## [I've been suffering from S.H.I.I. Does anybody have a remedy other that jumping up and down and screaming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115)
**Author:** [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-suffering-from-s-h-i-i-does-anybody-have-a-remedy-other-that-jumping-up-and-down-and-screaming/1019115 "2025-06-06T05:11:50Z")
Once again, I seem to be suffering from S.H.I.I.\* I used to suffer from this years ago. I guess I never realized what was happening, but lately it’s recurred with a vengeance. I was golfing a couple of weeks ago by mys… --- ## [57 years ago today: Robert F. Kennedy fatally shot in Los Angeles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/57-years-ago-today-robert-f-kennedy-fatally-shot-in-los-angeles/1019228)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/57-years-ago-today-robert-f-kennedy-fatally-shot-in-los-angeles/1019228 "2025-06-06T01:22:08Z")
Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. Immediately after he announced to his cheering supporter… --- ## [I got an ebike!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-ebike/1019100)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-ebike/1019100 "2025-06-05T19:43:48Z")
\[TL;DR: got one, love it, and it was pretty much free!\] I did! I thought being strapped for cash was going to prevent this for a while, but Amazon sells quite a few, and there’s a thing about being a teacher-- the Chan… --- ## [FYI: Court order forces ChatGPT to log ALL messages, including private & deleted ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-court-order-forces-chatgpt-to-log-all-messages-including-private-deleted-ones/1019211)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-court-order-forces-chatgpt-to-log-all-messages-including-private-deleted-ones/1019211 "2025-06-04T23:44:46Z")
For you ChatGPT users out there, you should know that a recent court order from May 13 has forced OpenAI to log all your messages, including supposedly private/temporary and deleted chats. More context: The actual cou… --- ## [Random Thought: Who are the Minds Behind Slot Machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-who-are-the-minds-behind-slot-machines/1019145)
**Author:** [@d1opez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d1opez)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-who-are-the-minds-behind-slot-machines/1019145 "2025-06-04T16:34:32Z")
This was a random topic I suddenly found interesting and looked into a little bit: Who are the people designing casinos? Have you ever heard in random “fun fact” videos about the science behind casinos, how they take aw… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Hot Sox, that's what I want](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-sox-thats-what-i-want/1019144)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-hot-sox-thats-what-i-want/1019144 "2025-06-03T15:19:24Z")
Get your mind out of the gutter, you ne’er-do-wells! Not Hot Sex, which is nice, but Hot Sox. Sorry, Bombas socks, I found a new friend. I’m kicking you to the curb. You have a fine fit and feel good but dang it you c… --- ## [Would leading AI companies see any benefit from using excess processing power of individuals computers and gaming systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-leading-ai-companies-see-any-benefit-from-using-excess-processing-power-of-individuals-computers-and-gaming-systems/1018934)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-leading-ai-companies-see-any-benefit-from-using-excess-processing-power-of-individuals-computers-and-gaming-systems/1018934 "2025-06-03T10:06:28Z")
I don’t know anything about computer science, but I remember how years ago we’d have distributed computing systems where you’d download a program and it would use your excess CPU capacity to run models to benefit various… --- ## [Have people been giving Grok incorrect feedback as a way to protest Musk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-been-giving-grok-incorrect-feedback-as-a-way-to-protest-musk/1019143)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-people-been-giving-grok-incorrect-feedback-as-a-way-to-protest-musk/1019143 "2025-06-03T01:50:21Z")
I know people are boycotting Tesla, just out of curiosity are people using Grok but giving it incorrect feedback just to screw up the system? Marking correct answers as factually inaccurate to screw up the RLHF, things l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=58)