# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=100 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 101 --- ## [VR Mavens - Some questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vr-mavens-some-questions/999623)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vr-mavens-some-questions/999623 "2024-04-04T22:21:08Z")
Hi folks - I’m preparing to furnish my cool new bachelor pad in the latest high style and coolitude. The good news is I am starting from absolute zero: I own substantially nothing but clothes, a tablet, a phone, and a c… --- ## [Medical Dopers: How long can a senior with dementia live without sufficient hydration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dopers-how-long-can-a-senior-with-dementia-live-without-sufficient-hydration/999776)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dopers-how-long-can-a-senior-with-dementia-live-without-sufficient-hydration/999776 "2024-04-04T18:02:33Z")
My wife and I have been taking care of my mother-in-law, 87, for nearly three years. Two years ago she collapsed and was taken to the hospital, where we were told she was dehydrated. Since then we have been very careful … --- ## [A pox on your dance recital!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-your-dance-recital/182234)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pox-on-your-dance-recital/182234 "2024-04-04T02:05:18Z")
At last I have found an appropriate target for my venom - the children’s dance recital! Would someone PLEASE explain to me why dance schools insist on staging such bloated, expensive, wasteful, excessive spectacles? Is… --- ## [Would shorting DWAC be free money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-shorting-dwac-be-free-money/999411)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-shorting-dwac-be-free-money/999411 "2024-04-03T23:50:38Z")
Since the company that merged with Truth Social is being propped up by Trump cult members, it seems to me that selling it short, if I knew how to do that, would just be free money. It valuation is now something like 1000… --- ## [What kind of insurance do my parents need? (late 60s, think nothing suddenly bad will befall them)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-insurance-do-my-parents-need-late-60s-think-nothing-suddenly-bad-will-befall-them/999742)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-insurance-do-my-parents-need-late-60s-think-nothing-suddenly-bad-will-befall-them/999742 "2024-04-03T17:27:53Z")
My parents are nearing age 70. They both hold dual US-Taiwan citizenship. Mother lives in Texas, father is in Taiwan but will retire and come to Texas soon. They have no health insurance and are still in relatively good… --- ## [What sort of financial advisor/consultant do I need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-financial-advisor-consultant-do-i-need/999683)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-financial-advisor-consultant-do-i-need/999683 "2024-04-03T16:21:03Z")
Wife and I have some money in tax-deferred accounts, and some other money in ordinary investments. In both cases, it’s just mutual funds that feature some mix of bonds and stocks. I also have some inherited IRAs that … --- ## [Retirement question. How does one retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956 "2024-04-03T01:52:08Z")
Without making this post too long, I don’t know how to go about retirement. I was always told that I would never be able to retire, so not to worry about it. I did go through a meeting with a Fidelity wealth guy in 200… --- ## [Snow and Watertown, NY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-watertown-ny/999713)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-watertown-ny/999713 "2024-04-03T00:27:37Z")
We’re debating to go to Watertown, NY or Bellevue, OH (near Sandusky) for the solar eclipse. Both are on or very near the centerline of the path of totality. The extended forecast shows Watertown should be clear on Monda… --- ## [Getting through a tough period of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-a-tough-period-of-life/999693)
**Author:** [@wolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-a-tough-period-of-life/999693 "2024-04-02T23:11:25Z")
Hi,my parents divorced 3 years ago and I haven’t learned nothing useful from them.Back than I was at a naval college and I wanted to graduate but I didn’t have any skills to promote the 2nd year because I had no idea wha… --- ## [What are these welts (?) on my arm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-welts-on-my-arm/981872)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-welts-on-my-arm/981872 "2024-04-02T20:47:08Z")
