# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=88 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 89 --- ## [I hafta post the cute (cat related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hafta-post-the-cute-cat-related/1008494)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hafta-post-the-cute-cat-related/1008494 "2024-10-07T06:54:56Z")
I’m now a cat grandparent, because my son just took the plunge and went to the Humane Society to adopt a cat, now that he lives in a pet-friendly apartment building. Of course, he came home with TWO cats, but that’s a di… --- ## [Things you think you know, but you do not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-think-you-know-but-you-do-not/1002166)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-think-you-know-but-you-do-not/1002166 "2024-10-06T20:31:41Z")
Many lies and half truths are spread around- Gibbons wrote that the Library of Alexandria was destroyed by the Christians- Nope, it was the Romans, first under Julius Caesar. Cleopatra was Egyptian, not Greek- Well.… --- ## [The UK returns (most of) the Chagos Islands to Mauritius](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-returns-most-of-the-chagos-islands-to-mauritius/1008445)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-returns-most-of-the-chagos-islands-to-mauritius/1008445 "2024-10-06T01:17:34Z")
Has anyone else been following the saga of the Chagos Islands? There’s been a sudden development: Background: When Mauritius gained independence from the UK in 1968, the UK kept some extremely remote islands – the Cha… --- ## [7 items I ask myself during a weird time in my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-items-i-ask-myself-during-a-weird-time-in-my-life/1008392 "2024-10-06T01:08:04Z")
Things I thought about in my goofy brain while under some kinda influence: Why is there such a thing as black soap? Why is my chair an arm-chair but it can’t hug me? Ok, I know, the arms of a chair are for my arms … --- ## [Should you ever/never go back again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-ever-never-go-back-again/1008245)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-ever-never-go-back-again/1008245 "2024-10-05T20:47:06Z")
Is it better sometimes to stick with your memories? My mother’s parents had a summer place in New Hampshire, a farmhouse with attached barn they’d turned into a lovely summer home – cozy kitchen, quirky rooms and stairc… --- ## [Sudden intense digestive issues are usually due to food, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-intense-digestive-issues-are-usually-due-to-food-right/1008363)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-intense-digestive-issues-are-usually-due-to-food-right/1008363 "2024-10-05T07:32:38Z")
Last night I had an attack of stomach woes way beyond any usual: diarrhea and upset stomach with just a hint of nausea. I took a couple of two year expired generic Pepto tablets and it seemed to do the job eventually. W… --- ## [Medicare Part D (Drug coverage)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-d-drug-coverage/1007810)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-d-drug-coverage/1007810 "2024-10-05T03:33:18Z")
Mrs. Martian is preparing to move onto Medicare in December. She has signed up for Parts A and B, and is going to sign up for Medigap Plan G through UHC/AARP. That leaves what to do about Part D - drug coverage. The Med… --- ## [Things you sold in school as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-sold-in-school-as-a-kid/1008378)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-sold-in-school-as-a-kid/1008378 "2024-10-05T02:45:41Z")
I recall during junior high - around the time of our nation’s bicentennial - having an assembly for all the 7th graders where they tried to get students to participate in candy bar sales. They were selling ‘Marathon’ bar… --- ## [Sadly, Stupidity is very, very, Old. LINK to story about an ancient battlefield](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-stupidity-is-very-very-old-link-to-story-about-an-ancient-battlefield/1008448)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadly-stupidity-is-very-very-old-link-to-story-about-an-ancient-battlefield/1008448 "2024-10-04T19:15:37Z")
A new analysis of dozens of arrowheads is helping researchers piece together a clearer portrait of the warriors who clashed on Europe’s oldest known battlefield 3,250 years ago. The bronze and flint arrowheads were rec… --- ## [Is this really a microagression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-a-microagression/1006485)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-really-a-microagression/1006485 "2024-10-04T19:11:51Z")
