# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=643 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 644 --- ## [Unrequited Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love/751987)
**Author:** [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love/751987 "2016-04-12T12:31:00Z")
Slipped - against my caution and better judgment - into unrequited love with someone I’ve talked about before. It’s ruining my peace of mind like no other thing can. How do I get out of here without having to get into an… --- ## [WTF is it with the Chinese metalcasting spam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-the-chinese-metalcasting-spam/751980)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-it-with-the-chinese-metalcasting-spam/751980 "2016-04-12T12:27:13Z")
I’ve gotten at least three spam e-mails at one of my addresses purportedly from a manufacturer in Shenzhen, China that makes molds and machine parts. WTF. How is this at all tempting anybody to click reply or whatever … --- ## [Has anybody been to South Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-been-to-south-africa/750853)
**Author:** [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-been-to-south-africa/750853 "2016-04-12T11:02:46Z")
In two weeks, my girlfriend and I will be taking a trip to South Africa. We’ll spend a four days in Cape Town, a day in Kruger National Park, a couple days in Karongwe Private Game preserve, and a couple of days in Joha… --- ## [Notification of message oblivion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-message-oblivion/751894)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notification-of-message-oblivion/751894 "2016-04-12T07:24:10Z")
That’s the actual header for an e-mail message I got today, courtesy of a Taiwan-based company whose software I downloaded on a free trial basis. The software was glitchy and did not work as advertised, but what particu… --- ## [Media navel-gazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-navel-gazing/751944)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-navel-gazing/751944 "2016-04-12T05:32:07Z")
A segment on CBS Sunday Morning really pissed me off. It covered “Today’s Grandparents” who apparently are \*very involved \* in the daily lives of their grandchildren - even going so far as to provide childcare! One of th… --- ## [The amount spent on some of the direct mail catalogs and brochures I get just amazes me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amount-spent-on-some-of-the-direct-mail-catalogs-and-brochures-i-get-just-amazes-me/751951)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amount-spent-on-some-of-the-direct-mail-catalogs-and-brochures-i-get-just-amazes-me/751951 "2016-04-12T03:18:04Z")
I realize there are economies of scale in printing but some of the a thick stock, glossy, 10-30 page Pottery Barn type catalogs I get must have cost the sender $2-$5 each to make and mail. Also, heavy, inch thick fat 300… --- ## [Is a high level of irritation with picky eaters ethically or morally wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-high-level-of-irritation-with-picky-eaters-ethically-or-morally-wrong/750955)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-high-level-of-irritation-with-picky-eaters-ethically-or-morally-wrong/750955 "2016-04-11T23:07:07Z")
I’m watching this 27 year old Gawker journalisteat a bunch of common foods for the first time and give pronouncements. I watch these little snippets and find I can generate no sympathy for his attitude, and in fact his d… --- ## [What kind of brother-in-law or sister-in-law do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-brother-in-law-or-sister-in-law-do-you-have/750094)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-brother-in-law-or-sister-in-law-do-you-have/750094 "2016-04-11T23:05:35Z")
Poll to come. “SO” here means “Significant Other”. --- ## [I feel hilariously sorry for these poor people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-hilariously-sorry-for-these-poor-people/751859)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-hilariously-sorry-for-these-poor-people/751859 "2016-04-11T18:57:39Z")
IP mapping glitch insists millions of connections originating from a small Kansas farm: http://fusion.net/story/287592/internet-mapping-glitch-kansas-farm/ --- ## [More posts than member number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-posts-than-member-number/750696 "2016-04-11T17:30:40Z")
Here’s a list of members who have more posts than their member number. I estimate there’s about two to three hundred such members; this list has 118 of them. Anyone else on it? Anyone on it whose member number is higher … --- ## [Um, poodle balling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-poodle-balling/350663)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-poodle-balling/350663 "2016-04-11T14:52:07Z")
