# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=721 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 722 --- ## [Scientists breed bacon-flavored red algae!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-breed-bacon-flavored-red-algae/725624)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scientists-breed-bacon-flavored-red-algae/725624 "2015-07-19T23:36:38Z")
Christian Science Monitor headline asks: “What took them so long?” :smiley: Currently the wild version is harvested and fetches about $90 a pound. They are working on developing the domesticated bacon-flavored version… --- ## [Weird things that once you notice them are everywhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-that-once-you-notice-them-are-everywhere/725235)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-that-once-you-notice-them-are-everywhere/725235 "2015-07-19T20:09:04Z")
My son is about to turn a year old and people keep giving him things with buttons and lights that talk. (Some of them are good toys. Some of them mysteriously wind up at Grandma’s.). The weird thing is, none of them have… --- ## [Cows sought after BMW vandalized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-sought-after-bmw-vandalized/725136)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-sought-after-bmw-vandalized/725136 "2015-07-19T18:29:11Z")
Cows sought after BMW vandalized I blame it on cut-backs at the agricultural schools. Without good before- and after-school programs, cows will just get into trouble. --- ## [Hope no LA Dopers are driving to Las Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-no-la-dopers-are-driving-to-las-vegas/725472)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-no-la-dopers-are-driving-to-las-vegas/725472 "2015-07-19T01:44:02Z")
Because I-15 isn’t there anymore. Not really, but there is a majorfire raging through the Cajon Pass and the 15 South is closed until further notice. They estimate tomorrow, maybe. North is down to 2 lanes and moving ve… --- ## [Sudden shsrp, pinprick pain in penis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-shsrp-pinprick-pain-in-penis/725508)
**Author:** [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-shsrp-pinprick-pain-in-penis/725508 "2015-07-19T01:34:14Z")
Pain in both heels, bouts of pain in one eye lasting for several minutes, slight pain in hips… Cause: Arthritis !!! Reactive arthritis, an autoimmune condition often brought on by food poisoning (I had a nasty bout of… --- ## [Just learned: corn-based cat litter will attract bugs after a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learned-corn-based-cat-litter-will-attract-bugs-after-a-while/725522)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-learned-corn-based-cat-litter-will-attract-bugs-after-a-while/725522 "2015-07-18T18:54:37Z")
A LONG while, so if you go through it pretty fast, no problem. I use The World’s Best Cat Litter. I have three cats and two litter boxes. Two of the cats go exclusively outside, God bless their furry butts. The third ca… --- ## [Are There Mediums Who Will Contact Your Deceased Pets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mediums-who-will-contact-your-deceased-pets/725318 "2015-07-18T18:18:57Z")
No, i do not take “mediums” seriously. Most of them are con artists, who relay on cold reading to make their efforts sound real. but in the case of your deceased dog, what would such a medium tell you? “Lucky” is feelin… --- ## [How do you deal with panic attacks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-panic-attacks/723915)
**Author:** [@JVDaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JVDaly)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-panic-attacks/723915 "2015-07-18T16:30:12Z")
I’ve got pretty severe panic disorder and have panic attacks on a near daily basis (sometimes several a day). They can last for anything from 20 minute to 2 hours. Are any fellow dopers similarly afflicted. If so, how… --- ## [Websites you check out every day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-check-out-every-day/725139)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-check-out-every-day/725139 "2015-07-18T13:32:58Z")
Since that old thread has been bumped, I thought we could use a new one - that old thread is like a freakin time warp. Anyway I’d like to have more stuff to check out daily. I’m on the Straight Dope, but that’s pretty m… --- ## [Shootings at Chattanooga military facilities leave 4 Marines, gunman dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shootings-at-chattanooga-military-facilities-leave-4-marines-gunman-dead/725364)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shootings-at-chattanooga-military-facilities-leave-4-marines-gunman-dead/725364 "2015-07-18T13:12:35Z")
Deja Vu. Same thing happened in my city in 2009. I drive by that location several times a week. Another senseless attack on our military’s recruitment centers. :frowning: Seems pretty obvious why. They’ll probably fi… --- ## [When did you become unable to tell cars apart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-become-unable-to-tell-cars-apart/725354)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-become-unable-to-tell-cars-apart/725354 "2015-07-18T03:41:02Z")
A few decades back it was very easy to identify a car with just a glance. Not only could one easily tell a Chevy from a Ford from a Dodge, one could also identify the model year. Today it would take a sharp eye to tell… --- ## [13 Fascinating Facts That Hardly Anybody Knows....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-fascinating-facts-that-hardly-anybody-knows/725456)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/13-fascinating-facts-that-hardly-anybody-knows/725456 "2015-07-18T02:17:29Z")
…because they’re not true. On MSN they had this. They have these about once a week and they always include “facts” that are actually false. Todays included: The quack of a duck does not echo, and no one knows why. :r… --- ## [Truly mundane and pointless: Twist ties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mundane-and-pointless-twist-ties/725167)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mundane-and-pointless-twist-ties/725167 "2015-07-18T01:59:56Z")
I have noticed over a long period of time that the twist tie on a loaf of bread bought from a store is always twisted to the left, the opposite of what I would expect - you know, righty tighty … This is not most of the … --- ## [Hoonk hooonk honk hooonk!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoonk-hooonk-honk-hooonk/725450 "2015-07-18T01:25:52Z")
There is a truck outside our apartment building which is broken in such a way that it can’t stop honking. It’ll HOONK HOOOONKK HONK HOOOONK HOONKKK for a while, then stop for a few blessed seconds before starting up all… --- ## [Customer satisfaction survey fatigue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-satisfaction-survey-fatigue/725336)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customer-satisfaction-survey-fatigue/725336 "2015-07-17T22:52:16Z")
