# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1037 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1038 --- ## [What is an issue you have completely changed your mind on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-issue-you-have-completely-changed-your-mind-on/696731)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-issue-you-have-completely-changed-your-mind-on/696731 "2014-08-31T04:51:31Z")
Ubiquitous video surveillance in public, I used to think it was a violation of privacy and Orwellian and a tool of tyranny. I’ve completely come around on this, with one caveat that I will get to at the end. I now think … --- ## [Vending Machine: The Gamble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vending-machine-the-gamble/696972)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vending-machine-the-gamble/696972 "2014-08-31T03:07:07Z")
You’re hungry and want a snack. You go to the vending machine and one item, your favorite item, has an extra bag stuffed into the first coil. It’s kind of stuck underneath the proper first bag, in a way that had to be … --- ## [Are clean houses becoming rare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-clean-houses-becoming-rare/696594)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-clean-houses-becoming-rare/696594 "2014-08-31T03:05:50Z")
It seems to me that unless the person or family makes a major effort to keep their house/apartment/flat or whatever clean and tidy, or they hire a maid, that most people just dont keep their homes that clean anymore. Or … --- ## [when in the hospital, best way to ask "who are you and what is your job"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-the-hospital-best-way-to-ask-who-are-you-and-what-is-your-job/696818)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-the-hospital-best-way-to-ask-who-are-you-and-what-is-your-job/696818 "2014-08-31T02:54:16Z")
spent the day in the hospital with my dad, who is recovering from some major surgery which went well. Yay medical folks! The thing is people come in all day long and they are almost all dressed indistinguishably and th… --- ## [Moving fish to a larger tank, pt II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-fish-to-a-larger-tank-pt-ii/696943)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-fish-to-a-larger-tank-pt-ii/696943 "2014-08-31T00:30:43Z")
So I have lines on two pretty well-cared for tanks that come with stands, heaters, and pumps. One is 33 gallons, and one is 40 gallons. They both seem well-cared for for older equipment, and have been dry about the same… --- ## [What do you create for fun? (i.e. what would you contribute to society for free?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-create-for-fun-i-e-what-would-you-contribute-to-society-for-free/696592)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-create-for-fun-i-e-what-would-you-contribute-to-society-for-free/696592 "2014-08-31T00:13:22Z")
Not quite sure this the appropriate forum, but here goes: I was just looking at Amazon and I noticed a book by Jeremy Rifkin titled The Zero Marginal Cost Society, where according to my brief glance at the description, … --- ## [What is something really strange you encountered in life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-something-really-strange-you-encountered-in-life/696736)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-something-really-strange-you-encountered-in-life/696736 "2014-08-30T23:07:03Z")
I’m against circumcision of male infants, I personally think it is mutilation for no medical reason. I’m from the USA and the only person I’ve shared this with was my wife, she isn’t from the USA and our son was not born… --- ## [Managers/Supervisors/Bosses/Employers: How often have employees asked to be laid off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managers-supervisors-bosses-employers-how-often-have-employees-asked-to-be-laid-off/696883)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managers-supervisors-bosses-employers-how-often-have-employees-asked-to-be-laid-off/696883 "2014-08-30T19:22:04Z")
I have no doubt that it happens, there are conditions in which rare employment circumstances come up. But I am interested in the frequency - how common is this? So if you hire, supervise, or otherwise determine the stat… --- ## [UPDATE: Which SDMB Poll Has Had The Most Voters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/696464)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/696464 "2014-08-30T18:19:28Z")
Rather than bump / revive Which SDMB Poll Has Had The Most Voters? which I started 06-03-2011 and which was last posted to 10-03-2013, here’s a chance to see if any SDMB Poll has had more voters than How old are you? wh… --- ## [Can an Unborn Child Inherit if Mother Murders Grandmother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-unborn-child-inherit-if-mother-murders-grandmother/696588)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-unborn-child-inherit-if-mother-murders-grandmother/696588 "2014-08-30T13:23:19Z")