So I’m sitting here, watching Britney Spears on Will and Grace, and she yells out that she’s a hardcore lesbian that’s into leather play, butch black women, skunking, and poodle ballin. Later, Karen says that she and he… --- ## [It only took 340 years, but I finally used something I learned in high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-only-took-340-years-but-i-finally-used-something-i-learned-in-high-school/751857)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-only-took-340-years-but-i-finally-used-something-i-learned-in-high-school/751857 "2016-04-11T12:07:00Z")
Maybe 35 years. I don’t really remember if chemistry was junior or senior year. My daughter needed help balancing a chemical equation. So there you have it kids. You may someday need all that stuff they teach you to … --- ## [An "I don't care if you add me on Facebook" thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-i-dont-care-if-you-add-me-on-facebook-thread/751528)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-i-dont-care-if-you-add-me-on-facebook-thread/751528 "2016-04-11T04:41:28Z")
If you’re someone who doesn’t mind other SDMB members adding you on Facebook, post your FB link here. If you want to add me on threre, feel free. I’m on there almost as often as I am here. --- ## [Help me design a home-made drink steamer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-home-made-drink-steamer/748709)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-home-made-drink-steamer/748709 "2016-04-11T04:16:46Z")
I want to try to make a home-made steamer for heating up drinks, mostly milk, that works like the steam attachment on an high-end cappuccino maker. Yeah, I could buy a cheap one like this but there’s a challenge of maki… --- ## [He must have already seen Hamilton (celeb sighting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-must-have-already-seen-hamilton-celeb-sighting/751860)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-must-have-already-seen-hamilton-celeb-sighting/751860 "2016-04-11T03:06:59Z")
My daughter has decided to join her friend on a late-ish spring break in NYC (it’s the friend’s first visit to Manhattan, and Kayla will be her docent, as well as hooking them up with accommodations with the friends she … --- ## [Houston, Texas Art Car Parade. April 9, 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-art-car-parade-april-9-2016/751856)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-texas-art-car-parade-april-9-2016/751856 "2016-04-11T01:43:46Z")
Houston’s Art Car Parade was bigger and better than ever this year. Over 250 decorated cars, trucks, golf carts, mopeds, bicycles, mystery machines, an occasional grocery cart, a reclining lounge chair, a motorized hosp… --- ## [A fantastic science project for the holidays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-science-project-for-the-holidays/738450)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fantastic-science-project-for-the-holidays/738450 "2016-04-10T23:07:15Z")
Now you can become a citizen scientist, and test the hypothesis that animals won’t eat genetically modified food. Anti-GMOers have been reporting that farm (or wild) animals avoid GM grain in favor of eating grain the w… --- ## [Being a woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-woman/750902)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-woman/750902 "2016-04-10T22:45:06Z")
Get ready for 24/7 sex. The actual act might not happen but the man part of this world has his brain zeroed in on it Apparently, only one thing at a time can be thought of by this less than perfect human specimen and is… --- ## [April is more wintry than February.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-is-more-wintry-than-february/751530)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-is-more-wintry-than-february/751530 "2016-04-10T15:56:38Z")
We’re expected to have 6+" of snow between tonight and Sunday. That’s more than we had all winter. WTF??? --- ## [Dialect question: 'Boogan'/'bougan'/'bogan'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-question-boogan-bougan-bogan/751541)
**Author:** [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-question-boogan-bougan-bogan/751541 "2016-04-10T05:37:20Z")
I’m a west coast US transplant to southwest Missouri and shortly after moving here was introduced to this… I think it’s an ethnic/class slur, a bit more specific than ‘white trash’, usually applied to small city whites l… --- ## [Tell me about your favorite subReddits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-subreddits/751228)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-favorite-subreddits/751228 "2016-04-10T05:17:29Z")
