# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=698 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 699 --- ## [What If All The Smart People Died - Joe Rogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-smart-people-died-joe-rogan/733426)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-the-smart-people-died-joe-rogan/733426 "2015-10-04T06:58:56Z")
What if all the smart people died - video - 10:57 long… but very funny. --- ## [Handshakes: how to rescue a fail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handshakes-how-to-rescue-a-fail/733104)
**Author:** [@Dio2112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dio2112)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handshakes-how-to-rescue-a-fail/733104 "2015-10-04T05:21:45Z")
So I’m teaching my new girlfriend’s kid how to shake hands. I emphasize that meeting the other hand confidently and assertively while pushing forward is good, in order to lock in the web-to-web contact between thumb and… --- ## [My Little Girls scored another squirrel!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girls-scored-another-squirrel/732912)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-girls-scored-another-squirrel/732912 "2015-10-04T01:24:57Z")
I’ve mentioned my Little Girls, who were raised in the same small travel crate by a “breeder” who wanted them to stay small, even if it killed them. It was touch and go for some time after they moved in with us, but the… --- ## [Happy Birthday song is now public domain!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-song-is-now-public-domain/732262)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-song-is-now-public-domain/732262 "2015-10-03T23:27:29Z")
\[Happy Birthday is now public domain! \](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4ef3d7182b7e44eb81ccd1b75593ae82/federal-judge-rules-happy-birthday-song-public-domain) Everybody SING! :smiley: --- ## [The first world problem has been trumped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-world-problem-has-been-trumped/733336)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-world-problem-has-been-trumped/733336 "2015-10-03T22:48:07Z")
The Donald’s son is sad that he might have to leave his friends to go live in the White House. :rolleyes: --- ## [CNN trolled (Edward Snowden Edward Scissorhands)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-trolled-edward-snowden-edward-scissorhands/733218)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-trolled-edward-snowden-edward-scissorhands/733218 "2015-10-03T20:47:58Z")
This was hilarious, was this woman really unaware of being trolled in such an obvious way? The subject was Edward Snowden, but it was undoubtedly about Edward Scissor-hands --- ## [Robert Hall Clothing Stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-hall-clothing-stores/733127)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-hall-clothing-stores/733127 "2015-10-03T18:16:07Z")
It would appear (according to this Wikipedia article) that this old store chain is no more. I remember one (maybe more) in the 60s when I was in college or soon thereafter. At least one was in Birmingham at the time. T… --- ## [NASA Has Mars Announcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537)
**Author:** [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537 "2015-10-03T15:44:36Z")
But we have to wait until Monday, apparently. I apologize if there is already a thread-- I searched but didn’t see one. Anyone have a guess? I am guessing that perhaps there is evidence of water, past or present-- bu… --- ## [How many posters registered here have seen you naked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posters-registered-here-have-seen-you-naked/732255)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-posters-registered-here-have-seen-you-naked/732255 "2015-10-03T03:28:48Z")
One, for me (one of my ex girlfriends registered a few years back). Come on now, don’t be shy, ashamed, or embarrassed. If multiple Dopers here have seen you in the buff, let it all out and confess. : p Or just vote an… --- ## [Visa questioned my tipping style!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visa-questioned-my-tipping-style/733276 "2015-10-03T03:07:54Z")
So, I got a ride to my favorite bar, and my gf was slated to pick me up on her way home. She wound up having to work late, which was fine with me. A bunch of my friends were there, and I ended up having many beers bo… --- ## [Its been how long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-how-long/733213)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-how-long/733213 "2015-10-03T02:26:06Z")
Well, its that time of year again. Holiday Season is starting to wind up to full speed, the kids and grandkids and even a few of the great-grandkids (from my parents perspective not mine) are starting to get excited as … --- ## [Do you remember metered typewriters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-metered-typewriters/733064)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-metered-typewriters/733064 "2015-10-03T01:22:53Z")
I heard a lecture the other day about ay Bradbury, including that he wrote\* Fahrenheit 451\* in 10 days in a rent-a-typewriter room in his public library. It was a dime per half hour, and ultimately cost him maybe $15. I… --- ## [Bad household management = dead parakeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-household-management-dead-parakeet/732937)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-household-management-dead-parakeet/732937 "2015-10-03T00:10:32Z")
So yesterday my 14 y.o. daughter arrived home to find our beautiful teal-colored parakeet dead on the bottom of its cage. It either starved to death or died of thirst. The guilt is pretty dramatic. My household is busy,… --- ## [Google Doodle commemorating Water on Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-commemorating-water-on-mars/732938)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-commemorating-water-on-mars/732938 "2015-10-02T23:38:44Z")
Today’s Google Doodle (Sept 29 2015) was clearly put together in a hurry to commemorate NASA’s announcement of solid evidence for liquid water on Mars: --- ## [Dwayne Johnson loses dog to toxic mushroom.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-loses-dog-to-toxic-mushroom/733057)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dwayne-johnson-loses-dog-to-toxic-mushroom/733057 "2015-10-02T23:32:47Z")
I wasn’t sure where to put this since it’s not related to Johnson’s wrestling or acting career. Mods, feel free to move this if it fits in another forum. Dwayne Johnson’s French bulldog, Brutus, who the Rock rescued fro… --- ## [When The Kids Ask You Why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-kids-ask-you-why/732984)