Some of you may have read about the case of Sheila von Wiese Mack (the Bali Suitcase Murder) where Heather Mack and her boyfriend murdered Heather’s mother in Bali, Indonesia. Heather is two months pregnant. There is a w… --- ## ["My Daughter Was Dress-Coded For Wearing Shorts"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-was-dress-coded-for-wearing-shorts/690450)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-was-dress-coded-for-wearing-shorts/690450 "2014-08-30T10:44:02Z")
That’s the title of this Slate article. I post this to question one small aspect of the author’s narrative. If I could talk to the author, I’d ask her what rationales she has used to justify rejecting an outfit. Ass… --- ## [Have you ever gone on strike?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gone-on-strike/696886)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gone-on-strike/696886 "2014-08-30T07:10:20Z")
Have you ever had a job where all the employees had some kind of union so you all went on strike? Were you on the picket lines? Did you have to get violent to stop outsiders from coming in? What was the long term resu… --- ## [Does Viagra work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-viagra-work/696765)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-viagra-work/696765 "2014-08-30T06:25:45Z")
Guys, I’ve been having troube “down there” and I wonder if Viagra has helped, maybe a friend? --- ## [What states/countries have you spent the most time in? The least?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-states-countries-have-you-spent-the-most-time-in-the-least/696823)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-states-countries-have-you-spent-the-most-time-in-the-least/696823 "2014-08-30T05:00:24Z")
When I say the least, I’m not counting places you’ve never been to. If you’ve just passed through a place, it still counts, though. States (most): Illinois (I’ve lived here about 30 of my nearly 38 years) Florida (li… --- ## [A question for Floridians about bugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-floridians-about-bugs/696058)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-floridians-about-bugs/696058 "2014-08-30T04:35:53Z")
So my girlfriend and I are both midwesterners who have moved south(ish). I have lived in Charlotte, NC (which is apparently considered the south even though I don’t believe it…but that’s a whole different convo) for the… --- ## [It's a shame we can't watch television in 2014 without seeing ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shame-we-cant-watch-television-in-2014-without-seeing/696330)
**Author:** [@7e42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7e42)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-shame-we-cant-watch-television-in-2014-without-seeing/696330 "2014-08-30T02:01:23Z")
CANCER, DIABETES, and HEART DISEASE. Who the hell wants to see those depressing commercials while they are in the process of watch one fo their shows? What happened to commercials about cookies, veggies, plastic ware… --- ## [My Advice to Hillary Clinton.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-to-hillary-clinton/696343)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-advice-to-hillary-clinton/696343 "2014-08-30T00:35:39Z")
I know I rarely dispense political advice. But this time I feel I must, because I believe the woman in question (Mrs. Clinton) is making the wrong moves even now (if she wants to run for president, that is). I just have… --- ## [List awesome and and awful Wikipedia pages.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-awesome-and-and-awful-wikipedia-pages/696889)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-awesome-and-and-awful-wikipedia-pages/696889 "2014-08-29T22:52:49Z")
In which posters post link to Wikipedia pages that are perfectly wonderful and perfectly awful. No merely mediocre pages, please. The pages should either be wonderful works of scholarship that justify Jimmy Wales’ existe… --- ## [Ice-Bucket Challenge Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-bucket-challenge-questions/696565)
**Author:** [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-bucket-challenge-questions/696565 "2014-08-29T21:41:26Z")
I don’t want this to turn into another “What does the challenge acomplish?” thread. It is clear that this has raised money and awareness. If you want to look like a fool and debate that, run to the other thread… I tri… --- ## [Books on how to deal with 2 year olds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-how-to-deal-with-2-year-olds/696808)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-on-how-to-deal-with-2-year-olds/696808 "2014-08-29T20:57:21Z")
