# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=974 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 975 --- ## [Fusion Power Generation Solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fusion-power-generation-solution/659764)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fusion-power-generation-solution/659764 "2013-06-01T22:34:56Z")
\-Deploy or locate fusion reactor 149 597 871 kilometers from receiving source. -Deploy photovoltaic generators to gather the energy. --- ## [I Created an Exploitation Film Blog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-created-an-exploitation-film-blog/659889)
**Author:** [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-created-an-exploitation-film-blog/659889 "2013-06-01T22:29:35Z")
Well, actually I created it in 2011 but after infrequent updates due to a crazy schedule I finally have the time to treat it right. I’m a filmmaker myself and the goal is to explore pure “commodity cinema” and find the … --- ## [Threads that will be repeated forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-will-be-repeated-forever/659594)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-that-will-be-repeated-forever/659594 "2013-06-01T20:18:03Z")
Is it just me, or is there an unusually high number of recent zombie thread revivals? Must be (\_\_\_)uary. This time of the year all the crazies join up for their one flaming drive-by thread. --- ## [Jack Batty: Home Owner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-home-owner/652655)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-home-owner/652655 "2013-06-01T18:54:08Z")
So, last week my sister (the real estate agent) threw me a bone and got me into look at house that was just about to go on the market. It’s a small house – a little modular ranch with a two car garage and a finished base… --- ## [My gf chopped her hair off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gf-chopped-her-hair-off/659391)
**Author:** [@kwc27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwc27)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-gf-chopped-her-hair-off/659391 "2013-06-01T17:11:09Z")
And I’m not impressed. She had beautiful long hair that I liked very much and cut 11 inches off. She had asked me earlier before this happened what I’d think if she cut it off. I told her it was her body but I liked gir… --- ## [My free bottle opener cost $45](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-free-bottle-opener-cost-45/659867)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-free-bottle-opener-cost-45/659867 "2013-06-01T16:51:44Z")
But that was the point, wasn’t it? :wink: Ace Hardware is giving away a free Craftsman bottle opener for the first 50 people who ask for one, June 1st only. I like Craftsman, and I think it’s a nifty (and useful) nove… --- ## [Australia, you so crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-you-so-crazy/659757)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-you-so-crazy/659757 "2013-06-01T14:21:48Z")
From the continent that brought you playpuses, kangaroos, and baby-eating dingos, not to mention most of the world’s most poisonous snakes, spiders, and insects, comes the giant fluorescent pink slugs. Apparently hiding… --- ## [10% of British households are millionaires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-of-british-households-are-millionaires/659618)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-of-british-households-are-millionaires/659618 "2013-06-01T11:39:10Z")
According to a report out last week, one in 10 British households has assets of over £1m. Looking at the graph, it seems that around twice that many, 1 in 5, are US dollar millionaires (i.e. £664,000+). And that’s net as… --- ## [Today's google doodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle/659783)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-google-doodle/659783 "2013-06-01T05:26:21Z")
Google’s Doodle today celebrates the 161st birthday of Julius Richard Petri, who gave science the Petri Dish. He also showed it’s less what you make your name in, and more what you put your name on, joining such luminari… --- ## [Tinder equivilant for Android?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinder-equivilant-for-android/654145)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinder-equivilant-for-android/654145 "2013-03-29T21:30:19Z")
My friend showed me an app called Tinder today (apparently the next big thing) and it looks great fun. Unfortunately, and somewhat bizarrely, it doesn’t exist for Android. Does anyone know an equivilent? Something wit… --- ## [Response to Anti Gay Marriage via Bible argument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-anti-gay-marriage-via-bible-argument/656923)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-anti-gay-marriage-via-bible-argument/656923 "2013-05-31T21:25:02Z")
What would be a good short, succinct response to the person who posted this on my FB page? I’m getting nowhere and nothing but a headache. (Or should I just let it go…?) “God’s tolerance for polygamy for a while was no … --- ## [2013 as imagined in 1988](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-as-imagined-in-1988/659119)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-as-imagined-in-1988/659119 "2013-05-31T21:14:01Z")
On April 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times Magazine published a 25-year look ahead to 2013. Some of it is very accurate, some of it…not so much. We were really obsessed with robots back then, weren’t we?! --- ## [Does your cat understand you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-cat-understand-you/659527)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-cat-understand-you/659527 "2013-05-31T21:11:31Z")
Maybe I’m anthropomorphizing. IDK. I don’t think I’m generally guilty of that since I’ve never had a pet and this one isn’t technically ‘mine’ except by a virtue of a continuing guardianship arrangement. Here’s the sc… --- ## [Black Rifle fans: Article on AR-15 prototype reproduction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-rifle-fans-article-on-ar-15-prototype-reproduction/659806)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-rifle-fans-article-on-ar-15-prototype-reproduction/659806 "2013-05-31T20:40:43Z")
Got my early-style (Model 601) lower receivers Wednesday, and thought I’d poke around the manufacturer’s site today. They have a nice article that appeared in Shotgun News, about their experimental model AR-15 reproduct… --- ## [Anyone remember the Sunday Drive after church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-sunday-drive-after-church/659473)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-the-sunday-drive-after-church/659473 "2013-05-31T20:35:49Z")
Long ago, people just got in their cars for a Sunday drive. Usually out on a country road on a sunny day. Sometimes people stopped somewhere for a picnic. Other times they just drove aimlessly and enjoyed the time outsid… --- ## [No matter how hard I try...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-matter-how-hard-i-try/659184)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-matter-how-hard-i-try/659184 "2013-05-31T16:38:57Z")
