# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=59 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 60 --- ## [Laughable AI ad image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughable-ai-ad-image/1018754)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughable-ai-ad-image/1018754 "2025-05-25T14:25:28Z")
I don’t really look at images to see if they might be AI. In many cases that are pointed out they seem pretty good to me. But this incredibly low effort caught my attention. The whole image is pasted up like a beginner … --- ## [Stick-in-the-mud? Who me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-in-the-mud-who-me/1018722)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-in-the-mud-who-me/1018722 "2025-05-24T23:32:03Z")
Surely, you jest. Ivy sez “Get yer butt up!” She wants to drive Me to the town down the way. Seems a big ol’store who over-priced itself to death was finally giving up the ghost. Oh my! 60% off. Well, I drag myself up… --- ## [Hello everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/1018693)
**Author:** [@d1opez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d1opez)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/1018693 "2025-05-24T19:20:11Z")
Wow! I just stumbled upon this place. I didn’t think that such a thriving community could be on an internet forum with such a deep history, and the little amount that I’ve seen so far was a purely productive, smart conve… --- ## [An expression of love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-expression-of-love/1018666)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-expression-of-love/1018666 "2025-05-23T22:13:26Z")
Love is a warm spot on the carpet where the dog has been waiting right outside your door. Yesterday I was dog-sitting for a friend who was going to be out of the house most of the day. The dog is about 1 year old, terr… --- ## [Denver: Soccer is more important than people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-soccer-is-more-important-than-people/1018673)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/denver-soccer-is-more-important-than-people/1018673 "2025-05-23T20:39:42Z")
Mike Johnston the mayor and the City Council have decided to build a stadium from scratch for the Women’s Soccer franchise that Denver was recently awarded. Today they announced that workers will have to take two unpaid… --- ## [Embarrassing naked moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-naked-moments/10010)
**Author:** [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrassing-naked-moments/10010 "2025-05-23T12:27:14Z")
i’m a high school senior, and normally i never shower after gym class, but yesterday i was leaving school early, and decided that since nobody would be there with me, i could (besides we just ran two miles, so i was swea… --- ## [Piper Mutt becomes suspicious of shrinkflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-mutt-becomes-suspicious-of-shrinkflation/1018688)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-mutt-becomes-suspicious-of-shrinkflation/1018688 "2025-05-23T09:20:40Z")
The Piper Mutt is a big black-and-tan mutt who wouldn’t be out of place on a farm. Nonetheless, I’ve ended up with him. We have a morning ritual. I let him out, he comes bounding back in a bit later. I toss a chew stick… --- ## [I want to write a "Choose Your Adventure" book for Christmas... any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-write-a-choose-your-adventure-book-for-christmas-any-tips/1018635)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-write-a-choose-your-adventure-book-for-christmas-any-tips/1018635 "2025-05-22T20:23:25Z")
Title says it all. Anyway, never done this before (I’ve written a book, but it was pretty easy). If anyone here has any suggestions, that would be great. The best thing would be a plot-generator (coining a phrase) that… --- ## [The song in my head... 46 years and still going strong!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-in-my-head-46-years-and-still-going-strong/1018607)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-song-in-my-head-46-years-and-still-going-strong/1018607 "2025-05-22T18:03:15Z")
Had I had enough sense and foreknowledge to save the date, I would know… to the day… I entered puberty. Regardless, it was sometime between September 1978 - March 1979. I turn on Atlanta’s channel 17 (in a few years thi… --- ## [Acid reflux woes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-woes/1018561)
**Author:** [@Hal1776](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal1776)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acid-reflux-woes/1018561 "2025-05-22T13:20:51Z")
I have had acid reflux my entire life, and I need not one surgery, but two, as my reflux has completely ruined my teeth. On top of having a TIF procedure, I will also have to have all of my teeth extracted and replaced w… --- ## [Tornado in St. Louis (2025 edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-st-louis-2025-edition/1018461)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-in-st-louis-2025-edition/1018461 "2025-05-22T02:18:16Z")
