# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=573 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 574 --- ## [Why give your child a name like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-give-your-child-a-name-like-this/176765)
**Author:** [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-give-your-child-a-name-like-this/176765 "2017-01-23T20:50:56Z")
I just heard about this yesterday… still boggles my mind. These two parents in China have decided to name their kid \*\*Saddam Deng SARS\*\*. Apparently, they wanted to name him after the two most important world events taki… --- ## [Piper Cub experiments with "Alternative Facts."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-experiments-with-alternative-facts/777950)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-experiments-with-alternative-facts/777950 "2017-01-23T18:55:46Z")
At breakfast today, the Cub let out a big burp. “What do you say now?” I prompted him. “I didn’t burp!” he replied. Hey, if it works for the Counsellor to the President … --- ## [Huh? Colour-scheme at Trump reception.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-colour-scheme-at-trump-reception/777758)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huh-colour-scheme-at-trump-reception/777758 "2017-01-23T16:22:37Z")
Last night (Aus time) I watched a brief bit of the Trump reception party, and was gobsmacked to see that the background decor was a brilliant BLUE colour. I mean, WTF, the Trumper just got crowned and they chose BLUE?? … --- ## [Did you know your Casio G-Shock watch has a tilt light "auto illumination" function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-casio-g-shock-watch-has-a-tilt-light-auto-illumination-function/777813)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-casio-g-shock-watch-has-a-tilt-light-auto-illumination-function/777813 "2017-01-23T14:30:01Z")
I’m surprised by how many G-Shock owners don’t know this. It’s also a good way to sort out fake G-Shocks as most fakes do not have this function… Most G-Shocks have function you can turn on and off where you can tilt y… --- ## [Exploding Galaxy Note 7 Totals Jeep Grand Cherokee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-galaxy-note-7-totals-jeep-grand-cherokee/765355)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploding-galaxy-note-7-totals-jeep-grand-cherokee/765355 "2017-01-23T04:40:53Z")
If Samsung had a removable battery instead of the non-removable battery in this phone, all Samsung would have had to do is to mail out new batteries–a much cheaper option. --- ## [So tomorrow's my birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomorrows-my-birthday/777603)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tomorrows-my-birthday/777603 "2017-01-22T17:34:16Z")
and I’m going to be pretty busy ignoring what’s going on in DC and pretending I haven’t turned 68. (I swear I was 30-something just a few days ago.) I was pleasantly surprised to find a giftie in my mailbox, along with … --- ## [Been invited to a coronation party on Friday. Anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-invited-to-a-coronation-party-on-friday-anyone-else/777560)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/been-invited-to-a-coronation-party-on-friday-anyone-else/777560 "2017-01-22T15:27:40Z")
The hosts are liberals from Chicago. I am sure it is a czarcasm. Gotta go. Anyone else have happenings on Friday? --- ## [Edge is using propaganda against Chrome (and Firefox)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-is-using-propaganda-against-chrome-and-firefox/777678)
**Author:** [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-is-using-propaganda-against-chrome-and-firefox/777678 "2017-01-22T14:00:48Z")
I usually use Firefox. Today I had to use Chrome because Firefox hated some site I was using. I haven’t deleted Edge from my computer, but virtually never use it. When I activated Chrome today, Edge put up a “pop up” (e… --- ## [Trump's Drapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-drapes/777727)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-drapes/777727 "2017-01-22T08:40:45Z")
I see from various new sources that things happened rapidly after the inauguration. Not only did Trump rapidly sign some items before the inauguration party, but people saw to it that the website whitehouse.gov got a mak… --- ## [Government nepotism law origin -- Fake News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-nepotism-law-origin-fake-news/776810)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-nepotism-law-origin-fake-news/776810 "2017-01-22T03:51:23Z")
Several months ago, and more recently over the past few days, since Trump has announced that he plans to appoint his son-in-law as a special advisor to the administration, the federal government anti-nepotism law has bee… --- ## [My phone is evil, now I'm a white supremacist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-phone-is-evil-now-im-a-white-supremacist/777778)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-phone-is-evil-now-im-a-white-supremacist/777778 "2017-01-21T23:56:16Z")
I made an appointment online at a brake shop for tomorrow. Under “Requested Services” I thought I asked for “a write up for front brake costs.” This phone had other ideas and requested that a “white man” do something wi… --- ## [I'll be at the Inaugural Parade.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-at-the-inaugural-parade/777579)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-at-the-inaugural-parade/777579 "2017-01-21T21:30:59Z")
Not because I believe in this fascist, but because I have been hired to shoot it. I will be working on Pennsylvania Avenue itself, just in front of the White House and the reviewing stand. If you watch the televised co… --- ## [The Onion really suckered me this time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-really-suckered-me-this-time/777677)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-really-suckered-me-this-time/777677 "2017-01-21T18:43:53Z")
I know, I know, I couldn’t have been paying close attention but it was only when I got a few sentences down that the light went on and I scrolled up to see the name The Onion (and I swear it was laughing at me!). Depart… --- ## [What will Trump do on Inauguration Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-trump-do-on-inauguration-day/776459 "2017-01-21T17:57:00Z")
First off-Let’s have a purge! ALL U.S. Envoys appointed by the previous President have been ordered to vacate their offices by Inauguration Day, leaving many countries without U.S. Ambassadorial representation for who-kn… --- ## [State Farm wants to know how many miles we drive.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-farm-wants-to-know-how-many-miles-we-drive/701842)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-farm-wants-to-know-how-many-miles-we-drive/701842 "2017-01-21T04:57:01Z")