For a couple of years now, these purple blotches have appeared occasionally on my forearms. They last maybe a week and slowly fade away. After a few weeks a new set will appear. Very rarely, just twice, they will bleed. … --- ## [How common is the term "cookie" in skiiing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-the-term-cookie-in-skiiing/616330)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-the-term-cookie-in-skiiing/616330 "2024-04-02T18:44:33Z")
Recently I looked at hotels in Breckenridge Colorado for my trip out west this early September (for hiking and acclimatization purposes, not skiing). But now, occasionally when I just surf the web there will be ads for … --- ## [What are some of your Presidential “hot takes”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-presidential-hot-takes/999738)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-presidential-hot-takes/999738 "2024-04-02T17:13:15Z")
Curious to know what hot takes or unpopular opinions folks have about US presidents (whether it be policy, measures of success or failure, election issues, who “should have won”, etc.) --- ## [Things you've seen abroad you wish were adopted world wide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-abroad-you-wish-were-adopted-world-wide/943094)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 536\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-abroad-you-wish-were-adopted-world-wide/943094 "2024-04-02T17:02:32Z")
Restaurant Food Weight - All over Europe in every restaurant any food item has a portion weight listed. So even if you don’t know what 500 G of french fries looks like, you quickly get a sense of what you’ll need for a … --- ## [Comstock Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comstock-act/999732)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comstock-act/999732 "2024-04-02T14:04:33Z")
In this (gift link) NY Times article, the writer talks about the Comstock Act, passed in 1875. One of the provisions of that act: prohibits sending through the mail “every article, instrument, substance, drug, medicin… --- ## [Something you laughed at and felt like slime after](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-laughed-at-and-felt-like-slime-after/999406)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-you-laughed-at-and-felt-like-slime-after/999406 "2024-04-02T12:21:51Z")
I was watching a rerun of Soap. This was back when interracial couples were seldom shown on TV, but Soap had already shattered some norms and this was nothing new for them. Danny Dallas falls in love with a black woman … --- ## [Do you have a preferred bedtime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-bedtime/999367)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-bedtime/999367 "2024-04-02T06:39:39Z")
For years, I rose at 5 for work, so come 9pm, I was usually dragging. I’ve been retired for just over 4 years, and I still wake early, so I’m still beat by 9 or so. I may stay up later reading, but it’s extremely rare… --- ## [What's your interpretation of a sphere "spinning clockwise"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-interpretation-of-a-sphere-spinning-clockwise/999397)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-interpretation-of-a-sphere-spinning-clockwise/999397 "2024-04-02T03:06:08Z")
Spam email from some trivia website: “Which Two Planets in Our Solar System Spin Clockwise?” My mind: Ermm, clocks are circles, planets are spheres. We viewing this planet from the south pole or the north pole? Does… --- ## [Ear protectors for use with hearing aids at a concert? Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-protectors-for-use-with-hearing-aids-at-a-concert-suggestions/999675)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-protectors-for-use-with-hearing-aids-at-a-concert-suggestions/999675 "2024-04-02T02:28:14Z")
Yesterday I posted about my experience at a concert venue where the sound was way too loud (and had a very muddy mix). I ended up leaving because it was simply not enjoyable (or even bearable). I wear RITE hearing aids… --- ## [Can you still put your pants on standing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-put-your-pants-on-standing-up/999511)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-put-your-pants-on-standing-up/999511 "2024-04-02T02:03:34Z")
Well? poll --- ## [Making tough decisions: What's your go-to approach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-tough-decisions-whats-your-go-to-approach/998571)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-tough-decisions-whats-your-go-to-approach/998571 "2024-04-02T01:29:38Z")
Do you go by gut/heart feeling? Do you analyze by head? Do you write out long lists of pros and cons on paper? Do you consult a lot of family and friends and then go by consensus majority? etc. etc. --- ## [What historic battlefields have you been to and did you like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historic-battlefields-have-you-been-to-and-did-you-like-it/999630)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historic-battlefields-have-you-been-to-and-did-you-like-it/999630 "2024-04-02T00:29:07Z")
