# What did YOU learn today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949 "2000-09-29T01:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/61 "2000-10-02T22:38:23Z")
I learned that sleeping in my car for three hours, makes for a very stiff bum. (and good look Rasa!) ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/62 "2000-10-02T23:05:23Z")
I learned that there is a fine line between [cute](http://www.hardocp.com/news_images/2000/oct2k/100200ab.html) and [cruel](http://www.hardocp.com/news_images/2000/oct2k/1002001.html). I also learned that [tuataras](http://www.panda.org/kids/wildlife/fmtuatar.htm) don’t breed until they are twenty years old. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/63 "2000-10-02T23:52:25Z")
I also learned that if you spend too much time reading the SDMB it seeps into your subconscious… Mega the Roo, your name came up in a dream! Don’t remember the context, but I remember the words “Mega the Roo!” I meant to post this but didn’t want ya to think I was weird! (Too late now!) I also learned that Class I mutual funds do not have a load rate for an annual return. Whatever that means. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/64 "2000-10-03T01:27:38Z")
I learned that imprinting is a process that occurs in development, when the brain is ready to recieve and respond to a specific stimulus, which is anything that illicits a response. Coo’ huh? ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/65 "2000-10-03T03:54:58Z")
Roses make me happy. People can make me nervous. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/66 "2000-10-03T04:18:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rasa \* > **I learned that there’s hope that I may get to say “I’m an archaeologist” in the very near future…** \ Okay, I learned that I can be jealous of people who are in a financial and domestic position where they can fulfill their dreams. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/67 "2000-10-03T06:07:36Z")
I learned that the warning, “Don’t try this at home.” REALLY means “Don’t try this at all.” ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/68 "2000-10-03T07:05:58Z")
I learned how to drastically improve the gas mileage of a Ford Expedition. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/69 "2000-10-03T14:41:41Z")
I learned that my brother could care less about getting an education if it means he has to get out of bed. GRR ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/70 "2000-10-03T14:45:09Z")
I learned that I tend to telegraph my feints in sixth position and that I need to make them more believable if I am going to be a successful fencer. ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/71 "2000-10-03T15:54:43Z")
I learned that you should kill your taste buds the night before you have a cene-esophiogram done, cause drinking the Barium ‘Milkshake’ they give you is like drinking chalk and curdled milk. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/72 "2000-10-03T17:19:11Z")
I learned that I cant afford any sixth form college but one… so they ll have to take me… puhleaz god… make them take me!! ---
**Author:** ![Oicu812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f475e1/32.png) [@Oicu812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oicu812)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/73 "2000-10-03T17:30:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent. > > By the data to date, there is only one animal in the galaxy dangerous to man – man himself. So he must supply his own indispensable competition. He has no enemy to help him. > > Most “scientists” are bottle washers and button sorters. > > If you don’t like yourself you can’t like other people. > > Of all the strange “crimes” that human beings have legislated out of nothing, “blasphemy” is the most amazing — with "obscenity " and “indecent exposure” fighting it out for second and third place. > > No state has an inherent right to survive through conscript troops and in the long run, no state ever has. Roman matrons used to say to their sons: “come back with your shield on, or on it”. Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome. > > One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh. > > A generation which ignores its history has no past and no future. > > In a mature society, “civil servant” is semantically equal to “civil master”. > > What are the facts? Again and again and again — what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell”, avoid opinion, Care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable “verdict of history” — what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always in to an unknown future; facts are your only chance. Get the facts! > > The most preposterous motion that H. sapiens has ever dreamed up it that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest and least productive industry in all history. > > You can have peace. or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once. > > Thou shalt remember the Eleventh Commandment and keep it Wholly. > > Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. > > When a place gets crowded enough to require ID’s, social collapse it not far away. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. > > Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. > > “God split himself into a myriad parts so that he might have friends”. This may not be true, but it sounds good – and is no sillier than any other theology. > > To be “matter of fact” about the world is to blunder into fantasy — and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful. > > Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. > > “go to hell!” or other insult is all the answer a snoopy question rates. > > Natural Laws have no pity. > > Freedom begins when you tell Mrs Grundy to go fly a kite. > > Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort. > > Anything free is worth what you pay for it. > > History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis, Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from it. > > The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of “loyalty” and “duty”. Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute – get out of there fast! You may possibly save yourself, but it is far to late to save that society. It’s doomed. > > The correct way to punctuate a sentence that begins with “of course it is none of my business, but” is to place a period after the word “but”. > > Always store beer in a dark place. > > _From the Notebooks of Lazarus Long_ O * * * vidi vici veni! ---
**Author:** ![iksova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/59ef9b/32.png) [@iksova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iksova)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/74 "2000-10-03T20:29:39Z")
Well, it took me all day, but I learned that sometimes I DO have the solution! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/75 "2000-10-03T20:30:37Z")
I learned that reading the SDMB is the best way to pass the time while you’re supposed to be working on your buyer queue. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/76 "2000-10-03T21:13:52Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by dropzone:_ > > \ > > Okay, I learned that I can be jealous of people who are in a financial and domestic position where they can fulfill their dreams. 😉 Heh, thanks **dropzone**! Unfortunately I am not even close to being in a financial position to fulfill my dream full time, but if I can do archaeology (and get **paid** for it!) just one day a week that’s cool with me! I learned that I still can’t post to SDMB from work, unless I keep it to one line or so. I learned that if you hold on to your dreams and work at them long enough, sometimes one just might come true. I also learned that waiting for my boss to come back from his conference so I can discuss working 4 days a week or part-time to fulfill said dream SUCKS! ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/77 "2000-10-03T21:39:43Z")
Today I learned that girls can come between even the BEST of friends. ---
**Author:** ![Kupek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@Kupek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kupek)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/78 "2000-10-03T22:20:39Z")
I’ve learned that my physics professor does pro-bono work by testifying as an expert witness in murder cases. I’ve learned how to use exceptions in C++ (lucky, not that different from Java, which I already knew how to use). I’ve learned how to relate emf to the resistance and current in a circuit. And unlike the rest of you, I haven’t learned some great thing about human relations, be it friendships or romance, mainly because I’ve got a severe shortage of both down here in college. ---
**Author:** ![Kupek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@Kupek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kupek)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/79 "2000-10-03T22:23:07Z")
I have also learned that the Admins here have specified that you can only post one message in a 60 second interval. (Wrote and finished two messages at the same time; tried posting one after the other.) ---
**Author:** ![Crash101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Crash101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crash101)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-learn-today/34949/80 "2000-10-03T23:40:36Z")
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