# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=682 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 683 --- ## [How Many Brain Cells Are Required To Know That You Store A Magic Marker With The Tip Pointing DOWN!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-brain-cells-are-required-to-know-that-you-store-a-magic-marker-with-the-tip-pointing-down/737885)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-brain-cells-are-required-to-know-that-you-store-a-magic-marker-with-the-tip-pointing-down/737885 "2015-11-25T17:11:13Z")
At my job, I work alone during my shift and I work at a desk that is shared by co-workers who work the other two shifts. Pens, staplers, scissors, and stationery supplies are all shared by anyone using the same work sta… --- ## [Benzodiazepine-FREE, finally!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benzodiazepine-free-finally/536958)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benzodiazepine-free-finally/536958 "2010-04-24T01:36:13Z")
No, this is not a thread offering free Xanax. :smiley: “Benzodiazepine-free” means that I am now (as of February of this year) no longer taking any benzos whatsoever. And I’m fully past the lengthy withdrawal period! … --- ## [Noticing the little things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noticing-the-little-things/738527)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noticing-the-little-things/738527 "2015-11-25T11:28:35Z")
Do you ever wonder if you’re the only person who notices those “little things”? My main reason for this post … got the idea a couple weeks ago … My small apartment complex is located, not in a “residential” district, b… --- ## ["Don't believe what you read and only half of what you see."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-believe-what-you-read-and-only-half-of-what-you-see/738428)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-believe-what-you-read-and-only-half-of-what-you-see/738428 "2015-11-25T10:13:15Z")
Many variations of this “old saw” appear with a search for examples. Maybe we can collect some favorites, or, better still, come up with some of our own. All seriousness aside! :slight\_smile: – One instance from belie… --- ## [I must be the only woman on earth who doesn't think this is funny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-be-the-only-woman-on-earth-who-doesnt-think-this-is-funny/738457)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-be-the-only-woman-on-earth-who-doesnt-think-this-is-funny/738457 "2015-11-25T03:55:21Z")
TL : DR - a woman found out her husband of 12 years, and father of their two children, was cheating on her when he came out of the shower covered in hickeys, and she wrote a diatribe to the girlfriend on FACEBOOK! :eek: … --- ## [Where is the wierdest place you ever pee'd??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-wierdest-place-you-ever-peed/67484)
**Author:** [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-wierdest-place-you-ever-peed/67484 "2015-11-25T03:50:29Z")
I routinely pee out back… just for a change. Lots of times in nature… when hunting and all. Once or twice in a sink… long ago. Once in a High School photography darkroom sink. Hmmm… empty mountain dew bottle when driv… --- ## [I am MegaDork, Who Thinks About Math for No Reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-megadork-who-thinks-about-math-for-no-reason/738374)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-megadork-who-thinks-about-math-for-no-reason/738374 "2015-11-25T03:13:13Z")
When I was in junior high, 35 years ago (or so), I learned a rule for quickly determining if a number is divisible by 11: you alternately subtract and add the digits, and if that result is divisible by 11, so was the ori… --- ## [What is the narrative of slavery apologists in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-narrative-of-slavery-apologists-in-the-us/737606)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-narrative-of-slavery-apologists-in-the-us/737606 "2015-11-25T00:59:50Z")
Supposedly some people in the south are trying to sanitize slavery. What is their POV on the issue? --- ## [Ever work two completely disparate jobs at the same time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-work-two-completely-disparate-jobs-at-the-same-time/738336)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-work-two-completely-disparate-jobs-at-the-same-time/738336 "2015-11-25T00:01:41Z")
In college, I worked weekends and summers cutting grass (among other things) at a golf course. During the week, I worked in one of the largest meteorology department in the world. It wasn’t particularly mentally challe… --- ## [Black Friday in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-in-canada/738300)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-friday-in-canada/738300 "2015-11-24T21:52:13Z")
I see that there are Canadian stores advertising their Black Friday sales. How does that work? Canada doesn’t have a holiday on November 26 so there’s no reason why people would be taking the next day off. Are Canadian s… --- ## [First World Problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/737883)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-world-problems/737883 "2015-11-24T20:44:37Z")
I’m working from home today, a benefit of having a high speed wifi connection and company supplied laptop. As I sit here working (really!), browsing and sipping coffee, my dog lies asleep in his rather plush bed next to… --- ## [Yes, there is some good news in the Third World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-there-is-some-good-news-in-the-third-world/738446)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-there-is-some-good-news-in-the-third-world/738446 "2015-11-24T19:29:45Z")
I found this to be quite heartening: http://www.episcopalchicago.org/our-stories/2015/11/21/back-life --- ## [An Instrumental Wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-instrumental-wish/737892)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-instrumental-wish/737892 "2015-11-24T19:29:27Z")
If you could become an absolute master of any one musical instrument(the vocal chords do not count), which would you choose? Bass guitar? Pan flute? Piano? Bagpipe? Tuba? Mandolin? Ukulele? Theremin? What common(or un… --- ## [Joe ExoticTthe Tiger King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-exotictthe-tiger-king/738412)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-exotictthe-tiger-king/738412 "2015-11-24T13:52:04Z")
Don’t be a hater and get all judgmentalish… just let the awesomeness of the Tiger King wash over you… Oh and don’t screw around with the actual tiger because he’s a bit tetchy. Behold the Tiger King Also a tender tiger … --- ## [traditional korean parents vs american boyfriend. how to make all of us happy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditional-korean-parents-vs-american-boyfriend-how-to-make-all-of-us-happy/738413)
**Author:** [@sarahkb23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sarahkb23)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traditional-korean-parents-vs-american-boyfriend-how-to-make-all-of-us-happy/738413 "2015-11-24T12:08:30Z")
Recently I moved in with my boyfriend of 5 years even after knowing that my parents would disapprove of my choices. My parents are very traditional and Korean and so they think I need to honor them by listening to them. … --- ## [Violent Boobies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-boobies/738342)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-boobies/738342 "2015-11-24T03:32:55Z")