As the title asked, what battlefields have you been to? I’m speaking specifically about battlefields that have been maintained in some way to preserve its historical context. Feel free to mention other battlefields that … --- ## [Can this proviso be legally enforced (severance contract with Weisselberg)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-proviso-be-legally-enforced-severance-contract-with-weisselberg/999692)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-proviso-be-legally-enforced-severance-contract-with-weisselberg/999692 "2024-04-01T23:08:07Z")
Quoting directly from today’s Times: “Mr. Trump’s company paid Mr. Weisselberg’s legal bills and awarded him a $2 million severance, with a condition: He could not voluntarily cooperate with any law enforcement agency.” … --- ## [My OUTgoing email is being blocked: GoDaddy/Outlook/Inkyphish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-outgoing-email-is-being-blocked-godaddy-outlook-inkyphish/998162)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-outgoing-email-is-being-blocked-godaddy-outlook-inkyphish/998162 "2024-04-01T19:43:29Z")
GoDaddy is our host, and they fairly recently? moved to Outlook. They apparently use something called Inkyphish for security. I think this is a GD thing not an MS thing … but I’m not sure. At any rate, any time I try to… --- ## [Do your arms bend this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-arms-bend-this-way/999607)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-arms-bend-this-way/999607 "2024-04-01T15:15:37Z")
I was looking at a movie review and, giving one still shot more than a passing glance, I realize that my arms/hands don’t bend that way. They don’t bend that way now, I doubt they ever bent that way in my more flexible y… --- ## [Is oily glue any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-oily-glue-any-good/999666)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-oily-glue-any-good/999666 "2024-04-01T14:50:40Z")
I’ve been seeing ads lately for oily glue—a type of glue I hadn’t heard of until now. A bit of searching on Amazon shows that there are several different brands of this stuff, which suggests it isn’t a new invention. Bra… --- ## [Who is Dr. Roger Seheult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-dr-roger-seheult/999645)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-dr-roger-seheult/999645 "2024-04-01T12:12:11Z")
From this morning’s (2024-03-31) Votemaster: " It turns out, there actually are multiple benefits to sun exposure for many systemic benefits; it’s one of the reasons I’m a nudist. This video explains what one should do… --- ## [Suncatcher with large facets to create big rainbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suncatcher-with-large-facets-to-create-big-rainbows/999604)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suncatcher-with-large-facets-to-create-big-rainbows/999604 "2024-04-01T03:04:54Z")
I’m in the market to buy a large decorative suncatcher with relatively few facets so it will create fewer but much larger rainbows on the walls. Well, not really rainbows, they’re spectrums, like from a prism. So far m… --- ## [Cannabis Users: How Long For A T-Break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-users-how-long-for-a-t-break/999617)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-users-how-long-for-a-t-break/999617 "2024-03-31T21:11:56Z")
So last week, I realized that it was taking me three bowls just to get a buzz, and I decided it was time for a T-break. Here I am a week later and I’m jonesing hardcore. I set out to do a 28-day T-break (resuming again … --- ## [Does 'GIF' automatically mean 'animated GIF' to you young'uns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gif-automatically-mean-animated-gif-to-you-younguns/999478)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gif-automatically-mean-animated-gif-to-you-younguns/999478 "2024-03-31T19:17:27Z")
Several dozen times in various contexts I’ve encountered a reference to a GIF image file and the item in question has invariably been an animated GIF. Admittedly, I don’t know any modern reason to use a GIF other than f… --- ## [Dating question: When is it ok for a man to approach a women he doesn’t know to ask for her number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-question-when-is-it-ok-for-a-man-to-approach-a-women-he-doesn-t-know-to-ask-for-her-number/999282)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-question-when-is-it-ok-for-a-man-to-approach-a-women-he-doesn-t-know-to-ask-for-her-number/999282 "2024-03-31T17:47:18Z")
So, my divorce was granted last 9/11 (so apropos); we’d been separated for 2 years prior to that. Me, an introverted man who works a lot, did date 2 people during that time, but one came from a dating app and another wa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=101)