# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=846 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 847 --- ## [So I just got my first Smart Phone - Samsung Galaxy S4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-got-my-first-smart-phone-samsung-galaxy-s4/687765)
**Author:** [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-got-my-first-smart-phone-samsung-galaxy-s4/687765 "2014-05-27T08:00:19Z")
So I just got this new phone. I’m still learning what it can do. I had some questions, but this seemed a little too mundane for GQ :slight\_smile: Do I need software to sync between my PC and the phone? If so, where do I… --- ## [PSA - Shows double standards towards domestic violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-shows-double-standards-towards-domestic-violence/689205)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-shows-double-standards-towards-domestic-violence/689205 "2014-05-27T05:25:11Z")
Contains foul language PSA They all probably thought: \[ul\] \[li\]What did he do ?\[/li\]\[li\]He probably deserved it\[/li\]\[li\]She can’t hurt him physically anyways\[/li\]\[li\]That’s some funny shit.\[/li\]\[/ul\] No wonder men do… --- ## [Go Pro tour of Pyongyang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pro-tour-of-pyongyang/689117)
**Author:** [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-pro-tour-of-pyongyang/689117 "2014-05-27T01:14:51Z")
This is a fascinating video of a trip around Pyongyang on May 14,2014. The camera operator had special permission (and I"m sure a very carefully planned route) to put a Gopro camera on his car and drive around. My thou… --- ## [Bizarre resume returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-resume-returns/689236)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-resume-returns/689236 "2014-05-26T20:36:24Z")
So for reasons that would take too long to explain, I posted my resume on CareerBuilder. I spend a lot of time sifting the various job boards, partly to locate potential clients and always on the lookout for that killer … --- ## [Send cows and goats to starving children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-cows-and-goats-to-starving-children/689258)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/send-cows-and-goats-to-starving-children/689258 "2014-05-26T19:49:20Z")
I’m watching an X-Files marathon on cable, and this starving kid commercial airs frequently. Susan Sarandon tells us we can send $20 a month so these starving children can get fed. She says “We will send cows and goats s… --- ## [As I peered downstairs, I observed a male driver using more parking maneuvers than what might be..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-peered-downstairs-i-observed-a-male-driver-using-more-parking-maneuvers-than-what-might-be/688745)
**Author:** [@kstarnes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kstarnes)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-i-peered-downstairs-i-observed-a-male-driver-using-more-parking-maneuvers-than-what-might-be/688745 "2014-05-26T18:18:58Z")
considered “manly” to perfectly align himself into a very spacious parking spot. Not all men are good at parking and some men are very meticulous. This has been an edition of City Notes. --- ## [Cat saves small boy from dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-saves-small-boy-from-dog/688469)
**Author:** [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-saves-small-boy-from-dog/688469 "2014-05-26T17:06:17Z")
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/amazing-video-cat-saves-boy-from-dog-attack-in-southwest-bakersfield-051414 Warning, the end of the video shows the boys wounds to it’s not for the squeamish. I’m surpri… --- ## [My wife stopped me after a couple minutes of sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-stopped-me-after-a-couple-minutes-of-sex/689271)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-stopped-me-after-a-couple-minutes-of-sex/689271 "2014-05-26T14:22:46Z")
Warning: this thread is about explicit sexy time / intercourse details… As usual my wife got me to turn the lights out. Then she used her hand and mouth to get me going. It is unusual for me to take a couple of minutes … --- ## [Four killed, 21 wounded in knife attack in Taipei](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-killed-21-wounded-in-knife-attack-in-taipei/688932)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-killed-21-wounded-in-knife-attack-in-taipei/688932 "2014-05-26T12:19:26Z")
Craziness happens around the world. A video purporting to show the guy can be seen here. --- ## [Bear left MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-left-mmp/688715)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 335\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-left-mmp/688715 "2014-05-26T08:37:53Z")
Why did the hunter go home? When he got to the fork in the road, he saw a sign that said, “Bear left”. \ Though in this case it’s a status update not a direction to take. I signed up to do a trail race on Sun… --- ## [I'm going to be an uncle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-be-an-uncle/689189)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-be-an-uncle/689189 "2014-05-26T06:48:46Z")
My brother and his wife have been married for over 11 years and were thinking they might not be able to, but he just called me and she’s 12 weeks along. I can’t wait to be a bad influence. :slight\_smile: --- ## [If I were wealthy, I think I would be a snob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-wealthy-i-think-i-would-be-a-snob/689053)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-wealthy-i-think-i-would-be-a-snob/689053 "2014-05-26T04:13:49Z")
Yeah, riding the metro I came up with this thought. I think I would just find a lot of people to be really tedious, probably I would want to hang around people with a similar mindset. I think it would be kind of like… --- ## [Ask a former blackjack card counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-former-blackjack-card-counter/687671)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-former-blackjack-card-counter/687671 "2014-05-25T18:09:37Z")
Every once in a while a blackjack thread shows up in GQ and I find myself spending a lot of time correcting misconceptions and myths about the game and card counting and how it works. So ask me about blackjack, counting,… --- ## [We are starting IVF with egg donation soon...excited.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-starting-ivf-with-egg-donation-soon-excited/688990)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-starting-ivf-with-egg-donation-soon-excited/688990 "2014-05-25T17:28:23Z")
I’m getting excited…we are just embarking on the process of doing in vitro with a donor egg. We have a 5-year-old that I got pregnant with naturally at 34. I am eternally grateful for our sweet boy. I know that so many… --- ## [As a gamer: why am I a loser who is wasting his life away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-gamer-why-am-i-a-loser-who-is-wasting-his-life-away/688923)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-gamer-why-am-i-a-loser-who-is-wasting-his-life-away/688923 "2014-05-25T14:59:36Z")
