# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=797 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 798 --- ## [Guess where some of your United Way contribution goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-where-some-of-your-united-way-contribution-goes/702794)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-where-some-of-your-united-way-contribution-goes/702794 "2014-10-30T22:43:05Z")
While some of your contributions are going towards making sure children get well-needed vaccinations, some of it is going towards the exact opposite-The National Vaccine Information Center. That’s right, those anti-vaxi… --- ## ["Why didn't I see that before?" Obvious things that suddenly pop out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-i-see-that-before-obvious-things-that-suddenly-pop-out/702934)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-i-see-that-before-obvious-things-that-suddenly-pop-out/702934 "2014-10-30T21:34:45Z")
Huh. I just noticed that London looks a lot like New York City, only rotated 90 degrees, mirrored, and with the Tube Circle line standing in for the Hudson river. I never thought of that before. London. NYC. London flip… --- ## [Stop wasting money: Armor All, Stainless Steel "cleaner"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-wasting-money-armor-all-stainless-steel-cleaner/702703)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-wasting-money-armor-all-stainless-steel-cleaner/702703 "2014-10-30T20:08:32Z")
These two products can be used interchangeably, and any cheap-ass version of either one will do for everything from toasters and dashboards to whatever else you want to be all clean and shiny. What they both are is, for… --- ## [CNN Breaking News sending crap stories and ignoring bigger ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-breaking-news-sending-crap-stories-and-ignoring-bigger-ones/650389)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-breaking-news-sending-crap-stories-and-ignoring-bigger-ones/650389 "2014-10-30T16:33:36Z")
Not worth pitting, but: In the last couple of weeks, CNN Breaking News has sent me the following scintillating emails (first lines only): BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is changing its name to match its iconic pho… --- ## [Vampires, crosses, and hate speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampires-crosses-and-hate-speech/608350)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampires-crosses-and-hate-speech/608350 "2014-10-30T15:38:02Z")
Last night as I was coming home I found a “goth” taking her sweet time walking across the street. When the light turned green and I was still being held up, I honked my horn at her. She snaps her head around at me and … --- ## [Have you wittnessed someone do a good thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-wittnessed-someone-do-a-good-thing/702929)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-wittnessed-someone-do-a-good-thing/702929 "2014-10-30T14:40:18Z")
Today ,as I waited for the bus to take me home from Wal~Mart,I noticed a woman and her daughter walking to their car… She was wearing a leopard print dress that I wanted,is why I noticed her… In a few moments she was … --- ## [Lobster Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobster-cat/702987)
**Author:** [@Mattp2206](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattp2206)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobster-cat/702987 "2014-10-30T14:34:52Z")
Ok this might sound weird but as we all know yesterday was national cat day. I would like everyone to take a second and check out this awesome pic of a cat dressed as a lobster. C’mon who has ever seen that? 31 yr old ma… --- ## [No National Cat Day thread? Doper kitty video within.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-national-cat-day-thread-doper-kitty-video-within/702967)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-national-cat-day-thread-doper-kitty-video-within/702967 "2014-10-30T04:08:33Z")
I just found out it was National Cat Day too, and it’s almost over. I guess every day is National Cat Day here. Here’s a video I made several years ago using pictures of some cats who own Dopers. The song is from the po… --- ## [8 of the 10 Richest Women in the World are Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-of-the-10-richest-women-in-the-world-are-blonde/702791 "2014-10-29T22:23:33Z")
Since I’m dating again, I clicked on an obvious click-bait link titled “Top 10 Richest Women in the World” because, hey, I’d hate to overlook anyone in my quest for true love. It’s a horrible click-bait site with all the… --- ## [Writing about same thing as another author - unavoidable similarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-about-same-thing-as-another-author-unavoidable-similarity/702914)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-about-same-thing-as-another-author-unavoidable-similarity/702914 "2014-10-29T21:45:15Z")
I couldn’t figure out which forum to put this in - didn’t seem like Cafe, didn’t seem like General Questions or IMHO, so in MPSIMS it goes: I’m writing a work of fiction. Part of it involves a detailed description of a … --- ## [This thing is the best of the best of mankind's inventions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thing-is-the-best-of-the-best-of-mankinds-inventions/702740)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thing-is-the-best-of-the-best-of-mankinds-inventions/702740 "2014-10-29T20:18:38Z")
Never mind the automobile, the polio vaccine, the computer, the smart phone. I picked one of these up at a dollar store recently. The ultimate in self-pleasuring tools, and for only $1.06. --- ## [The Creepy Thread (Stories and Links Welcome)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379)
**Author:** [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creepy-thread-stories-and-links-welcome/636379 "2014-10-29T19:42:51Z")
Okay, it’s near my favorite time of the year and I’m seriously jonesing for some creepy material. There have been many threads in the past that have collected creepy material and I hope that this one becomes a repositor… --- ## [Those jihadi children sure are polite and well-behaved.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-jihadi-children-sure-are-polite-and-well-behaved/702832)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-jihadi-children-sure-are-polite-and-well-behaved/702832 "2014-10-29T17:35:19Z")
I don’t have a linky, I only recall watching a few videos out of the West Bank or elsewhere in that region involving children reciting elaborate anti-zionist propaganda. Thing I remember about those kids is how darn well… --- ## [My boss was taken to the hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-was-taken-to-the-hospital/702829)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boss-was-taken-to-the-hospital/702829 "2014-10-29T17:31:41Z")
I’ve been logged onto my office computer while Outlook is indexing. I decided to take a peep at my inbox, and saw an email that my boss wasn’t feeling well, and that they’d called 911 and she was taken by ambulance to a… --- ## [NASA's Antares ISS resupply vehicle exploded tonight a few seconds into takeoff.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-antares-iss-resupply-vehicle-exploded-tonight-a-few-seconds-into-takeoff/702812)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasas-antares-iss-resupply-vehicle-exploded-tonight-a-few-seconds-into-takeoff/702812 "2014-10-29T17:28:39Z")
