# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=903 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 904 --- ## [Oh GOD no!! Gummy bears!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-no-gummy-bears/675737)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-no-gummy-bears/675737 "2013-12-08T04:19:30Z")
http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummy-Candy-Sugarless-5-Pound/dp/B000EVQWKC Okay, I’m the last person to enjoy potty humor, but OMG. (and the guy who did the “review” partially quoted above has GOT to be one of our dopers… --- ## [GMail adds an UnSend feature. Happy dance!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-adds-an-unsend-feature-happy-dance/675587)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-adds-an-unsend-feature-happy-dance/675587 "2013-12-08T04:09:52Z")
Every GMail user needs to get this enabled. ASAP. So it can be used whenever needed. I’m pretty careful about what I say in email anyhow. Never curse or write anything I wouldn’t say to my pastor. :slight\_smile: But … --- ## [How does this make economic/logistical sense?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-make-economic-logistical-sense/675745)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-make-economic-logistical-sense/675745 "2013-12-07T21:00:01Z")
Last week I ordered on Amazon one of those big furry Russian hats from a supplier in Russia. According to the tracking system it left Russia, entered the US via Bothell, near Seattle, made its merry way down to Los Ange… --- ## [Microbiome news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microbiome-news/674800)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microbiome-news/674800 "2013-12-07T19:46:44Z")
There’s a lot of research focusing on the microbiome - the population of microorganisms that live on and inside of us. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that these bugs can influence everything from obesity to the … --- ## [iBeacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ibeacon/675754)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ibeacon/675754 "2013-12-07T19:41:02Z")
In the “shoveling back the ocean with a fork” category, Apple today announces… iBeacon. The iBeacon system uses an advanced version of Bluetooth to turn iPhones and iPads into either transmitters or receivers, so they c… --- ## [Does anyone else fake an accent regularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-fake-an-accent-regularly/639806)
**Author:** [@MagicEightBall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEightBall)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-fake-an-accent-regularly/639806 "2013-12-07T17:22:45Z")
Hi, guys. So this is probably going to sound pretty crazy, but I have recently starting speaking in a fake Boston type accent…pretty much with everyone except my family members. It started as just a “for fun” type thing… --- ## [Tell me how I should stop being stressed out so easily.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-i-should-stop-being-stressed-out-so-easily/662643)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-i-should-stop-being-stressed-out-so-easily/662643 "2013-12-07T14:37:54Z")
I have a high stress job ( trial lawyer). For most of my 28 years on Earth, I have gotten stressed easily and I am by nature a worrier. Two years ago this stress led me to an anxiety disorder. I really need to avoid tak… --- ## ["Will no one rid us of of this troublesome priest." I am adding Pope Francis to the Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-no-one-rid-us-of-of-this-troublesome-priest-i-am-adding-pope-francis-to-the-death-pool/673480)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-no-one-rid-us-of-of-this-troublesome-priest-i-am-adding-pope-francis-to-the-death-pool/673480 "2013-12-07T14:25:54Z")
El papa demotes bishop of bling. Pope Francis called Christian fundamentalism a sickness. And so on… I am a recovering Catholic, fiercely atheist, and I kinda like the guy a little, but somehow I think he will end up … --- ## [Any dopers from Calgary? Someone I know has gone missing, and may have gone there.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-calgary-someone-i-know-has-gone-missing-and-may-have-gone-there/675554)
**Author:** [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-from-calgary-someone-i-know-has-gone-missing-and-may-have-gone-there/675554 "2013-12-07T01:46:51Z")
Someone I know has gone missing, and may have flown to Canada, specifically Calgary. This is an extremely long shot, but if there’s anyone there who knows where to start looking for someone, any help would be appreciated… --- ## [Nuclear missle codes were set to super-secure "00000000"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-missle-codes-were-set-to-super-secure-00000000/675403)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-missle-codes-were-set-to-super-secure-00000000/675403 "2013-12-06T22:40:38Z")
Wow, I mean, wow! It was deemed more important that soldiers could launch nukes if there was a breakdown in communication than 4 people could launch without permission. brian --- ## [Fear might be a heritable trait](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-might-be-a-heritable-trait/675700)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-might-be-a-heritable-trait/675700 "2013-12-06T21:04:16Z")
The heritability of epigenetic markers is still a debated topics and this will no doubt add fuel to that debate, but it seems that mice conditioned to associate fear with certain specific smells can transmit this fear to… --- ## [Animals are hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-are-hard/675465)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-are-hard/675465 "2013-12-06T20:25:50Z")
Several months apart, I ordered two different pairs of pajama pants from target.com. One was described as “tiger” when it very clearly had cheetahs or leopards or whatever on it (yes, I don’t know the difference between … --- ## [All hail the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-internet/675614)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-hail-the-internet/675614 "2013-12-06T18:18:24Z")
I loved going on BBSs with my C=64, sold subscriptions to Prodigy, and made it to the actual Internet since 1994. It (and it’s predecessors) has always amazed me, but every once in a while it rises above the day-to-day w… --- ## [Pope Francis Sneaks Out of Vatican At Night, In Disguise, To Meet With Homeless Romans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-sneaks-out-of-vatican-at-night-in-disguise-to-meet-with-homeless-romans/675401)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-francis-sneaks-out-of-vatican-at-night-in-disguise-to-meet-with-homeless-romans/675401 "2013-12-06T15:53:24Z")
Story here. I’m not a Catholic, but the more I hear about Francis, the more I like him. --- ## [Wine Tasting is Bullshit: Film at 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-film-at-11/674662)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-film-at-11/674662 "2013-12-06T15:30:40Z")
I think anyone who enjoys alkyhol and is not a professional wine reviewer is well aware of the self-reinforcing bullshit cycle of wine journalism. (When will a sommelier win a Pullitzer already?) But this article does a… --- ## [So, um, hi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338)
