# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=598 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 599 --- ## [New law: As of today every adult must legally change his or her first name. My new name is…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-law-as-of-today-every-adult-must-legally-change-his-or-her-first-name-my-new-name-is/766680)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-law-as-of-today-every-adult-must-legally-change-his-or-her-first-name-my-new-name-is/766680 "2016-10-05T13:58:01Z")
(and you must list three reasons for your choice) Eli. \[ol\] \[li\]Unusual but not to the point of weirdness\[/li\]\[li\]Short\[/li\]\[li\]Cool song reference (Eli’s Coming)\[/li\]\[/ol\] You go. mmm --- ## [Living in a global village. Ain't it cool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-a-global-village-aint-it-cool/767385)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-a-global-village-aint-it-cool/767385 "2016-10-05T07:18:40Z")
In my high school, twelve miles north of here, there was one hispanic kid and three Chinese kids, two whose parents owned the Chinese restaurant (totally Cantonese and flavorless) and the other’s parents ran the totally … --- ## [Traveling at the speed of light away from the sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-at-the-speed-of-light-away-from-the-sun/767448)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-at-the-speed-of-light-away-from-the-sun/767448 "2016-10-04T22:06:50Z")
… doesn’t seem that fast: Riding Light on Vimeo The video underscores how big the sun and how incredibly far all the planets are from each other. --- ## [My dad is very ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-very-ill/767582)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-very-ill/767582 "2016-10-04T18:39:15Z")
My 84 year old father is very sick from some sort of complications from the flu. His blood sodium level fell dangerously low so he became so weak he could barely move. He’s been in the hospital since Thursday. He hasn’t… --- ## [Father's Passing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-passing/767568)
**Author:** [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathers-passing/767568 "2016-10-04T12:49:29Z")
Hello, you don’t know me and I don’t know you but I just wanted to tell someone that my father died last evening aged 81. My mother died last year aged 75, but as I have an older brother and sister I’m not the senior “X”… --- ## [Happy Doper Rosh Hashana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-rosh-hashana/767481)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-rosh-hashana/767481 "2016-10-04T05:29:25Z")
As I get ready to prepare the meat for tonight’s festive dinner, I just wanted to give a Shana Tova shout-out to my fellow Members of the Tribe. 5776 started out with health problems for me and ended with health problem… --- ## [My old school teacher imprisoned for indecently assaulting children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-school-teacher-imprisoned-for-indecently-assaulting-children/767188)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-school-teacher-imprisoned-for-indecently-assaulting-children/767188 "2016-10-04T03:53:30Z")
When I was at primary school (aka grade school) from age 7 to 10, my teacher was a very charming and jovial fellow, but he was a bit touchy-feely with the kids. Hands-on-shoulders and around-the-waist kind of thing. I di… --- ## [SpaceX announces Interplanetary Transport System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-announces-interplanetary-transport-system/767105)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-announces-interplanetary-transport-system/767105 "2016-10-03T23:13:48Z")
First watch the video if you haven’t seen it yet. SpaceX had a presentation at the International Aeronautics Conference today about their Mars colonization plans, and specifically about the rocket/spacecraft system they… --- ## [USAF T-birds buzzing my office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usaf-t-birds-buzzing-my-office/767579)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usaf-t-birds-buzzing-my-office/767579 "2016-10-03T21:09:19Z")
So there I am having my sandwich in the break room when there is this …wwhhhHHHHOOOOOOOOSSshhhh…\*\*\* going from L-R outside my window. But it goes by much, much quicker than the ocassional airliner or exec jet that onc… --- ## [First names you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/766527)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-you-hate/766527 "2016-10-03T19:48:23Z")
Which would you hate to be called? --- ## [Solar FREAKIN' Roadways!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-freakin-roadways/689129)
**Author:** [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-freakin-roadways/689129 "2016-10-03T16:59:08Z")
This Youtube video is making the rounds on FB. Sounds awesome, but the Dope has never met an idea it couldn’t stab in the stomach. What are the downsides? I know the idea's been around for a long time, but this is the… --- ## [College Question -- live at home or at school (complicated)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-question-live-at-home-or-at-school-complicated/767322)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-question-live-at-home-or-at-school-complicated/767322 "2016-10-03T16:56:15Z")
MilliCal is a sophomore now, and she has a quandary. 1.) She can live at home and attend a college with a full scholarship and get a degree in a field she is interested in, but isn’t precisely what she wants. It would r… --- ## [Is there a certain personality type that is drawn to cluster B personalities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-certain-personality-type-that-is-drawn-to-cluster-b-personalities/767514)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-certain-personality-type-that-is-drawn-to-cluster-b-personalities/767514 "2016-10-03T16:10:11Z")
Narcissists, psychopaths, histrionics, borderlines. Is there a certain kind of personality that gets drawn to these types of people for romantic or platonic relationships? People who depend on external validation to fee… --- ## [Someone claims to have invented a no-calorie, no-hangover alcohol? Is he a Nutt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-claims-to-have-invented-a-no-calorie-no-hangover-alcohol-is-he-a-nutt/767561)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-claims-to-have-invented-a-no-calorie-no-hangover-alcohol-is-he-a-nutt/767561 "2016-10-03T14:04:38Z")
Yes, David Nutt, a British scientist, claims to have invented Alcarelle, the first no calorie drink that gives drinkers a buzz without a hangover. Cheers!! --- ## [Legal betting on the presidential election.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-betting-on-the-presidential-election/767447)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-betting-on-the-presidential-election/767447 "2016-10-03T08:34:18Z")