Inspired by a similar thread in Threadspotting, is there any particular skill you lack that the majority of others seem to have mastered? OR, vice versa… is there anything you can do easily that others find well nigh im… --- ## [Positive Life Changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-life-changes/659771)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-life-changes/659771 "2013-05-31T14:14:20Z")
Hi everyone, I didn’t want to post here until I had made some good positive progress in my life. So here’s my latest update. Me and my friend have completely smoothed over our argument we had over a trip I had bowed o… --- ## [What DON'T you use that everyone else does, the lack of which making you superior to them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does-the-lack-of-which-making-you-superior-to-them/658697)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dont-you-use-that-everyone-else-does-the-lack-of-which-making-you-superior-to-them/658697 "2013-05-31T12:18:28Z")
I don’t any bed linens. Going sheetless is a much more authentic and natural way of sleeping than wrapping your body in fabric soaked in toxic dyes and chemicals manufactured in American-owned slave labor factories in de… --- ## [A Fun Way to Commit Suicide (not a serious thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-way-to-commit-suicide-not-a-serious-thread/659588)
**Author:** [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-way-to-commit-suicide-not-a-serious-thread/659588 "2013-05-31T11:50:04Z")
People say that slowly freezing to death is the best way to off yourself. Nope. The best way is to grab some like-minded friends and ride the Euthanasia Coaster. Includes a 500 meter drop, 7 loops and 10G’s of life-en… --- ## [My head hurts, my feet stink, and I don't love Jesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-head-hurts-my-feet-stink-and-i-dont-love-jesus/659657)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-head-hurts-my-feet-stink-and-i-dont-love-jesus/659657 "2013-05-31T05:05:29Z")
Actually I’m overfed (usually), underworked, overpaid, haven’t eaten in 20 hours and that’s making the 24oz black coffee sit kinda funny. And I do have a headache, I’ve no meaningful relationship with Jesus, but my feet… --- ## [Lengths of generations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lengths-of-generations/659671)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lengths-of-generations/659671 "2013-05-31T04:56:44Z")
In this thread Record low murder rate - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board the OP writes “If 2013 keeps going the way it has BEEN going, crime-wise, we are about to experience the LOWEST MURDER RATE SINCE 190… --- ## [Topics where everything you know is wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-where-everything-you-know-is-wrong/659655)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topics-where-everything-you-know-is-wrong/659655 "2013-05-31T04:44:14Z")
It occured to me that there are a few subjects where popular knowledge tends to way, way off-base. Let’s list them: The Middle Ages were not a particularly bad time to be alive. Most of what we “know” about the Middle… --- ## [Outdoor vendor in Disneyland Toontown arrested for bombing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-vendor-in-disneyland-toontown-arrested-for-bombing/659654)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outdoor-vendor-in-disneyland-toontown-arrested-for-bombing/659654 "2013-05-31T04:42:33Z")
No one was injured in the small blast, but Disneyland briefly evacuated the Mickey’s Toontown section where the incident occurred Tuesday. Disgruntled employee or just bored? --- ## [Can I get a hearty round of “Fuck cancer!”? Ok… 1…, 2…,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-hearty-round-of-fuck-cancer-ok-1-2/659555)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-a-hearty-round-of-fuck-cancer-ok-1-2/659555 "2013-05-31T04:25:07Z")
\[Just needing to vent a little.\] There is something to be said for having a physician with a poor bedside manner. They may act like a jerk but one thing is for sure: they don’t mince words. Three months ago a friend of… --- ## [I need to quite giving away free blowjobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-quite-giving-away-free-blowjobs/659462)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-quite-giving-away-free-blowjobs/659462 "2013-05-31T03:01:57Z")
Damnit. This weekend I was in shorts and had to do some work where I was on my knees. Now, normally I can be on my knees for hours a time and besides getting a bit dirty they are fine. But something I did was apparentl… --- ## [Hey Dude - look behind you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dude-look-behind-you/659693)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dude-look-behind-you/659693 "2013-05-30T18:06:58Z")
This reporters quizzical reaction is priceless. He’s waiting for a live shot to update the search for a local man with dementia. It takes the reporter a couple minutes to realize who just walked by him. … --- ## [Given names off the beaten path](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-names-off-the-beaten-path/659216)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-names-off-the-beaten-path/659216 "2013-05-30T15:39:18Z")
Do you know anybody named Goliath? How about Judas? At least there’s Benedict Cumberbatch, but I think we can let that one slide. Who else can you think of with a given name that goes against the grain? --- ## [How can I get myself up to date on programming skills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-myself-up-to-date-on-programming-skills/659650)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-myself-up-to-date-on-programming-skills/659650 "2013-05-30T13:03:35Z")
Due to an unforeseen turn of budgetary cutbacks, I now find myself with a summer full of free time. Unfortunately, my job has left me woefully out of date on the latest software trends. I’m up to speed on Access 2003, SQ… --- ## [Goodbye Maya](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-maya/659656)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-maya/659656 "2013-05-30T13:01:46Z")
When Hallgirl2 was in 8th grade, she rode the bus to and from school. Each day, she would be dropped off several blocks from home and make the walk across two busy streets. One day, she came home with a request. When she… --- ## [MERS "threat to the entire world"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mers-threat-to-the-entire-world/659644)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mers-threat-to-the-entire-world/659644 "2013-05-29T19:40:24Z")
It’s a new virus, and that’s not just some commentator or average joe scientist quoted in the subject line, either. It’s the World Health Organization’s general director. And I just invested in gas mask companies too! … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=973) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=975)