# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1007 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1008 --- ## [Best temporary adhesive for fabric? (Halloween costume)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-temporary-adhesive-for-fabric-halloween-costume/702410)
**Author:** [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-temporary-adhesive-for-fabric-halloween-costume/702410 "2014-10-25T19:00:25Z")
Some coworkers and I are planning a group costume for the office Halloween party this year, and our idea involves cutting out smallish (about 2x2") shapes and sticking them to a t-shirt…somehow. I am planning to make th… --- ## [I have a good idea for a cellphone app. How do I make it a reality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-good-idea-for-a-cellphone-app-how-do-i-make-it-a-reality/701291)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-good-idea-for-a-cellphone-app-how-do-i-make-it-a-reality/701291 "2014-10-25T17:39:23Z")
I have what I think is a great idea for a cellphone app. Such a good idea, actually, that I’m a little nervous that it’s already been done and I’m just not aware of it. Or that it’s been done but is not nearly as good … --- ## [Give yourself a new name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-yourself-a-new-name/702256)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-yourself-a-new-name/702256 "2014-10-25T16:45:23Z")
You’re a new immigrant to a Western, primarily English-speaking country (USA, UK, Canada, etc.). In order to ease your assimilation into your new country, as your original name is utterly alien and generally mostly unpr… --- ## [Did you go through a mid-life crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-through-a-mid-life-crisis/702245)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-through-a-mid-life-crisis/702245 "2014-10-25T15:17:39Z")
In this thread by Aeschines he says: Not to hijack but I wanted to say that I am 38 and going through the EXACT same thing right now, minus the Japanese and Youtube stuff. I’ve been pretty successful, I’m bringing hom… --- ## [Cops looking for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-looking-for-you/702213)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-looking-for-you/702213 "2014-10-25T05:49:07Z")
Generally speaking, how bad do you have to fuck up for a police officer to show up on your doorstep looking for you? Would they not bother unless it was an arrestable offense? A few days ago an acquaintance of mine app… --- ## [I'm giving up on Linux and want to reinstall XP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-on-linux-and-want-to-reinstall-xp/695739)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-up-on-linux-and-want-to-reinstall-xp/695739 "2014-10-25T05:17:54Z")
Some months back XP was pissing me off and I tried running Puppy from a thumb drive. Something went wrong and I could no longer boot XP, so I offloaded my files and deleted the XP partition, believing at the time that U… --- ## [Male-\>Female Corporal Punishment and Age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-corporal-punishment-and-age/702160)
**Author:** [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-female-corporal-punishment-and-age/702160 "2014-10-25T02:21:57Z")
A question popped into my mind today. It’s pretty much the norm in today’s societies that men are not allowed to physically hit a woman. But in some schools of thought adults are allowed to physically punish children via… --- ## [What do you watch on Roku?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-watch-on-roku/702305)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-watch-on-roku/702305 "2014-10-25T02:12:00Z")
A couple of years ago I tried a Roku device and there was so little content that I wanted to watch I returned it. I was just reading another thread about devices for watching streaming video and Roku came up several time… --- ## [So, should I try to be a YouTube star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-should-i-try-to-be-a-youtube-star/701788)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-should-i-try-to-be-a-youtube-star/701788 "2014-10-25T01:20:13Z")
You know what bums me out? Everyone in the fuckin’ world is successful but me. OK, that’s obviously not true. I’m very good at what I do (Japanese translation). In fact, I am one of the best in the world. I have made a d… --- ## [Son considering career as LEO. Any inputs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-considering-career-as-leo-any-inputs/701619)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-considering-career-as-leo-any-inputs/701619 "2014-10-25T00:50:31Z")
My son is getting ready to head to college next year. He is considering a degree in criminal justice and when I asked him why that direction he said he wants to be a police officer or maybe a detective. He said he wants … --- ## [Tell me about your sleepnumber bed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-sleepnumber-bed/702084)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-sleepnumber-bed/702084 "2014-10-25T00:01:36Z")
After going through two king size traditional mattresses lasting less than 7 years each (dips/pits) I’m pretty set on us getting a sleepnumber bed. I know it’s a polarizing mattress but my 75 year old neighbors love the… --- ## [Cat litter type](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-litter-type/702309)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-litter-type/702309 "2014-10-24T23:00:11Z")
What type of litter do you provide for your cats (or other litter-box using pets)? --- ## [Evidence (hard or anecdotal) for/against childhood sweetheart relationships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-hard-or-anecdotal-for-against-childhood-sweetheart-relationships/701990)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-hard-or-anecdotal-for-against-childhood-sweetheart-relationships/701990 "2014-10-24T21:11:10Z")
I’m putting this in IMHO rather than GQ as I welcome opinions/personal stories in addition to hard facts, although the latter would be great to have as well. In short - how well do relationships that begin as childhood … --- ## [Why can't I block access to specific websites on my Linksys router?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-block-access-to-specific-websites-on-my-linksys-router/702267)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-block-access-to-specific-websites-on-my-linksys-router/702267 "2014-10-24T21:03:53Z")
(Don’t know where this goes to, but I’m putting it here…) Have a Linksys WRT54Gs router, admin permissions, and I want to block access to some sites. However, no matter what I do, this function doesn’t work. The steps I… --- ## [Profit in New Car Sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profit-in-new-car-sales/701255)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profit-in-new-car-sales/701255 "2014-10-24T20:01:35Z")
What percent commission does a car salesman (salesperson) make on a new car? Let’s assume I am paying cash (i.e., no financing) for a car and no trade-in vehicle to avoid complicating the issue. --- ## [How would you help someone acquire a new work wardrobe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-help-someone-acquire-a-new-work-wardrobe/701941)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-help-someone-acquire-a-new-work-wardrobe/701941 "2014-10-24T19:39:49Z")
