# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=588 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 589 --- ## [Question about Reddit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-reddit/772107)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-reddit/772107 "2016-11-16T14:53:44Z")
Yeah I know, strange place to ask a question! But I figured I might get a closer-to-accurate answer here. I glanced at r/all and saw a post from r/The\_Donald right on top: “The media and my fellow Americans treat me like… --- ## [I Did Not See That Coming (not about election results)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-not-see-that-coming-not-about-election-results/771890)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-did-not-see-that-coming-not-about-election-results/771890 "2016-11-16T07:17:41Z")
I’m sure there have been threads about this before, but I can’t let a good fall go by without sharing. The other night, my husband and I went to the grocery store, the store I’m in and out of constantly. We walked across… --- ## [Dislike bots and dislike trolls on Youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dislike-bots-and-dislike-trolls-on-youtube/772067)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dislike-bots-and-dislike-trolls-on-youtube/772067 "2016-11-16T06:48:28Z")
Anyone who often uploads video’s on YouTube knows the phenomenon. You upload the video, and in the first seconds, or the first hour, it gets several, sometimes dozens, of dislikes, and only dislikes. Then, for the rest … --- ## [Parent with terminal cancer---can anyone who dealt with this share advice and what to expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-with-terminal-cancer-can-anyone-who-dealt-with-this-share-advice-and-what-to-expect/770346)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parent-with-terminal-cancer-can-anyone-who-dealt-with-this-share-advice-and-what-to-expect/770346 "2016-11-16T05:11:00Z")
This is not a “WAAAAH MY MOMMY IS DYING” thread, and this is one of many, many Internet resources I’m using so don’t be like me and say “why are you consulting a message board for serious life advice” posts (which I do a… --- ## [120-year-old found fighting fit after 1st check-up in life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811 "2016-11-16T01:21:53Z")
Great going. Green chillies are good for health. I have heard it before too. --- ## [Donated to PP and ACLU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donated-to-pp-and-aclu/771206)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donated-to-pp-and-aclu/771206 "2016-11-15T21:58:15Z")
Gave money to Planned Parenthood and the ACLU this morning. It felt good. --- ## [Speaking of Super Moons...Meet Luna!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-super-moons-meet-luna/771909)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-super-moons-meet-luna/771909 "2016-11-15T20:23:45Z")
A few of you may remember our previous dog adoptions chronicled in these pages, the sad stories of Mr. Rogers, and later, Diamond. I won’t link to those tragic tales today. Well, we still wanted to find a dog who would… --- ## [Uncommon Given names of the past you never see much of anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncommon-given-names-of-the-past-you-never-see-much-of-anymore/771513)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncommon-given-names-of-the-past-you-never-see-much-of-anymore/771513 "2016-11-15T18:58:23Z")
Did we talk about this already?? Doing family genealogy I see so many unusual given names that I never hear of anymore Dorcus/Dorecus Malvina/Melvina Zeno Cleon Thrower Lyndal/Lyndel Dimples Maston Fronia Luti… --- ## [Patent Medicine-sponsored Almanacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patent-medicine-sponsored-almanacs/771724)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patent-medicine-sponsored-almanacs/771724 "2016-11-15T18:52:01Z")
This summer I picked up a couple of antique almanacs. You know 0-- the Farmer’s Almanac type of thing. These were as common as dirt, apparently, which is why I could buy a couple of genuine articles well over a century o… --- ## [Who has a Green Thumb? Re: planted garlic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-green-thumb-re-planted-garlic/769656)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-green-thumb-re-planted-garlic/769656 "2016-11-15T17:51:36Z")
Hi. I planted two clay pots with garlic the first week of September. The green stalks look healthy as ever, but we’re getting frosts in NJ now. Should I pull the bulbs Now (early)? Or should I just bring them inside &… --- ## [What are people's options to obtain health insurance if the ACA is repealed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-peoples-options-to-obtain-health-insurance-if-the-aca-is-repealed/771271)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-peoples-options-to-obtain-health-insurance-if-the-aca-is-repealed/771271 "2016-11-15T17:37:41Z")
What options do people have if the ACA is repealed? Leave the country and go overseas Move to a Blue state that keeps the aca (didn’t California enshrine the aca into state law in case it got repealed?) Move to a stat… --- ## [5 stabbed at Utah high school; one teen in custody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-stabbed-at-utah-high-school-one-teen-in-custody/772073)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-stabbed-at-utah-high-school-one-teen-in-custody/772073 "2016-11-15T17:22:28Z")
It happened in Orem, Utah. \[AP story here. \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_SCHOOL\_STABBING\_UTAH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-11-15-12-06-15) --- ## [Concerned over Boyfriend's Comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-over-boyfriends-comments/771595)
**Author:** [@ScrubJay81](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScrubJay81)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-over-boyfriends-comments/771595 "2016-11-15T15:54:51Z")
My boy is white. I am half white and half Mexican, but most people think I’m Italian or Greek. I was raised by my non Mexican grandparents from my mother’s side and never had much contact with my father’s family since he… --- ## [A casual meeting with our Head of State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-casual-meeting-with-our-head-of-state/771787)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-casual-meeting-with-our-head-of-state/771787 "2016-11-15T13:39:06Z")
Today was down at my local oval to watch the game of cricket (50 overs) between an Australian womens team (The Governor General’s XI) and the South African womens team. The locals chased down the visitors 7/203 of 50 ov… --- ## [Stunning imagery of Black Sea shipwrecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-imagery-of-black-sea-shipwrecks/772000)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-imagery-of-black-sea-shipwrecks/772000 "2016-11-15T11:43:38Z")