So I am 20 and I got a lot of interest like: science fiction, fantasy, movies, tv shows, technology, computers, and video games. But whenever I mention I like video games I always seem to get negative insults regarding m… --- ## [Assisted conception - has anywhere here been involved in this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-conception-has-anywhere-here-been-involved-in-this/688815)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-conception-has-anywhere-here-been-involved-in-this/688815 "2014-05-25T12:34:27Z")
My GF and I are currently in the process of having a child via assisted conception. Have you done it? What was the process like when you conceived your child? Are you the result of an assisted conception? What are your… --- ## [Can anyone teach me to speak Strine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-teach-me-to-speak-strine/688781)
**Author:** [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-teach-me-to-speak-strine/688781 "2014-05-25T03:15:06Z")
It appears I’ll have to learn, because VWife and I have been selected for family relocation Down Under. She received this OFFICIAL E-mail over the weekend. Of course, this screamed scam, and 10 seconds of Google-fu conf… --- ## [Political propaganda on Youtube.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-propaganda-on-youtube/689206)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-propaganda-on-youtube/689206 "2014-05-25T02:46:15Z")
Wooh! Before a video on youtube, I saw a 10 minutes long add. But not a regular add. Ten minutes of speech by Putin justifying the reunion of Crimea and Russia. Never had seen something like that. --- ## [Ask The Juror - major criminal case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-juror-major-criminal-case/676743)
**Author:** [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-juror-major-criminal-case/676743 "2014-05-25T01:11:32Z")
I just completed several weeks of jury duty and am now free to talk about the experience. The case was this: http://www.contracostatimes.com/contracostatimes/ci\_24750642/richmond-gang-member-found-guilty-hate-crime-gan… --- ## [A blue jay committed suicide on my car today! ;\_;](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blue-jay-committed-suicide-on-my-car-today-_/689143)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-blue-jay-committed-suicide-on-my-car-today-_/689143 "2014-05-24T23:49:28Z")
I had no part in it. He flew into my bumper and I heard a loud THUMP. I fooled myself into thinking “maybe he lived!” by not looking in my rearview mirror afterward. But yeah, um… he’s dead. :frowning: He was really pret… --- ## [Lizzie Velasquez is a beautiful woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lizzie-velasquez-is-a-beautiful-woman/689091)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lizzie-velasquez-is-a-beautiful-woman/689091 "2014-05-24T20:17:08Z")
This seems neither mundane nor pointless, but I don’t think my OP will rise to the level of witnessing and this seemed a better fit for this thread than Cafe Society, so here we go: Lizzie Velasquez is a beautiful woman… --- ## [Ladies: Would you go out with him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-go-out-with-him/688497)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-go-out-with-him/688497 "2014-05-24T07:06:29Z")
Third times the charm, right? A 62-year-old man looking for a wife on a TV dating show stunned the host and studio audience by revealing that he had murdered his first wife and later killed a lover with an ax during an … --- ## [No more morels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-morels/689025)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-morels/689025 "2014-05-24T05:14:50Z")
We have a large, wooded yard. 5 years ago we had family over for Mother’s Day and my sister-in-law pointed over by a tree and said “are those morels?” Sure enough, there were 3 good sized morel mushrooms. I looked around… --- ## [99 things we love about 1993-era Pauly Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-things-we-love-about-1993-era-pauly-shore/689133)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-things-we-love-about-1993-era-pauly-shore/689133 "2014-05-24T03:50:45Z")
How do we love him? Let us count the ways. Says “grindage” when referring to food. --- ## [What's there to do in Enid, Oklahoma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-there-to-do-in-enid-oklahoma/688878)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-there-to-do-in-enid-oklahoma/688878 "2014-05-23T23:52:41Z")
A friend of ours is flying out to visit her sweetie, who is stationed at Vance AFB. They have a few days to do day trips and the like. So I throw it out to our Oklahoma Dopers: What the fuck is there to do in or around E… --- ## [Two Dumb Blondes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-dumb-blondes/689030)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-dumb-blondes/689030 "2014-05-23T20:31:31Z")
This is not a sexist post in any manner, and I offer as evidence the following clip. I can’t decide which of these two is the dumber blonde. This has nothing to do with the unfounded stereotype that blondes tend to be d… --- ## [Jaw-Dropping Answer To Stunning Clickbait Hyperbole That Made Weep WIth Joy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jaw-dropping-answer-to-stunning-clickbait-hyperbole-that-made-weep-with-joy/688380 "2014-05-23T19:57:36Z")
http://www.wiyakom.com/post/?id=164120 Hallelujah. --- ## [I have one of Bonnie and Clyde's BARs in the corner of my office right now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-one-of-bonnie-and-clydes-bars-in-the-corner-of-my-office-right-now/688842)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-one-of-bonnie-and-clydes-bars-in-the-corner-of-my-office-right-now/688842 "2014-05-23T17:49:57Z")
It’s about 8 feet away from me. It’s usually in a museum, but it’s being taken for a public display and until it’s picked up, it’s literally propped up agains a cabinet. Heavy sumbitch, I’ve never had the opportunity t… --- ## [Something about randomness and o.c.d.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-randomness-and-o-c-d/689019)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-about-randomness-and-o-c-d/689019 "2014-05-23T14:51:53Z")
I recently started playing a couple of games of suduko before I go to bed at night. I often get sleepy and feel like quitting the game and going to bed. For some reason because the games are randomly assembled I feel a s… --- ## [Back injury from brushing teeth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-injury-from-brushing-teeth/217948)
**Author:** [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-injury-from-brushing-teeth/217948 "2014-05-23T14:28:56Z")
An employee in our department called in sick today, saying she “hurt her back while brushing her teeth.”:dubious: I cannot imagine how this could have happened. Any thoughts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=845) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=847)