So, my step daughter is staying with us for a while. She has a ~two year old boy. There are issues right now that are making this less than pleasant. A little back story. My step daughter, we will call her Lisa, came o… --- ## [Question about Scottish dialectic usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-scottish-dialectic-usage/696746)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-scottish-dialectic-usage/696746 "2014-08-29T18:08:41Z")
Hello all– So I’m writing a work of fiction that has American characters and Scottish characters. It’s mildly sci fi/fantasy type stuff and for various complicated reasons a lot of the American characters have Old Timey… --- ## [The Jewish barber's dilemma.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jewish-barbers-dilemma/696369)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jewish-barbers-dilemma/696369 "2014-08-29T17:59:28Z")
Another WWII hypothetical. Only this one happens to be absolutely true. It’s 1940 and you’re a young male Jew in occupied Europe. You are transported to Auschwitz, where you’re given a little pep talk by the Lagerfuehrer… --- ## [What is a good book about living cheaply in Manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-book-about-living-cheaply-in-manhattan/696806)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-book-about-living-cheaply-in-manhattan/696806 "2014-08-29T17:44:29Z")
A friend of mine just got a job in Manhattan near central park (upper west side, Lincoln square area). I want to send him a book (or failing that some URLs) about how to live cheap in that area. If there are any cheap r… --- ## [Refluxed...grey goo? Wth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refluxed-grey-goo-wth/696862)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refluxed-grey-goo-wth/696862 "2014-08-29T16:47:03Z")
So occasionally while sleeping I’ll have acid reflux. If I’m lucky, I’ll catch myself and reflux over the side of the bed. I know that sounds gross, but far better to have a mess to clean up than to have it go into my lu… --- ## [I'm going to start a blog. Need some help here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-a-blog-need-some-help-here/696867)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-a-blog-need-some-help-here/696867 "2014-08-29T15:26:25Z")
I’m thinking of starting a blog (waits for the ooohs and aaahs to subside). I’m curious what blogging platforms come recommended. I activated a tumblr account yesterday, and I’m not impressed. For whatever reason the se… --- ## [Is high resting pulse an independent health risk factor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-high-resting-pulse-an-independent-health-risk-factor/696659)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-high-resting-pulse-an-independent-health-risk-factor/696659 "2014-08-29T14:34:07Z")
I have a doctor who wants to lower my resting pulse with beta blockers. I don’t like the side effects and trust my body to regulate my pulse. Is a high resting pulse an independent health risk, and does lowering it actua… --- ## [Gents: What kind of aftershave do you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gents-what-kind-of-aftershave-do-you-use/696223)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gents-what-kind-of-aftershave-do-you-use/696223 "2014-08-29T02:50:50Z")
I use Old Spice. (Smell like grandpa!) :slight\_smile: I like the smell, and it’s subtle. My wife likes it, too, and it complements the whole “50’s Dad” thing I’ve got going on. I just picked up a bottle of Bay Rum after… --- ## [How to create robotic voice samples for a videogame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-robotic-voice-samples-for-a-videogame/696691)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-create-robotic-voice-samples-for-a-videogame/696691 "2014-08-28T22:18:27Z")
I’m trying my hand at creating a little videogame. Nothing special, it’s very simple, but it’s giving me the occasion to experiment with stuff I’ve never done before. Graphics! Art! User interaction! And now, sound! I’m… --- ## [Laundry advice - dark colors fading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-advice-dark-colors-fading/696757)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-advice-dark-colors-fading/696757 "2014-08-28T20:57:18Z")
Seems silly I know, but every season I feel I have to replace otherwise perfectly fine (meaning, I’ve avoided spilling food down the front) shirts because the black has faded/looks dingy. The background is, I’m really h… --- ## [Phone Scam Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-scam-question/696645)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-scam-question/696645 "2014-08-28T20:53:26Z")
I would have liked to put this in General Questions, but I doubt there’s a factual answer. My adult son called me today to tell me an interesting occurrence that happened to him today… As I heard it: My elderly in-laws… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1036) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1038)