For work we are required to view various DEI videos occasionally. These videos usually show simulations of certain work situations and then comment or ask questions on them. In a recent one, the video shows what is obvio… --- ## [Announcement: I may never buy any other type of shoes. That is all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-i-may-never-buy-any-other-type-of-shoes-that-is-all/1008237)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcement-i-may-never-buy-any-other-type-of-shoes-that-is-all/1008237 "2024-10-04T17:38:09Z")
I got my first, but definitely not my last, pair of Skechers slip-ons. Does anyone who owns a pair not love them? Skechers slip-ons: mmm endorsed. mmm, admittedly too lazy to bend over if it can be avoided … --- ## [Have you heard of Project Lucifer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-project-lucifer/1008282)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-project-lucifer/1008282 "2024-10-04T00:24:39Z")
It’s a conspiracy theory about NASA using a probe to create a new Sun in our solar system. Why? I don’t know. But it’s out there in the Internet! And it certainly has one of the cooler names for a conspiracy. --- ## [Conversations You Would Have Never Imagined Having Twenty or Thirty Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-you-would-have-never-imagined-having-twenty-or-thirty-years-ago/1008227)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-you-would-have-never-imagined-having-twenty-or-thirty-years-ago/1008227 "2024-10-03T17:56:44Z")
My son and I were having a telephone conversation today and he mentioned that he had to do a firmware update on his cats’ litter box but that it wasn’t that difficult because it is connected to wi-fi. We also discussed … --- ## [Here's a first (that I know of): A fatal shooting at a gun store!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-first-that-i-know-of-a-fatal-shooting-at-a-gun-store/1008265)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-first-that-i-know-of-a-fatal-shooting-at-a-gun-store/1008265 "2024-10-03T15:46:54Z")
Okay, it was a shootout during a burglary, and the suspect was killed and two officers were injured, but that it happened at one of the biggest gun stores in the U.S. - I mean, wouldn’t that be the safest place on earth?… --- ## [We don’t understand the human brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-don-t-understand-the-human-brain/992618)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-don-t-understand-the-human-brain/992618 "2024-10-03T03:31:36Z")
I was very surprised by this article about a study, started in 2017, that reports more than 3300 types of neurons in the brain. It is an order of magnitude more than they expected to find. We don’t know what most of th… --- ## [Police chase videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chase-videos/952665)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chase-videos/952665 "2024-10-02T21:42:58Z")
I was browsing on something or other on YouTube and the ostensibly “related stuff” on the right happened to include a police chase video. It turns out that, wow, YouTube just abounds with them (why are so many of them i… --- ## [I have baby shrimp that shouldn't exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-baby-shrimp-that-shouldnt-exist/1008362)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-baby-shrimp-that-shouldnt-exist/1008362 "2024-10-02T14:13:05Z")
Here is the link to my thread over on fishlore: In a nutshell these are Amano shrimp. They can breed and lay eggs in fresh water but the larvae must travel down the river to brackish water in order to morph into baby … --- ## [Encounters with wildlife while driving this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encounters-with-wildlife-while-driving-this-weekend/1008315)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encounters-with-wildlife-while-driving-this-weekend/1008315 "2024-10-01T22:44:35Z")
I’m happy to say none of the following resulted in any fatalities. I had four encounters with animals in the road while I was out driving this weekend. In reverse order, I was driving home from a nearby town tonight an… --- ## [London Death Pump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-death-pump/1008301)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-death-pump/1008301 "2024-10-01T21:56:07Z")
The story is that there was a public pump in London which, since antiquity, provided famously delicious water. After a big cholera outbreak it was determined that the great taste, and the cholera, was due to the rainwat… --- ## [A very strange integral sequence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-strange-integral-sequence/1008224)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-strange-integral-sequence/1008224 "2024-10-01T21:08:26Z")