Anyone else? Recently had a trip and got these surveys from the airline, hotel and rental car company the day I returned. If I thought they paid any attention at all, I might answer. If I have a bitch, I probably won’t … --- ## [Why do I over-analyze cute videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-over-analyze-cute-videos/725449)
**Author:** [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-over-analyze-cute-videos/725449 "2015-07-17T20:41:45Z")
Cute videos, heart-warming videos, funny videos…not every one, but a goodly proportion contain some…odd item that just ruins it for me. Two examples from this week: First, the woman giving advice on how to NOT get eaten… --- ## [Hipsters of America Unite!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipsters-of-america-unite/725255 "2015-07-17T20:33:45Z")
Pabst is returning to Milwaukee. --- ## [What was going on before History?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-going-on-before-history/725419)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-going-on-before-history/725419 "2015-07-17T20:22:22Z")
No idea which forum this should go to, so I’ll start it here. Has there been any attempt by a serious writer (scientific, historical, whatever) to investigate what must have been going on the day before History started? … --- ## [EAA Fly In starts Monday -- anyone going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eaa-fly-in-starts-monday-anyone-going/725421)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eaa-fly-in-starts-monday-anyone-going/725421 "2015-07-17T20:04:51Z")
Here is their website – it looks like pilots will be flying in on Sunday and the show starts Monday. Ticket prices are fairly steep, except for the final Sunday (7/26) where you can get in for about $35, for a day pass … --- ## [Even overdoing a nap is great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-overdoing-a-nap-is-great/725385)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-overdoing-a-nap-is-great/725385 "2015-07-17T19:20:28Z")
I got home from work yesterday around 6:30 PM. I was exhausted and it was cool out, so I jumped in bed. I slept about an hour, woke, felt that drugged-like tired feeling, so wept back to sleep. This happened a few mor… --- ## [I'm thinking of buying an Airwheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-buying-an-airwheel/724703)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-of-buying-an-airwheel/724703 "2015-07-17T18:40:31Z")
Not to be outdone by FloatyGimpy or Battle Pope I’m considering buying an Airwheel unicycle: Commute To Work just got FUN! - YouTube Amazon sells it for under $600: http://www.amazon.com/Airwheel-X8-Carbon-Pattern-Unicy… --- ## [Is this a new sales gimmick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-sales-gimmick/725217)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-sales-gimmick/725217 "2015-07-17T16:03:15Z")
I was in Best Buy today looking for a product and when I couldn’t see it I asked one of the employees if he could assist me. He asked around and found out that they didn’t carry the product I was looking for. No big dea… --- ## [How I lost some weight: apps, portion control and walking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-lost-some-weight-apps-portion-control-and-walking/722682)
**Author:** [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-lost-some-weight-apps-portion-control-and-walking/722682 "2015-07-17T14:11:36Z")
In mid-March I got on the scale for the first time in a few weeks and saw a number that I had never seen before: 221. I think 218 was the highest I had seen prior to that, and the fact that 221 equates to 100 kilos made … --- ## [I want to be a food Muslim.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-food-muslim/725293)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-a-food-muslim/725293 "2015-07-17T13:38:14Z")
I live in a predominately Muslim neighbourhood. Their meeting hall is right across the street and in my building almost all of the tenants are Muslim. It’s Ramadan right now and every evening for the last month my buildi… --- ## [Shoes dangling from powerlines? That's sooo yesterday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-dangling-from-powerlines-thats-sooo-yesterday/725261 "2015-07-17T13:06:54Z")
Here in Portlandia we’ve got hundreds of pairs of brightly coloured dildos dangling from our powerlines. :smiley: --- ## [Date humiliates me by bring budlight lime to a craft beer party!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-humiliates-me-by-bring-budlight-lime-to-a-craft-beer-party/724947)
**Author:** [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-humiliates-me-by-bring-budlight-lime-to-a-craft-beer-party/724947 "2015-07-17T09:11:04Z")
I have a friend named “Bayonet” who has beer parties at his house about four times a year. I always look forward to them. Good friends and good fun. Everyone is supposed to bring at least one type of craft beer to share. … --- ## [Firefox bans Flash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-bans-flash/725183)
**Author:** [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-bans-flash/725183 "2015-07-17T03:30:08Z")
So Firefox has banned Flash. I’m seeing one disadvantage – it makes it harder to play my favourite online game – and one advantage – I’m seeing a lot fewer advertisements. Any other consequences of Mozilla’s decision? --- ## [US soldiers opposed to war now find Canada less hospitable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-soldiers-opposed-to-war-now-find-canada-less-hospitable/725001)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-soldiers-opposed-to-war-now-find-canada-less-hospitable/725001 "2015-07-17T02:13:02Z")
Draft dodgers fleeing to Canada is an iconic image of the sixties. Living there until President Ford offered conditional amnesty (draft dodgers only, deserters weren’t eligible) on Sept. 16, 1974. Then President Carter … --- ## [Help a Westerner plan a trip to the Eastern U.S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-westerner-plan-a-trip-to-the-eastern-u-s/725212)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-westerner-plan-a-trip-to-the-eastern-u-s/725212 "2015-07-17T00:03:57Z")
I am planning to participate in a three-day dressage clinic in West Chester, PA, in mid-October. Since I’ll have traveled all the way from the West Coast, I want to see as much as I can in the area in the remaining five… --- ## [Is air conditioning \ of a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-air-conditioning-somewhat-of-a-scam/724458)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-air-conditioning-somewhat-of-a-scam/724458 "2015-07-16T21:40:52Z")
Ok, ok right off the bat I’ll admit there are some areas and climates that are nearly uninhabitable without some method of cooling, but most people don’t live in Qatar. But I wonder if AC, and the house design it needs … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=720) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=722)