--- ## [Once again, my faith in humanity is confirmed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-my-faith-in-humanity-is-confirmed/738378)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-my-faith-in-humanity-is-confirmed/738378 "2015-11-24T01:17:09Z")
“Dignerty,” indeed! :smack: http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/woman-jailed-for-trying-to-kill-husband-with-poisoned-cherry-lambrini-on-christmas-day-in-london/ar-BBnlNa8?li=AAacUQk&ocid=mailsignoutmd D’oh! They fo… --- ## [Do vegetarians eat seafood? Isn't seafood considered meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegetarians-eat-seafood-isnt-seafood-considered-meat/204909)
**Author:** [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegetarians-eat-seafood-isnt-seafood-considered-meat/204909 "2015-11-23T21:37:43Z")
Help fight my complete ignorance of vegetarians. I just met one for the first time this year, and I know she eats seafood. I always thought of seafood as a type of meat. Animals are still killed to get it, so why is i… --- ## [Wonder how Facebook became a place to brag about your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-how-facebook-became-a-place-to-brag-about-your-life/738004)
**Author:** [@tarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarrel)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-how-facebook-became-a-place-to-brag-about-your-life/738004 "2015-11-23T20:17:52Z")
I thought it was a site you went to talk about fun topics with your friends not posting photos of your new house and car. Shouldn’t that stuff be shared with your closet friends and family privately? it’s just somethin… --- ## [Sudden death of a good neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-death-of-a-good-neighbor/738305)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-death-of-a-good-neighbor/738305 "2015-11-23T19:38:55Z")
Last Sunday my really good neighbor died very suddenly from a ruptured brain aneurysm. We always helped one another and took care of house duties when either of us went on vacation. I bought my house from her sister, whi… --- ## [Is an attack on DC already underway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-attack-on-dc-already-underway/737718)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-attack-on-dc-already-underway/737718 "2015-11-23T18:24:52Z")
Emblazoned across CNN.com’s main page right now is an obnoxiously large photo of terrorist shitheads with guns, titled “ISIS THREATENS D.C.” I didn’t look for the article, because what else it is going to say that you c… --- ## [Relatives in Belgium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatives-in-belgium/738353)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatives-in-belgium/738353 "2015-11-23T15:59:48Z")
We planned out annual trip to Europe around Christmas New Years months ago. We are booked and flying out second week of December. Contacted my cousins in Belgium to say we’re coming. They live in St.Truiden , Limburg ab… --- ## [Going to Pittsburgh- what should I not miss while I'm there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pittsburgh-what-should-i-not-miss-while-im-there/737439)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-pittsburgh-what-should-i-not-miss-while-im-there/737439 "2015-11-23T15:34:41Z")
My best friend moved to Pittsburgh (from Atlanta) for his job back in August. I haven’t had a chance to visit yet, but he is on vacation for the week of Thanksgiving. I’m flying up next Saturday (11/21) and will be the… --- ## [Things I've learned from Science Fiction Conventions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-learned-from-science-fiction-conventions/640095)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-ive-learned-from-science-fiction-conventions/640095 "2015-11-23T15:32:59Z")
I’m talking about fan-run full on conventions, not those media run whorehouses where you stand in line for two hours to buy a $60 photo from a STAR who doesn’t even glance in your direction. Most writers and actors are … --- ## [Getting to work on time - a commuting MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 309\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683 "2015-11-23T15:06:48Z")
Looks like I’ll have to start us off again, you slackers are all still in bed! It was a bit of a 'mare getting to work today, there was debris on the line north of my train station, and on the route south the local pike… --- ## [Words you just realize you've been spelling wrong all along...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-just-realize-youve-been-spelling-wrong-all-along/738008)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-just-realize-youve-been-spelling-wrong-all-along/738008 "2015-11-23T14:47:42Z")
So…I’m a good speller. Like, a really good speller. Spelling bee winner throughout grade school, etc. It’s just always come very naturally and effortlessly for me; I’m a man of unremarkable intelligence in most areas, bu… --- ## [Friend died of cancer today. Only 43 years old.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-died-of-cancer-today-only-43-years-old/738124)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-died-of-cancer-today-only-43-years-old/738124 "2015-11-23T05:53:21Z")
His birth-father died of cancer when he was 2-3 years old. His Mom remarried a few years later. Her second husband adopted him and they had two more kids. He had no memory of his birth father and his adopted father was a… --- ## [Hanging Out In MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-in-mpsims/738208)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hanging-out-in-mpsims/738208 "2015-11-23T02:30:46Z")
So it is a day off for me. It is snowing outside and as an semi-intelligent homo-sapien, I am reluctant to step outside as it is warm and comfy here, next to my laptop and space-heater. Color me spoiled. I have not lef… --- ## [Is it rude to tell another adult to blow their nose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-tell-another-adult-to-blow-their-nose/512558)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-tell-another-adult-to-blow-their-nose/512558 "2015-11-23T00:58:31Z")
OK. there’s a new person in my office. He keep sniffing. Once every fourteen seconds. AAAAAAARGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Would it be rude of me to ask him to blow his nose? --- ## [170 People Taken Hostage at Mali Hotel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/170-people-taken-hostage-at-mali-hotel/738066)
**Author:** [@camille](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/camille)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/170-people-taken-hostage-at-mali-hotel/738066 "2015-11-22T19:21:19Z")
Breaking News: After reports of an active shooter operation at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, a Radisson media rep has confirmed that two people have taken 140 guests and 30 employees hostage. According to CNN… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=681) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=683)