Is there a website that offers \*\*legal \*\*betting/wagers on the presidential election? --- ## [The Imsomniac MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-imsomniac-mmp/766914)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-imsomniac-mmp/766914 "2016-10-03T04:40:33Z")
Happy Moanday! I am an insomniac as I have yet to go to sleep tonight, after tossing and turning for over 4 hous I give up. I even took a sleep aid and still can’t shut off the brain. It probably does not help than I sl… --- ## [I have an opportunity to go to Shanghai](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opportunity-to-go-to-shanghai/767430)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opportunity-to-go-to-shanghai/767430 "2016-10-03T03:54:29Z")
A friend has some work to do in Shanghai. So, I have free lodging at a 5 star hotel! It will be in November. Probably a week there. Do I need a visa? Any other tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone. I… --- ## [Why older women turn me on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-older-women-turn-me-on/721884)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-older-women-turn-me-on/721884 "2016-10-03T01:20:44Z")
My buddy and I were having breakfast on the beach the other day and part of that involves checking out the ladies in bekinis. I won’t say I don’t enjoy checking them out a bit but they do zero for me in the way of turnin… --- ## [Worldwide destruction predicted for September 30th.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154 "2016-10-03T00:39:12Z")
While idly clicking away on the 'Net, I chanced upon a story the mainstream media is trying to keep secret. Due to the rare “black moon” phenomenon, the world faces annhilation. Expect the second coming of Jesus Christ… --- ## [Things you said as a child that horrified your religious parents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-said-as-a-child-that-horrified-your-religious-parents/766890)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-said-as-a-child-that-horrified-your-religious-parents/766890 "2016-10-02T23:03:49Z")
I was brought up as a young-earth creationist, ultra-fundamentalist Pentecostal and attended religious schools so I was fully surrounded by religious zealots. One day when I was about 8 I said to my mom “Aren’t humans ju… --- ## [If you had a time machine , where would you go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-time-machine-where-would-you-go/767068)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-time-machine-where-would-you-go/767068 "2016-10-02T21:10:22Z")
You can go to any point in history. --- ## [Old newspapers and magazines for the history buff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-newspapers-and-magazines-for-the-history-buff/767341)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-newspapers-and-magazines-for-the-history-buff/767341 "2016-10-02T20:17:33Z")
I have a subscription to Time All Access and NY Times Times Machine, which give me access to every Time ever and every NY Times ever(actually, up until 2002 I believe). As far as I know, these are the only news publicati… --- ## [On Job Benet Ramsey murder - if the brother had done it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-job-benet-ramsey-murder-if-the-brother-had-done-it/766541)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-job-benet-ramsey-murder-if-the-brother-had-done-it/766541 "2016-10-02T18:41:32Z")
CBS says the older brother, who was 9 at the time, did it and the parents covered it up. They theorize that the girl came down and grabbed some pineapple the boy was eating and he got mad and hit her with a heavy object. … --- ## [Donating a (possibly) educational collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-a-possibly-educational-collection/767377)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-a-possibly-educational-collection/767377 "2016-10-02T00:50:41Z")
Hi all, I have come into a substantial seashell collection, some of which is painstakingly organized and labeled with scientific detail. Unfortunately because there is no locality data, the museum to which it was bequea… --- ## [Hair: What eras would yours work/not work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-what-eras-would-yours-work-not-work/767139)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-what-eras-would-yours-work-not-work/767139 "2016-10-01T22:37:06Z")
I have fine, very straight hair that I gel to the max and blowdry into the “middle-aged lady short, disciplined hairdo.” My hair would have worked really well in the 1960s and 70s when long, straight hair was the rage. … --- ## [A truly mundane and pointless observation about The Straightdope forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-mundane-and-pointless-observation-about-the-straightdope-forums/766958)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-mundane-and-pointless-observation-about-the-straightdope-forums/766958 "2016-10-01T22:27:00Z")
When you click on ‘thread tools’ on a thread you have started and the little drop down menu appears the icon beside ‘add a poll to this thread’ makes me wonder why the SD is showing the Russian flag almost every time it … --- ## [Senator Marco Rubio and Rep. Joe Heck assist at car accident scene.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-marco-rubio-and-rep-joe-heck-assist-at-car-accident-scene/767403)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-marco-rubio-and-rep-joe-heck-assist-at-car-accident-scene/767403 "2016-10-01T22:23:54Z")
Interesting to see how people respond in situations aside from politics. The local link reports that this was a head on collision involving three cars and a semi. The semi was at fault. That would have been a very high … --- ## [Living in a global village. Ain't it cool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-a-global-village-aint-it-cool/767390)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-a-global-village-aint-it-cool/767390 "2016-10-01T19:36:09Z")
In my high school, twelve miles north of here, there was one hispanic kid and three Chinese kids, two whose parents owned the Chinese restaurant (totally Cantonese and flavorless) and the other’s parents ran the totally … --- ## [Meaning & usage of 'The Man'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-usage-of-the-man/767028)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-usage-of-the-man/767028 "2016-10-01T18:17:30Z")
\[bolding added\] I recently was listening to CCR and when I heard these words it made me question if there was a slight difference in how the phrase ‘the man’ is used in the south. I’ve always understood ‘The Man’ gener… --- ## [Coworker pushing MLM products on us.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-pushing-mlm-products-on-us/766888)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-pushing-mlm-products-on-us/766888 "2016-10-01T15:12:08Z")
A fellow engineer I work with has been in financial distress over the last few years. Primarily due to overspending (big homes, fancy vacations, etc.). I get the feeling he’s in a lot of debt. Last year he took a part-ti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=597) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=599)