TL;DR unless you are a math freak. I will describe a numerical sequence and ask you to guess its ultimate outcome. Does it increase continually, or settle down to a fixed number of just stop? In this case we start wit… --- ## [Arkansas sues Youtube for fueling mental health crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sues-youtube-for-fueling-mental-health-crisis/1008329)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-sues-youtube-for-fueling-mental-health-crisis/1008329 "2024-10-01T16:02:30Z")
From what little I know about YouTube as a casual consumer, I agree with this idea. No doubt you can find all sorts of unpleasant things on the site that younger viewers should not encounter. --- ## [Furniture with proper names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-with-proper-names/1005925 "2024-10-01T02:44:19Z")
A mention of the “resolute desk” got me thinking that there must be other named pieces of furniture. I imagine that the thrones of several monarchies are named, as well as at least a few other pieces. This is proving to… --- ## [What's a cool thing about you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163)
**Author:** [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-cool-thing-about-you/1004163 "2024-09-30T21:08:11Z")
Let’s take your kids, partner etc out of the running please :slightly\_smiling\_face:… what is something that you think is cool about you? Something most people don’t know, but is a little cool? For me… I’ve competed in a… --- ## [(Old) Autumn Equinox - changing colour in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-autumn-equinox-changing-colour-in-the-mmp/1007614)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-autumn-equinox-changing-colour-in-the-mmp/1007614 "2024-09-30T18:26:36Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 14c/56 f with a predicted high of 15c/59f. and cloudy. Weather app says “I’d love to give you some fucking quotes about clouds and looking on the bright side. But that’s what fucking me… --- ## [Am I an extreme outlier because I remember people, faces, places, names from 20-30 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-extreme-outlier-because-i-remember-people-faces-places-names-from-20-30-years-ago/1007740)
**Author:** [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-extreme-outlier-because-i-remember-people-faces-places-names-from-20-30-years-ago/1007740 "2024-09-30T15:27:28Z")
I was reading the “Did Kamala Harris Work at McDonalds?” thread and I was absolutely shocked at the number of posters who said they could not remember a single co-worker or manager from most of their high school/summer j… --- ## [I'm going to a Mario Bros party!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-a-mario-bros-party/1008213)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-a-mario-bros-party/1008213 "2024-09-30T01:53:12Z")
I got invited to a coworkers Mario Brothers party and I’m ridiculously excited. She has 1985 super mario brothers and her old nintendo for it. I have a 1986 mario brothers thermos that I’ll be drinking wine from. Oh and … --- ## [Slap-fighting and brain damage: how could we have known?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-fighting-and-brain-damage-how-could-we-have-known/1007742)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slap-fighting-and-brain-damage-how-could-we-have-known/1007742 "2024-09-29T23:24:01Z")
If you’ve never seen slap fighting, well, it’s pretty much like it sounds: two opponents stand face to face and take turns slapping each other in the face as hard as they can until someone just can’t take it any more. I… --- ## [Can anybody find the Straight Dope on the Map Of The Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-find-the-straight-dope-on-the-map-of-the-internet/1007813)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-find-the-straight-dope-on-the-map-of-the-internet/1007813 "2024-09-29T16:40:42Z")
Give a look. It might be there. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/13ad2603-668b-4c11-a371-91e56d25998d/deihd1a-79c74ae0-7e41-4c4c-bcdf-757dfe0f0e1b.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.… --- ## [What threads do you want to see resolved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-want-to-see-resolved/1007757)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-threads-do-you-want-to-see-resolved/1007757 "2024-09-29T02:48:11Z")
I just went into this thread and called the OP to tell us: did you buy the car or not? There was a thread a few years ago where the OP found out that an anonymous one-night stand years back resulted in a child and he wa… --- ## [What is the Breakfast of Champions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-breakfast-of-champions/1007750)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-breakfast-of-champions/1007750 "2024-09-28T16:02:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Am I an extreme outlier because I remember people, faces, places, names from 20-30 years ago?: I think opinions will vary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=89)