What was supposed to be a severe but relatively normal line of thunderstorms suddenly dropped a tornado right in the heart of the metropolitan area. The twister went through so fast there was little warning time, and it … --- ## [Putting old board questions into ChatGPT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-old-board-questions-into-chatgpt/1018565)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-old-board-questions-into-chatgpt/1018565 "2025-05-21T17:48:08Z")
I went back to the archive of all my old posts (going back to 2000) - a lot of factual questions that couldn’t be answered with a simple Google search - and pasted them into ChatGPT. I’m getting some interesting answers,… --- ## [I have left all social media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-all-social-media/1017523)
**Author:** [@Hal1776](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal1776)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-left-all-social-media/1017523 "2025-05-21T17:43:09Z")
I have officially deleted all social media as of today, 4/25/2025. No more facebook, no more instagram, no more discord, no more X/twitter/bluesky, and no more reddit. from this point onwards, it’s only forums like this,… --- ## [Has your spring this year been lousier than Chicago's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-spring-this-year-been-lousier-than-chicagos/1018578)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-spring-this-year-been-lousier-than-chicagos/1018578 "2025-05-21T12:03:11Z")
Yeah, I know Chicago’s spring is always a crapshoot, usually with an emphasis on the crap. But it seems this year’s has been even crappier than usual. April and May have been extremely windy and pretty much bone dry. … --- ## [What Would Happen to Guernsey, Jersey, and Man if the U.K. Monarchy Were Abolished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-guernsey-jersey-and-man-if-the-u-k-monarchy-were-abolished/1018560)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-guernsey-jersey-and-man-if-the-u-k-monarchy-were-abolished/1018560 "2025-05-21T07:29:23Z")
Guernsey, Jersey, and Man are technically not a part of the U.K. but are possessions of the U.K. Crown. Theoretically. they could become independent, sovereign monarchies. But maybe they would just be absorbed by whatev… --- ## [Car bomb explodes outside Palm Springs, CA fertility clinic, killing the car's occupant \[17-May-2025\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-explodes-outside-palm-springs-ca-fertility-clinic-killing-the-cars-occupant-17-may-2025/1018482)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-bomb-explodes-outside-palm-springs-ca-fertility-clinic-killing-the-cars-occupant-17-may-2025/1018482 "2025-05-20T17:37:19Z")
It also caused damage to nearby buildings, including a Denny’s across the street, but the cold-storage room at the clinic is intact. No other explosives were found in the area. I personally think the location was a coi… --- ## [Guess what went wrong with cat, for fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-went-wrong-with-cat-for-fun/1018542)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-went-wrong-with-cat-for-fun/1018542 "2025-05-20T03:20:55Z")
A cat has been arrested for drug smuggling. Yes. --- ## [Ironic injuries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-injuries/1018548)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ironic-injuries/1018548 "2025-05-20T02:23:41Z")
I was doing some chainsawing this weekend, and no, the chainsawing itself was not the cause of the ironic injury. I was putting on safety glasses, one of the arms was bent inward, and I poked myself pretty hard in the fa… --- ## [Hudson's Bay Company -- Canada's last great department store -- is in trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hudsons-bay-company-canadas-last-great-department-store-is-in-trouble/1015295)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hudsons-bay-company-canadas-last-great-department-store-is-in-trouble/1015295 "2025-05-19T20:57:53Z")
Founded May 2, 1670 – no, not a typo, but back then they were a fur trading company. But after the demise of department stores one by one, The Bay remained in business, in its unique niche as an upscale department store… --- ## [What are your thoughts/opinions on "bumping" older threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-opinions-on-bumping-older-threads/1001087)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-opinions-on-bumping-older-threads/1001087 "2025-05-19T19:39:33Z")