I have a relative, “Mike,” who, after a long period of underemployment, has finally gotten a decent job which starts in two weeks. The new position will require Mike to dress conservatively and attractively, which will b… --- ## [Desk/Computer Table Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desk-computer-table-recommendations/692649)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desk-computer-table-recommendations/692649 "2014-10-24T19:39:10Z")
We threw most of the old desk/furniture we had in our old apartment and only brought some stuff with us to the new house a while back. I still like to get a table and or desk. Is amazon/walmart the best place for somet… --- ## [What's the best cooler I can buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-cooler-i-can-buy/702324)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-cooler-i-can-buy/702324 "2014-10-24T18:25:29Z")
I’m thinking about something along the lines of Pelican or Yeti or something similar. Do any of you have first hand experience with any of these? --- ## [What's something you have a Pavlovian reaction to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-something-you-have-a-pavlovian-reaction-to/702071)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-something-you-have-a-pavlovian-reaction-to/702071 "2014-10-24T17:25:19Z")
Can you not smell ham without thinking of your grandmas house and how’d she always make it? Do you hear some sort of TV show theme song and get hungry because that’s what’d be on TV when mom was making food? Tell me abou… --- ## [Neighborhood Halloween carnival... not sure how I feel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborhood-halloween-carnival-not-sure-how-i-feel/700661)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborhood-halloween-carnival-not-sure-how-i-feel/700661 "2014-10-24T16:13:43Z")
So my neighborhood puts on an annual Halloween carnival. Everyone brings a sack of candy and a package of hot dogs, and the neighborhood association pays for the buns, tea, chips and condiments. They typically block o… --- ## [How old is too old for 'footie' pajamas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-for-footie-pajamas/702153 "2014-10-24T14:41:59Z")
Specifically, when does a kid wearing footie PJs seem a little odd. If you’re 35 and have pink footies and love them, I don’t care. --- ## [Educate me about buying a canteen of silver cutlery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-about-buying-a-canteen-of-silver-cutlery/701392)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-about-buying-a-canteen-of-silver-cutlery/701392 "2014-10-24T14:07:02Z")
After decades of eating with stainless steel, I’m thinking about getting a set of silver cutlery - a Christmas present from me to me. I currently have no silver cutlery at all; not even so much as a teaspoon. However, a… --- ## [A woman with ovarian cancer robs a bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-with-ovarian-cancer-robs-a-bank/702210)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-with-ovarian-cancer-robs-a-bank/702210 "2014-10-24T11:25:55Z")
so that she can pay her medical bills. I am disgusted that we have such a wealth based health care system. I am disgusted that she would steal from rich bankers to pay rich medical people. Surely she would not be turn… --- ## [Share something creepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-something-creepy/702026)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-something-creepy/702026 "2014-10-24T08:41:38Z")
The best holiday of the year, Halloween, is soon upon us. In that spirit, let’s all share something creepy, be it a site, picture or story, whether real-life or fiction. To start, I give you The 99 Rooms. It’s just weir… --- ## [i need bf advice! hes mean n doesnt see it :-(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bf-advice-hes-mean-n-doesnt-see-it/701992)
**Author:** [@BBmichelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BBmichelle)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bf-advice-hes-mean-n-doesnt-see-it/701992 "2014-10-24T07:20:27Z")
Ive been with my boyfriend for six years and we have a two year old son together. My bf has been kinda macho rude ever since i got with him but seemed to be softening a bit before my unexpected pregnancy and then during … --- ## [Freakonomics Radio "Tell Me Something I don't Know"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakonomics-radio-tell-me-something-i-dont-know/702293)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakonomics-radio-tell-me-something-i-dont-know/702293 "2014-10-24T02:39:28Z")
It’s a new show they made using the vehicle of their podcast. You can listen to the first (and so far only) episode here: I thought it could be fun to discuss the episodes here, it seems like a SDMB kind of thing. (I’… --- ## [Please explain this thing with my central air conditioning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-thing-with-my-central-air-conditioning/702097)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-thing-with-my-central-air-conditioning/702097 "2014-10-24T01:58:58Z")
The central a/c & heat system is in two parts. One part is in the attic; that’s the part where the filter goes. My landlord changes it. I was a homeowner for 20 years, but now someone else does a lot of stuff I used to h… --- ## [Should we have a right to be forgotten in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-right-to-be-forgotten-in-the-us/701445)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-right-to-be-forgotten-in-the-us/701445 "2014-10-24T01:06:12Z")
A recent news article reminded me that I don’t think we’ve ever covered the ‘Right to be forgotten’ here.Google gets ‘right to be forgotten’ order in Japan The right to be forgotten explained in more depth. Wikipedia, … --- ## [Insane idea of the week : SSTO submarine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-idea-of-the-week-ssto-submarine/702168)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-idea-of-the-week-ssto-submarine/702168 "2014-10-24T00:09:59Z")
The vehicle is a long, slender vessel that resembles a scaled up version of one of these. At the very front there is a small inlet that allows seawater in. The seawater passes through specially designed channels that g… --- ## [You who who grew up tall and proud, in the shadow of the mushroom cloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-who-who-grew-up-tall-and-proud-in-the-shadow-of-the-mushroom-cloud/702022)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-who-who-grew-up-tall-and-proud-in-the-shadow-of-the-mushroom-cloud/702022 "2014-10-24T00:03:49Z")
One for Cold War Dopers. When you were growing up, if the hammer had fallen and all out nuclear war occurred between the USA and USSR, on a scale of dying to dead how fucked would you be? Were you living next to a Minute… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1006) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1008)