I’ve been starting to visit Reddit more and more frequently and have been a fan of a lot of good subreddits for a few months now. I have a LOT of subreddits added, at least a hundred, all which I find enjoyable to some d… --- ## [And the music fades to nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-music-fades-to-nothing/751499 "2016-04-10T01:51:41Z")
I listen to iTunes internet radio all day. It has everything! When my daughter calls via Skype, the music fades out. Which is very cool. After the call has ended the music slowly increases to the previous volume. Al… --- ## [The fastest you've traveled with pure human power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fastest-youve-traveled-with-pure-human-power/749828)
**Author:** [@mikeritchie30](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeritchie30)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fastest-youve-traveled-with-pure-human-power/749828 "2016-04-09T23:31:47Z")
I’m talking about outside of cars, planes, trains, ships etc. Under your own human power. I’m not a long distance runner but I can sprint to 13 to 15 mph. I’m not good with skateboards, skates or anything. Don’t own a ho… --- ## [The "In His Steps" church building is for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-in-his-steps-church-building-is-for-sale/751668)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-in-his-steps-church-building-is-for-sale/751668 "2016-04-09T22:29:47Z")
The church building where the Rev. Charles Sheldon, author of In His Steps" preached in the early 20th century is for sale. I drive by it every day, as I live less than a half mile from it. The book was the one that a… --- ## [Strange/unattractive/disreputable/bothersome people you'd have no qualms getting jiggy with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-unattractive-disreputable-bothersome-people-youd-have-no-qualms-getting-jiggy-with/750058)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-unattractive-disreputable-bothersome-people-youd-have-no-qualms-getting-jiggy-with/750058 "2016-04-09T09:23:48Z")
Sarah Palin ok maybe not Mama June Mamie Van Doren (currently 85) Chelsea Handler no - not Betty White the egregiously annoying Wendy’s redhead no - not Helen Thomas the Hilton sisters Kim Kardashian (actually Ka… --- ## [My dog had his Priebus Reinced! (I'll explaine this thread title) Caution: Wieiner Dogs involved!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-had-his-priebus-reinced-ill-explaine-this-thread-title-caution-wieiner-dogs-involved/751520)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-had-his-priebus-reinced-ill-explaine-this-thread-title-caution-wieiner-dogs-involved/751520 "2016-04-09T07:35:58Z")
One of my jobs is to keep the \*\*Killer Elite \*\*(4 wiener dogs) in shape. I take them running a mile or five nearly every day. Dirt roads, out in the desert, I follow in whatever is running at the time. Little bastards ca… --- ## [Have you ever used "naïf" as a pronoun in speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-naif-as-a-pronoun-in-speech/751403)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-used-naif-as-a-pronoun-in-speech/751403 "2016-04-09T07:34:47Z")
I’ve read articles and stories where someone is described as “a naif” but oddly I’ve only seem the use of “naïf” as quoted below in written form I have never heard it used to describe a person when used in everyday spee… --- ## [Jews vs Nazis Beer Pong Played by Princeton High School Students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-vs-nazis-beer-pong-played-by-princeton-high-school-students/751592)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jews-vs-nazis-beer-pong-played-by-princeton-high-school-students/751592 "2016-04-09T04:51:46Z")
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/08/students-play-jews-vs-nazis-beer-pong-one-side-has-a-swastika-the-other-a-star-of-david/ More information on the game (although this source is anti-Jewish): h… --- ## [My father is being evacuated from a cruise ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-is-being-evacuated-from-a-cruise-ship/751119)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-is-being-evacuated-from-a-cruise-ship/751119 "2016-04-09T02:19:35Z")
The latest saga in my father’s health - my parents are one week into a four week cruise. Today, he had almost no energy and looked pale. Mom took him to be checked out by the ship’s medical staff. His hemoglobin count… --- ## [Kinki University "Kinky" No More](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinki-university-kinky-no-more/750837)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinki-university-kinky-no-more/750837 "2016-04-09T01:20:54Z")
Marking the end of an era, Kinki University in Osaka, Japan has changed it’s name to Kindai University. The move was aimed at sparing students and faculty some embarrassment. No word yet from Bukkake U. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=642) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=644)