# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=728 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 729 --- ## [Self-driving cars may not be a bad thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-may-not-be-a-bad-thing/721197)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-may-not-be-a-bad-thing/721197 "2015-06-26T18:07:24Z")
This thread about self driving cars and speed limits got me thinking. I have a long commute for work (about 45 highway miles each way) and I hate, hate, hate that I can never just set my cruise control and, you know, cr… --- ## [Accidental chemistry experiments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-chemistry-experiments/723469)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidental-chemistry-experiments/723469 "2015-06-26T14:14:20Z")
Hehe I guess I accidentally made copper chloride. Quite a while ago I had some old dirty, tarnished pennies. So I dumped them in a bowl with vinegar and lots of salt. A bit after that I started to rise them off, thinkin… --- ## [Weddings you dont realy care for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weddings-you-dont-realy-care-for/722565)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weddings-you-dont-realy-care-for/722565 "2015-06-26T05:30:02Z")
This goes along with the thread on funerals for persons you didnt like. What do you do if invited to a wedding where deep down for some reason you do NOT approve of? This could be for example you dont think the bride a… --- ## [Doper Brainstorm: Better office plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-brainstorm-better-office-plan/723382)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-brainstorm-better-office-plan/723382 "2015-06-26T04:51:22Z")
I don’t want to get into rants about open offices or whether cubicles are better than offices with doors because you can easily find those all over the internet. I would like to brainstorm with you all to design a truly… --- ## [Anesthesiologist trashes sedated patient](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anesthesiologist-trashes-sedated-patient/723472)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anesthesiologist-trashes-sedated-patient/723472 "2015-06-26T02:31:32Z")
Has this been posted yet? If so I haven’t seen it. Here’s the Washington Post’s article on the incident: Anesthesiologist trashes sedated patient — and it ends up costing her To summarize, a man goes in for a colonosc… --- ## [Is there a surplus of Dental Assistants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-surplus-of-dental-assistants/723405)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-surplus-of-dental-assistants/723405 "2015-06-26T02:25:58Z")
Is there a surplus of Dental Assistants? I was thinking about a second career… --- ## [What is the point of running for charity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-running-for-charity/723447)
**Author:** [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-running-for-charity/723447 "2015-06-26T00:58:06Z")
First off, I want to open by saying that I admire charity fundraising as a selfless thing to raise money and awareness for those less fortunate than themselves. Kudos to everyone who does these things. But, as someone w… --- ## [Your BMV Experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bmv-experience/723443)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-bmv-experience/723443 "2015-06-26T00:30:25Z")
I’m sure this will vary greatly from state to state and maybe even within counties in those states. I remember when the worst days of the year were those you spent standing in line at the BMV likely to be told you were … --- ## [Ask the MRA, take II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra-take-ii/723370)
**Author:** [@JVDaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JVDaly)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra-take-ii/723370 "2015-06-26T00:12:19Z")
There are a lot of misconceptions about the MRA (Men’s Rights Activist) movement, mainly that (a) they have no valid points to be made and (b) they’re just a bunch of whiny man-children who only exist to be laughted at a… --- ## [Virginia man is awarded $500,000 after colonoscopy hijinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-man-is-awarded-500-000-after-colonoscopy-hijinks/723470)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-man-is-awarded-500-000-after-colonoscopy-hijinks/723470 "2015-06-25T23:55:57Z")
…Although those “hijinks” might not be the ones you might have pictured when reading the title of the thread. A Virginia man went for a run-of-the-mill colonoscopy. He decided to record with his smartphone whatever the … --- ## [Did You Ever...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever/723253)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever/723253 "2015-06-25T23:10:11Z")
…buy a new electric edge trimmer to finish the yard-work and stupidly cut the extension cable in half? Nope. Not me. (yes I wasn’t watching what I was doing. Now I have to buy a new one dangit) --- ## [Downloads of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down are on the rise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloads-of-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-are-on-the-rise/723261)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloads-of-the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-are-on-the-rise/723261 "2015-06-25T21:23:48Z")
ITunes reports that downloads of the Band’s original version and Joan Baez’s cover of the song are at an all time high. --- ## [No Rabbits Were Harmed in the Filming of This Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rabbits-were-harmed-in-the-filming-of-this-video/723390)
**Author:** [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rabbits-were-harmed-in-the-filming-of-this-video/723390 "2015-06-25T21:18:24Z")
Amazing footage of a rabbit who made the mistake of trying to cross a moving avalanche…and lived to tell the tale! I was even more impressed the second time I watched this. --- ## [Things that Don't Break Anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-break-anymore/723006)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-break-anymore/723006 "2015-06-25T12:59:38Z")
Inspired by my fascination with a local TV/radio repair shop that somehow stays in business. Stuff that always seemed to be broken in my kidhood (1970s-early 80s): TV \> fuzzy pic, horizontal/vertical hold, tubes blowin… --- ## [SDMB Ongoing Depression Support Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ongoing-depression-support-thread/653187)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 779\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2015, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-ongoing-depression-support-thread/653187 "2015-06-25T07:24:50Z")