Video: --- ## [Evil Halloween Treats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-halloween-treats/702317)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-halloween-treats/702317 "2014-10-29T15:32:14Z")
Okay, you’re NOT going to pass these out to trick or treaters. They might be illegal or cruel. And you’re a responsible adult. But still, there’s an evil side to you. So let it out here. What evil Halloween treats would … --- ## [Shooting at the high school I graduated from.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-the-high-school-i-graduated-from/702412)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-the-high-school-i-graduated-from/702412 "2014-10-29T15:15:29Z")
This is so surreal, I flipped the news on to watch the weather only to find the stations all covering this story. One student confirmed fatality, presumed to be the shooter, at least six injured, one with a head wound wh… --- ## [Time dilated dreams leave me tired in the morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-dilated-dreams-leave-me-tired-in-the-morning/702698)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-dilated-dreams-leave-me-tired-in-the-morning/702698 "2014-10-29T04:31:38Z")
I honestly don’t know how common this is, but I occasionally have dreams that cover days-weeks-years in what seems like real time. Usually I have to do something or find something in the dreams and I even sleep in the dr… --- ## [Got a new Cree LED to play with.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-cree-led-to-play-with/682223)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-new-cree-led-to-play-with/682223 "2014-10-28T20:51:00Z")
Finally got a Cree TW series LED to play with. I waited several months for my local Home Depot to start carrying them, but apparently they’re limiting retail sales to online in quantity, or retail in California, where th… --- ## [Random acts of public nudity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-acts-of-public-nudity/702280)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-acts-of-public-nudity/702280 "2014-10-28T20:18:55Z")
Ever been flashed? Present for a streaking? Come face-to-flesh with an untimely wardrobe malfunction? Have you ever uttered the words “Holy cow, is that a wiener?” or “Did I just see bush?” or “Correct me if I’m wrong, … --- ## [Facebook is for chicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-for-chicks/702559)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-for-chicks/702559 "2014-10-28T20:04:07Z")
My friends are split about 60% female and about 40% male, and my male friends (along with me) rarely do anything on Facebook. Posts will have about 90% “likes” by other females, sometimes 100%! So, I conclude that if i… --- ## [Justifiable Homicide: What are the limitations/requirements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justifiable-homicide-what-are-the-limitations-requirements/702696)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justifiable-homicide-what-are-the-limitations-requirements/702696 "2014-10-28T19:52:12Z")
… --- ## [Sleeping with numerous women reduces men's chance of prostate cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-with-numerous-women-reduces-mens-chance-of-prostate-cancer/702781)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-with-numerous-women-reduces-mens-chance-of-prostate-cancer/702781 "2014-10-28T18:34:45Z")
So says a recent study: --- ## [Skydiver Goes Supersonic in Record-Breaking 'Near-Space Dive'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiver-goes-supersonic-in-record-breaking-near-space-dive/702449)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skydiver-goes-supersonic-in-record-breaking-near-space-dive/702449 "2014-10-28T18:07:47Z")
Alan Eustace, a senior vice president at Google, broke Felix Baumgartner’s record for highest jump yesterday in Roswell NM. Article here. Very little video has been released so far. Unlike Baumgartner’s Red Bull-sponsore… --- ## [OK 10 Commandments Monument At State Capitol Smashed by Car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-10-commandments-monument-at-state-capitol-smashed-by-car/702579)
**Author:** [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-10-commandments-monument-at-state-capitol-smashed-by-car/702579 "2014-10-28T16:45:35Z")
Story here. Driver said the devil made him do it. Don’t know if that makes him a rogue Satanist or not. After crashing into the monument he went to the Federal Building, made threats against President Obama and the gover… --- ## [Video of man refusing to cooperate despite guns drawn on him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-man-refusing-to-cooperate-despite-guns-drawn-on-him/702717)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-of-man-refusing-to-cooperate-despite-guns-drawn-on-him/702717 "2014-10-28T05:16:28Z")
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/dramatic-video-shows-man-refusing-lie-police-guns-pointed/ on one hand, you have police facing threats daily in a country where guns are commonplace; on the other, you have… --- ## [My friend's racism test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-racism-test/702610)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friends-racism-test/702610 "2014-10-28T03:57:34Z")
There is a friend of mine who constantly makes racism tests on me. I’ll now explain to you what this “racism test” is. Basically, he makes racist remarks and tries to understand how I’ll react to them. And then he makes … --- ## [What if we could all switch bodies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-could-all-switch-bodies/12943)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-we-could-all-switch-bodies/12943 "2014-10-28T02:24:34Z")
As I’m (yet again) working late with very little work to do, it suddenly occurs to me - what would it be like if we all had the ability to trade bodies? I’m not talking the standard sci fi story where there’s one person … --- ## [Recent Staycation with Family....think I realized my sister is a sociopath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-staycation-with-family-think-i-realized-my-sister-is-a-sociopath/702144)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-staycation-with-family-think-i-realized-my-sister-is-a-sociopath/702144 "2014-10-27T23:53:25Z")
I convinced my sister and her fiance to come down south for a vacation and visit her older sister and her husband, my girlfriend, and me. We had planned to show her around the area and show her a few things close by (wit… --- ## [Windshield shade band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-shade-band/702679)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-shade-band/702679 "2014-10-27T20:16:59Z")
Got one? I don’t, and I kinda wish I did. I guess they’ve fallen out of favor, and when I requested one last time I had my windshield replaced, they guy looked at me like I was crazy. He said “Nobody wants those anymore,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=796) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=798)