**Author:** [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-kids-ask-you-why/732984 "2015-10-02T21:51:23Z")
"Well, kids, it’s like this. First of all, I am sure you already know that some children are remarkably sharp, whereas some adults are tail-wagging knuckleheads that you wouldn’t trust with a burned out match. So know t… --- ## [Got a light? No? F U garble garble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-light-no-f-u-garble-garble/733196)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-light-no-f-u-garble-garble/733196 "2015-10-02T18:55:25Z")
Was sitting downtown in a promenade my son likes to play in, two major roads are on either side but the strip is like a city park and several hundred feet wide. Guy walked up to me with a cig asking for a light, I told … --- ## [Are sequential thread titles still a thing? Because...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequential-thread-titles-still-a-thing-because/732879)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sequential-thread-titles-still-a-thing-because/732879 "2015-10-02T18:21:22Z")
…I rather liked this one. --- ## [Another Iteration Of Password Follies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-iteration-of-password-follies/733271)
**Author:** [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-iteration-of-password-follies/733271 "2015-10-02T15:42:47Z")
It occurred to me that one of my online passwords was old enough that I really ought to change it, so I found the account-management page and went through the usual drill of “Current Password” “New Password” “New Passwor… --- ## [freaking out about getting my boy into college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaking-out-about-getting-my-boy-into-college/731513)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaking-out-about-getting-my-boy-into-college/731513 "2015-10-02T13:21:34Z")
I’m posting this in MPSIMS and not IMHO because mostly I just need a place to vent these feelings and am not really seeking advice (I suppose I AM seeking "me too"s from other parents). I am the parent of a shy, compass… --- ## [Why Dreams and Reality Should Never Intersect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dreams-and-reality-should-never-intersect/733131)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dreams-and-reality-should-never-intersect/733131 "2015-10-01T19:46:48Z")
It’s been in the high 50’s at night in my neck of the woods, which means perfect sleeping weather. Wrap up under a sheet and thing blanket and sleep like a baby. It’s one of my favorite parts of Fall. The other night … --- ## [What's up with Job's Daughters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-jobs-daughters/308718)
**Author:** [@madcossack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madcossack)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-jobs-daughters/308718 "2015-10-01T15:08:39Z")
Short (not really) background: My wife and I share (50/50) custody of her 2 kids with her ex. Girl: 16. Boy: 13. Recently, we banned my 13 year old stepson from playing “Airsoft”, as he calls it, with his friends. Basi… --- ## [The real "Winnie the Poo"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-winnie-the-poo/732995)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-real-winnie-the-poo/732995 "2015-10-01T14:30:26Z")
Silly old Poo-bear. . . --- ## [Telecom company offers six months' paid parental leave - worldwide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telecom-company-offers-six-months-paid-parental-leave-worldwide/733025)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telecom-company-offers-six-months-paid-parental-leave-worldwide/733025 "2015-10-01T12:56:23Z")
An interesting initiative: Telenor offers employees six-month paid parental leave world wide According to the company spokesperson, they expect long-term profit on the offer, since they get to keep employees they’ve inv… --- ## [When I die, I want to be \[...\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-die-i-want-to-be/732834)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-die-i-want-to-be/732834 "2015-10-01T04:11:00Z")
I know you guys can fill in the blank in lots of fun ways. So please do. For me, seriously I just want to be brave. Or be in the middle of sex with Eddie Vedder. Sorry Eddie. --- ## [How much of your life is in the cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-your-life-is-in-the-cloud/732972)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-your-life-is-in-the-cloud/732972 "2015-10-01T02:47:37Z")
Between several of the different cloud services I have quite a bit of space. I’m still not sure I’m ready to make the cloud into my hard drive, though. All of my mp3s have been uploaded to Google Music, but other than … --- ## [Wild, crazy, hot Orthodox Jews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-crazy-hot-orthodox-jews/732693)
**Author:** [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-crazy-hot-orthodox-jews/732693 "2015-09-30T23:13:46Z")
An Orthodox woman, under the pen name Shosha Pearl, is writing erotic stories that are in harmony with Jewish law. Another invented a kosher sex toy. Why should secular people have all the fun? :slight\_smile: --- ## [More People Die from Selfies than from Sharks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-people-die-from-selfies-than-from-sharks/732403)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-people-die-from-selfies-than-from-sharks/732403 "2015-09-30T18:12:52Z")
So says the headline. It’s clauimed that more people die every year trying to take a selfie and losing track of their surroundings (fatally) than are killed by sharks. http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/video/more-people-d… --- ## [A change in time zones is kicking my ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-change-in-time-zones-is-kicking-my-ass/731558)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-change-in-time-zones-is-kicking-my-ass/731558 "2015-09-30T15:01:01Z")
Moved from Pacific time to Eastern time, so a shift of three hours. The first little bit was okay because I wasn’t going to work. The first week back at work I seemed to have been running on adrenaline. Now I’m on my … --- ## [im possessed by a demon from satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-possessed-by-a-demon-from-satan/732980)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-possessed-by-a-demon-from-satan/732980 "2015-09-30T14:43:05Z")
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