We recently Renewed our car insurance. State Farm wants an estimate of our miles per month/year. We actually don’t drive that much. I purchased a home only 3 miles from work in 1989. Most of our shopping and restaurants… --- ## [PC Recommendations (Virus Protection - Browsers - etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-recommendations-virus-protection-browsers-etc/776996)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-recommendations-virus-protection-browsers-etc/776996 "2017-01-21T03:17:50Z")
Okay. So I just reloaded Windows on my machine for the … well, I lost count. I think it’s the seventh or eight time since I bought the thing less than four years ago. I do accept that the underlying issue is most probabl… --- ## [Where have you been, alphabetically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-you-been-alphabetically/777100 "2017-01-21T02:14:29Z")
I’ve been to places that begin with each letter of the alphabet: Amsterdam, Netherlands Barcelona, Spain Casablanca, Morocco Dijon, France Èze, France Fort-de-France, Martinique Grenoble, France Horseshoe Canyon,… --- ## [Alex's take on the Trump inauguration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexs-take-on-the-trump-inauguration/777616)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexs-take-on-the-trump-inauguration/777616 "2017-01-21T01:53:30Z")
A delicious little Telegraph cartoon here. --- ## [Fox frozen in Danube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-frozen-in-danube/777620 "2017-01-20T22:27:16Z")
Southern Germany has been in the grip of the cold wave that has been sweeping much of the European continent these days. Some weeks ago a Mr. Stehle, a hunter, found a fox who had apparently fallen into the Danube river,… --- ## [Alleged Russian hacker arrested in Spain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-russian-hacker-arrested-in-spain/777615)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-russian-hacker-arrested-in-spain/777615 "2017-01-20T19:16:55Z")
I’m putting this in MPSIMS because the reports don’t indicate yet whether this is related to the election or something else. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/27ea797f2d6d4548aabd62aa31fcf213/spain-arrests-russian-wanted-u… --- ## [Tired of looking at Trump's face? Chrome app will turn it into kittens.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-looking-at-trumps-face-chrome-app-will-turn-it-into-kittens/774857)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-looking-at-trumps-face-chrome-app-will-turn-it-into-kittens/774857 "2017-01-20T19:07:05Z")
“Make America Kittens again” is the name of the app. It will turn (almost) any picture of Trump into a picture of kittens. It doesn’t work 100%. Still though, I love it. Article here --- ## [Our Nation's 45th President will be only the second native New Yorker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-nations-45th-president-will-be-only-the-second-native-new-yorker/777600)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-nations-45th-president-will-be-only-the-second-native-new-yorker/777600 "2017-01-20T18:27:40Z")
Teddy Roosevelt will share a place in history with Donald Trump. Both native New Yorkers with strong ties to the city. Could be a Jeoprady question someday. :smiley: Seven Presidents are from New York state. But only … --- ## [I want a new laptop, but the options all suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-new-laptop-but-the-options-all-suck/775716)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-new-laptop-but-the-options-all-suck/775716 "2017-01-20T18:05:04Z")
Pretty mundane and pointless. My 2012 13" Macbook Air is starting to show its age. The battery is down to about 65% capacity, I’m nearing a full SSD, the trackpad requires more force to click than it used to, and some o… --- ## [NYT: Fascinating, heartbreaking article on the mail that President Obama got every day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-fascinating-heartbreaking-article-on-the-mail-that-president-obama-got-every-day/777543)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-fascinating-heartbreaking-article-on-the-mail-that-president-obama-got-every-day/777543 "2017-01-20T17:26:15Z")
I can’t help but think presidential correspondence will be handled a lot differently, starting tomorrow. --- ## [Bald eagle nest - live webcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bald-eagle-nest-live-webcast/749414 "2017-01-20T15:57:04Z")
At the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. One eaglet born this week - another on the way soon, with luck. Your choice of two different camera angles: http://dceaglecam.eagles.org/ Very cool! I’ve always loved bal… --- ## [Obamacare: what's in a name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-whats-in-a-name/777564)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamacare-whats-in-a-name/777564 "2017-01-20T09:31:28Z")
Interesting take from NBC News. This I found particularly fascinating. The lessons are clear: be careful how you word the question in a poll and never never adopt a name originated by your political opponents! … --- ## [I'm developing this new sleep need pattern. I am not sure it will become a problem.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-developing-this-new-sleep-need-pattern-i-am-not-sure-it-will-become-a-problem/775930)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-developing-this-new-sleep-need-pattern-i-am-not-sure-it-will-become-a-problem/775930 "2017-01-20T08:40:38Z")
I’m developing this new sleep need pattern. I am not sure it will become a problem. Phase I…a few debilitating yawns scattered throughout the day, couple of days to a week. Phase II…Yawns increase to where they are an… --- ## [List the people you personally know (or have known) who go by two initials rather than a first name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-people-you-personally-know-or-have-known-who-go-by-two-initials-rather-than-a-first-name/777442 "2017-01-20T02:51:19Z")
I’ve been thinking about folks I know who use two initials as their name. Please list the gender as well as the initials. I know: Female: CJ Male: JC JJ TJ Interesting that each has a J. mmm --- ## [The "Did I just say THAT?" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-did-i-just-say-that-thread/777311)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-did-i-just-say-that-thread/777311 "2017-01-20T00:47:15Z")
So last night, at my theater group, we were doing an improv exercise that involved speaking for 15-20 seconds on a topic. I volunteered, and the topic I was given was “public places”. I’m mildly agoraphobic, so after a … --- ## [time travel hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-hypothetical/777451)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-hypothetical/777451 "2017-01-19T23:50:40Z")
OK, here’s what happened. You accidentally stumbled upon a Time Police arrest and helped them. But now, you’re a time anomaly. You have to go. But since you helped them, they are going to try to be merciful. They will … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=572) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=574)