**Author:** [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-um-hi/675338 "2013-12-06T14:36:47Z")
Hey guys! It’s been a while. A looooong while. Maybe five years or so? Not sure how many folks will remember me, but I was thinking nostalgically about the board and then I remembered that it’s still here. I have to… --- ## [What business as usual looks like on Wall Street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-business-as-usual-looks-like-on-wall-street/675589)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-business-as-usual-looks-like-on-wall-street/675589 "2013-12-06T06:48:44Z")
After a scathing first segment on how corporations like JP Morgan and J&J have been allowed to perpetrate alleged violations of civil and criminal law with no apparent likelihood of any actual humans being held to accoun… --- ## [Stranger saves the day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-saves-the-day/376498)
**Author:** [@Synthetic\_Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Synthetic_Reality)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-saves-the-day/376498 "2013-12-06T02:25:34Z")
So here’s the story. I was at work today when I got a call from a good friend of mine; she was locked out of her car with her kid and needed help. Being the good friend I am, and since the store was well staffed, I went … --- ## [Holding a dog on a leash with people around you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-a-dog-on-a-leash-with-people-around-you/675559)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-a-dog-on-a-leash-with-people-around-you/675559 "2013-12-06T00:38:24Z")
This is not a pit since it’s clearly an oversight in the part of the dog handler. But always keep an eye on your dog when there are people nearby, especially kids. How many times did you get chased by a dog on the sidewa… --- ## [No, I am not a big beautiful woman (cell phone shenanigans)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-a-big-beautiful-woman-cell-phone-shenanigans/675263)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-am-not-a-big-beautiful-woman-cell-phone-shenanigans/675263 "2013-12-06T00:04:12Z")
My cell number is known to only a handful of people, so the device doesn’t ring very often. SO I got surprised, and then suspicious, when I got several wrong numbers in a two hour span. All men. All saying, “oh, sorry, I… --- ## [Dog-on-dog Aggression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-on-dog-aggression/675548)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-on-dog-aggression/675548 "2013-12-05T23:47:43Z")
Three weeks ago I came home from work and Andy (6 yr old GSD) had attacked Wylie (5 yr old GSD from the same owner-surrender at the pound) again - was attacking him as I came in the gate, as a matter of fact. It was anot… --- ## [Headline Puncher: Local Man Automates The Onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-puncher-local-man-automates-the-onion/675202)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-puncher-local-man-automates-the-onion/675202 "2013-12-05T20:30:13Z")
This website automatically mashes up headlines from online news sources to create new, absurd headlines. It’s like The Onion, if they stopped at punchy headlines instead of attaching those headlines to overlong articles … --- ## [What is the most meaningful compliment you have ever received?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-meaningful-compliment-you-have-ever-received/670315)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-meaningful-compliment-you-have-ever-received/670315 "2013-12-05T19:05:00Z")
And give a little background-- who was it from, context/circumstances, why it meant so much to you, etc. This is mine: Some friends were putting on a play at a small neighborhood theater. They had been in rehearsals for… --- ## [I haz a booboo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-a-booboo/668705)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-a-booboo/668705 "2013-12-05T19:02:11Z")
I was out doing stuff today, and found a set of shelves that would be perfect for my small business. It was on a wheeled pallet, and I nudged it with my sandal-clad foot to take it to my car, and I got a splinter under … --- ## [Politician, voted out in April, finds law she supported in 2011 now negatively effects her family.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-voted-out-in-april-finds-law-she-supported-in-2011-now-negatively-effects-her-family/675482)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politician-voted-out-in-april-finds-law-she-supported-in-2011-now-negatively-effects-her-family/675482 "2013-12-05T17:10:11Z")
And now she’s trying to get said law declared unconstitutional. Cue Nelson Muntz. --- ## [Quiet Title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-title/675460)
**Author:** [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-title/675460 "2013-12-05T15:23:58Z")
This doesn’t make any sense, and it feels like there is a lot missing to the story. Can anyone shed some light on “quiet title” and how this is even possible? --- ## [How would you organize a walking party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-organize-a-walking-party/675533)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-organize-a-walking-party/675533 "2013-12-05T13:51:19Z")
Before today, I only ever came across the term in The Lord of the Rings (FOTR) during the scene “Fool of a Took!” I imagined a group of fat matrons walking outdoors in pairs, shoulder-to-shoulder, chatting incessantly. B… --- ## [Ask the pacifist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pacifist/671006)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 432\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-pacifist/671006 "2013-12-05T13:23:33Z")
I am surprised that this “ask the…” hasn’t come up yet. I am a pacifist when it comes to the deliberate harming of other sentient creatures, to the point of getting a little queasy when I see a dead squirrel by the side… --- ## [Call me Happy.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-happy/670287)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-happy/670287 "2013-12-05T11:13:03Z")
I feel sorry for the poor souls who reference me in a thread (on the rare occasion that someone does) and feel the need to spell out my whole name. Some get it right, some call me “Happy Lavender.” Some think “Happy” is … --- ## [Did you know 90% of your personality is formed by the time you reach five years old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-90-of-your-personality-is-formed-by-the-time-you-reach-five-years-old/675221)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-90-of-your-personality-is-formed-by-the-time-you-reach-five-years-old/675221 "2013-12-05T03:09:18Z")
A lot of studies have been done on this with some saying three years old and even one report saying at seven years old, but most people that study these things think that the age of five is going to be you for life. Goo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=902) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=904)