Even though some people may have mixed feelings towards bumping older threads that aren’t active anymore, I don’t see it being much of an issue IMO, but it depends on what the thread is about: If someone asked for some … --- ## [(Old) Who's thinking about summer plans in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whos-thinking-about-summer-plans-in-the-mmp/1018289)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whos-thinking-about-summer-plans-in-the-mmp/1018289 "2025-05-19T07:50:46Z")
It maybe late for some or early for others. Still, if you’re hoping to vacation this summer, have you started or completed plans? Or opted for a staycation? If you go, bring me a souvenir! :rofl: Happy Moanday!! --- ## [We have goose eggs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249 "2025-05-19T01:55:58Z")
Not me personally. A restaurant in Regina, in the Earl’s chain. They had a couple of big planters outside their main entrance, and Mama Goose decided one of them was the perfect spot for a nest. Daddy Goose is also invo… --- ## [What year and unit are these old military photos from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-and-unit-are-these-old-military-photos-from/1018509)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-and-unit-are-these-old-military-photos-from/1018509 "2025-05-18T21:18:08Z")
A friend found these photos of an ancestor in the (presumably US) military around 1912. Any thoughts on getting an exact year or more details such as unit or location? … --- ## [How much do/did your school lunches cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-did-your-school-lunches-cost/1018420)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-did-your-school-lunches-cost/1018420 "2025-05-18T14:20:48Z")
We were chatting about our REAL old school days, and what we remembered from then, and got on the subject of school lunches. My experience: First grade was at a tiny town school – the entire town had pretty much been bu… --- ## [My diagnosis. Latest problem. Alka-seltzer toe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-diagnosis-latest-problem-alka-seltzer-toe/1018027)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-diagnosis-latest-problem-alka-seltzer-toe/1018027 "2025-05-17T19:52:14Z")
Woke up sick, pukey, crampy. Low grade temp. Headache. Foot ached. All yesterday. Saw the doctor. He was concerned. Didn’t seem overly troubled. Just the normal doctor/diabetic foot problems kinda thing. My foot was … --- ## [The best vehicles for the worst drivers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-vehicles-for-the-worst-drivers/1018416)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-vehicles-for-the-worst-drivers/1018416 "2025-05-17T10:11:38Z")
You won’t find THAT on the Forbe’s Best List or in Consumer Reports. Driving while barefoot. Driving while legs crossed. Going around and around in roundabouts. Preparing notes for upcoming speech on their iphone during… --- ## [Qatar. Huh? (About the name itself)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qatar-huh-about-the-name-itself/1018390)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2025, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qatar-huh-about-the-name-itself/1018390 "2025-05-17T05:02:33Z")
(Don’t want this to be a political thread. That’s just my wish. Whichever happens, I’m sure Mods will relocate, as necessary) Really. How is this name of this country pronounced? Do Qatar-ians say it similiarly? And,… --- ## [Catholic catechism for public school students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-catechism-for-public-school-students/843822)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-catechism-for-public-school-students/843822 "2025-05-17T02:29:17Z")
I attended a public elementary school in Chicago in the late 1960s. Once a week, every Wednesday afternoon, all the Catholic students (which was probably about 50% of the class) would leave the school and walk to the nea… --- ## [A high speed video of the universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-high-speed-video-of-the-universe/1018297)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-high-speed-video-of-the-universe/1018297 "2025-05-16T16:44:56Z")
If this post goes where I hope it goes it will roughly tie into the god thing. I always enjoy listening to concepts non scientific people have of the universe, this would include myself. I imagine the universe as being p… --- ## [20 years locked in room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-locked-in-room/1015636)
**Author:** [@justdoit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justdoit)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-years-locked-in-room/1015636 "2025-05-16T01:16:36Z")
Awful story from Waterbury, Connecticut. 32 year old man says he was locked in storage room by his stepmom for 20 years. Weighed only 68 pounds when firemen found and rescued him. I hope he survives but he will have a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=60)