The Black Sea’s waters are anoxic, and the sea was heavily traversed since antiquity. So there are lots of amazing shipwrecks on the bottom. Behold the wonders revealedby underwater robots and some clever imaging techniq… --- ## [My Open Letter to the ACLU and NARAL.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-open-letter-to-the-aclu-and-naral/771858)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-open-letter-to-the-aclu-and-naral/771858 "2016-11-15T05:44:30Z")
I just recently sent the following letter to the ACLU and to NARAL Pro-Choice America. And I want to share it with you all too. Please read: Dear ACLU/NARAL Pro-Choice America: I am not a member now, that I am aware of… --- ## [My cat literally turns her nose up at Meow Mix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-literally-turns-her-nose-up-at-meow-mix/770633)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-literally-turns-her-nose-up-at-meow-mix/770633 "2016-11-15T04:11:12Z")
Cats ask for it by name, huh? “Meow! meow! meowwww!”, goes my kitty, with the curling walk around the legs. “Feed me!” I go over to her feeding bowl. She runs over excitedly, purring, headbutting my leg. I pour in t… --- ## [I've spent more time on Facebook lately than...ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-spent-more-time-on-facebook-lately-than-ever/772032)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-spent-more-time-on-facebook-lately-than-ever/772032 "2016-11-15T02:46:47Z")
With my RL near and dear. A cousin who has proved to be as dumb and crazy as unexpected (the latter runs in the family, the former not so much). My current work crush, who is more tolerant than I suggest, but one must … --- ## [Gwen Ifil has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwen-ifil-has-died/772009)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gwen-ifil-has-died/772009 "2016-11-15T02:06:37Z")
Journalist for NBC and PBS. Shocking news to me, as I didn’t know she was ill. --- ## [Kevin the goat (video NSFW due to language)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-the-goat-video-nsfw-due-to-language/772023)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-the-goat-video-nsfw-due-to-language/772023 "2016-11-15T01:59:36Z")
I know a couple of Kevins IRL and I never thought in my life I would hear the phrase, “Kevin, stop being a cunt mate.” I don’t know why but this is the funniest thing to me in a while. Maybe it’s the earnestness of the m… --- ## [Someone Trying To Hack Into My GMail Account!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-trying-to-hack-into-my-gmail-account/647392)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-trying-to-hack-into-my-gmail-account/647392 "2016-11-14T23:43:27Z")
Google sent me a warning today that someone was trying to hack into my GMail account - and they even gave me the data of that person/company attempting to gain access and when: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:02:16 PM UT… --- ## [I never believed they were migraines, but I just had an aura](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-believed-they-were-migraines-but-i-just-had-an-aura/770550)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-believed-they-were-migraines-but-i-just-had-an-aura/770550 "2016-11-14T20:29:13Z")
I’ve gotten bad headaches in my neck/back of my head since I was a teenager. They’re hormonally triggered. Ibuprofen takes them away, especially if I take it early enough. Years ago I mentioned them to a couple of docto… --- ## [Where does this url take you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-url-take-you/771985)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-this-url-take-you/771985 "2016-11-14T20:26:54Z")
I was looking at one of those donations sites and I thought “rule 34, what is at gofuckme?” So I put in the dot-com url and it took me to some thing that looked like my broadband provider’s site. What do you get? --- ## [I saw a cool poster today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-cool-poster-today/771965)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-cool-poster-today/771965 "2016-11-14T18:47:44Z")
I saw a cool poster today on a wall in London, U.K. It was the famous Obama “HOPE” poster and the lower portion, where it says “HOPE”, had been cut into strips, like those adverts people put up so that passers-by can rip… --- ## [A friend of a friend committed suicide this week.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-of-a-friend-committed-suicide-this-week/771945)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-of-a-friend-committed-suicide-this-week/771945 "2016-11-14T17:44:53Z")
On Friday, my friend Chris told me he hadn’t heard from his best friend Frank in a few days, and he was worried. I only hung out with Frank a couple of times, but he struck me as a really awesome guy. Frank is young-ish,… --- ## [There's a good moon on the rise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-good-moon-on-the-rise/771761)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-good-moon-on-the-rise/771761 "2016-11-14T17:41:32Z")
Sunday and Monday will see the full moon larger than it has been in 60+ years. Not a huge difference (14%), but worth a look. I caught the almost-full moon rising a few hours ago while scouting for a moonset location: … --- ## [The Pony Express MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pony-express-mmp/770940)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pony-express-mmp/770940 "2016-11-14T07:42:36Z")
The modern version of the Pony Express: Yesterday I met a guy from DE in PA to take something to NJ for a guy in OH. Some people have been involved in dog rescues from the South, handing off to multiple drivers along th… --- ## [What recurring dreams do you have (that you haven't heard about from other people)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-recurring-dreams-do-you-have-that-you-havent-heard-about-from-other-people/771013)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-recurring-dreams-do-you-have-that-you-havent-heard-about-from-other-people/771013 "2016-11-14T07:07:43Z")
Most people have had the school anxiety dream - realizing that you have a class that you’ve never gone to and the final is today, or some flavor thereof. And the being in public naked dream. And the flying/floating dre… --- ## [I am a mouse flan enthusiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-mouse-flan-enthusiast/771575)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-mouse-flan-enthusiast/771575 "2016-11-14T05:57:37Z")
I am a mouse flan enthusiast. Last night some kids in caramel shirts broke my window and stole my Meandering Gerbil. mmm --- ## [Cats don't understand time changes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-dont-understand-time-changes/771726)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-dont-understand-time-changes/771726 "2016-11-14T00:57:04Z")
The little furballs are creatures of very accurate time keeping. Mine eat at 7:00. As it approaches dinner hour, the mob gets restless. It starts with them meandering close to me - one at a time, then in groups. It progr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=587) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=589)