I propose an ongoing thread for depression support here on the SDMB. We are a wonderful bunch of people. Some of us are going through some heavy shit, some of us have ass-backwards brain chemistry, and sometimes it’s an… --- ## [Am I supposed to know what "bitter almonds" smell like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-supposed-to-know-what-bitter-almonds-smell-like/669670)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-supposed-to-know-what-bitter-almonds-smell-like/669670 "2015-06-24T20:31:47Z")
I just ran across about the millionth reference to cyanide smelling like bitter almonds, and once again I was struck by the fact that I have no idea what that means. I’ve had almonds plenty of times in my life, but othe… --- ## [Regarding our impending heart attacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-our-impending-heart-attacks/722054)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-our-impending-heart-attacks/722054 "2015-06-24T19:53:44Z")
I’m now at the age when I could very well have one of these most unbelievably awful things, 60. And now-a-days hardly a week passes when I don’t hear about someone in the news dying of one, and many are even younger than… --- ## [I Am Now Officially Wierd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-officially-wierd/722503)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-now-officially-wierd/722503 "2015-06-24T19:17:29Z")
I took some KitKat bars and dipped them in Tostito brand chunky salsa. And liked it. I think I may need professional counseling. Does anyone else have my condition? --- ## [Do miniature roses bloom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-miniature-roses-bloom/722904)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-miniature-roses-bloom/722904 "2015-06-24T16:31:01Z")
Two weeks ago, I was given a lovely miniature rose bush, covered with deep pink buds. Those buds have not changed in the slightest since I received the plant. What is going on? (And, no, it is NOT a fake rose bush.) … --- ## [Ask the MRA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356)
**Author:** [@JVDaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JVDaly)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mra/723356 "2015-06-24T16:21:48Z")
Fuck it. Ask away. --- ## [Rare sighting of the Aurora Australis in Sydney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333)
**Author:** [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-sighting-of-the-aurora-australis-in-sydney/723333 "2015-06-24T13:23:15Z")
An interesting article on the Sydney Observatory website. Yesterday morning (23 June) a photographer got shots of the aurora australis from La Perouse, a southern Sydney suburb on the shores of Botany Bay. It is very ra… --- ## [RIP Don Featherstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-don-featherstone/723260)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-don-featherstone/723260 "2015-06-24T06:21:14Z")
The inventor of the Pink Flamingo. If that ain’t M & P, I don’t know what is. --- ## [Some links if you're feeling down.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-links-if-youre-feeling-down/723325)
**Author:** [@empty\_field](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/empty_field)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-links-if-youre-feeling-down/723325 "2015-06-24T04:51:36Z")
blahtherapy.com thenicestplaceontheinter.net The “We’re Still Here” video series on YouTube. --- ## [SCOTUS: City of LA v. Patel and administrative warrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-city-of-la-v-patel-and-administrative-warrants/723210)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-city-of-la-v-patel-and-administrative-warrants/723210 "2015-06-24T04:41:01Z")
In a 5-4 vote the Supreme Court struck down an LA municipal ordinance requiring hotel owners to keep a registry of guests and produce it to police on demand. Striking a blow for freedom? Well, not really. It seems t… --- ## [Veti-Gel: Heals Bleeding (Even Deep Wounds) Instantly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veti-gel-heals-bleeding-even-deep-wounds-instantly/723233)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veti-gel-heals-bleeding-even-deep-wounds-instantly/723233 "2015-06-24T04:01:38Z")
The website here http://www.suneris.co/vetigel/ only lists its approved use as veternary so far, but this seems to be the real deal. If this works, and the articles I’m seeing so far seem to show it does, this should be… --- ## [I would like to share some podcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-share-some-podcasts/723313)
**Author:** [@empty\_field](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/empty_field)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-share-some-podcasts/723313 "2015-06-24T03:21:18Z")
Hi, these are some podcasts I like to listen to: The Heart (Kaitlin Prest and Mitra Kaboli) It’s That Episode with Craig Rowin Doodie Calls with Doug Mand Movie Podcast Weekly (Jason Pyles) Secular Sexuality with Dr… --- ## [Tell me about Earl ("madman") Muntz?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-earl-madman-muntz/457263)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-earl-madman-muntz/457263 "2015-06-24T02:11:02Z")
This thread is occasioned by a saturday yard sale, where i saw an old “MUNTZ” brand TV for sale. I know this guy (earl Muntz) was an entrepreneur, who started several businesses (used cars, 8-Track stereo, widescreen T… --- ## [Paying online to have mages & witches cast magical spells for you? Apparently this is a thing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-online-to-have-mages-witches-cast-magical-spells-for-you-apparently-this-is-a-thing/723264)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-online-to-have-mages-witches-cast-magical-spells-for-you-apparently-this-is-a-thing/723264 "2015-06-24T01:47:16Z")
I did not know this was a thing! A highly profitable thing. I have been wasting my time on ebay, all this while I could have been selling hexes for cold hard cash. A love spell for $400? No wonder witches are cursing Et… --- ## [So I invented a quantum-based security system last week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-invented-a-quantum-based-security-system-last-week/723168)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-invented-a-quantum-based-security-system-last-week/723168 "2015-06-23T21:11:46Z")
You know that quantum mechanics thing where you can think of a quantum particle as being in any number of states or positions, or even time (I think) until the moment you actually peek in on it and lock it into one set o… --- ## [Kids solved this puzzle in seconds. Can you figure it out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-solved-this-puzzle-in-seconds-can-you-figure-it-out/722983)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-solved-this-puzzle-in-seconds-can-you-figure-it-out/722983 "2015-06-23T18:42:23Z")
I was squirming at first and then the answer became so obvious. I’m embarrassed it took me a couple minutes. I was really good with brain teasers a long time ago. I’ve slowed down a lot. Funny how kids latch onto the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=727) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=729)