# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1041 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1042 --- ## [Chrome users: How much did you pay for Ad Block?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-users-how-much-did-you-pay-for-ad-block/696112)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-users-how-much-did-you-pay-for-ad-block/696112 "2014-08-23T00:47:55Z")
Dang it! The application said it’s free but then after you download it they beg for money. The suggested price you pay is $35 but they also say you should just pay what you can afford. $35 seems a little steep to me. W… --- ## [Straight males attracted to predominantly female occupations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-males-attracted-to-predominantly-female-occupations/696119)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-males-attracted-to-predominantly-female-occupations/696119 "2014-08-23T00:43:48Z")
I am a straight male with no bi tendencies that is attracted to a lot of proffessions that are predominantly female. I am also attracted to very male dominated proffessions. I am usually more comfortable sitting around c… --- ## ["Communications" in the business world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communications-in-the-business-world/696236)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communications-in-the-business-world/696236 "2014-08-23T00:20:19Z")
If you encountered a B2B company named, say, Whozamawhatsit Communications, would you think they dealt with telephone systems and the like, or ‘communications’ in a business sense? Assuming the business is actually the … --- ## [How much do you tip the hotel maid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-the-hotel-maid/695730 "2014-08-22T23:40:10Z")
Or do you even tip them? I usually leave 2 bucks a day, but was recently told that I should tip daily and then bigger at the end of my stay. What do you folks do? --- ## ["You haven't really lived until you've experienced X"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-havent-really-lived-until-youve-experienced-x/696135)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-havent-really-lived-until-youve-experienced-x/696135 "2014-08-22T22:01:47Z")
Do you believe there is an experience that is so important that you’d feel comfortable saying something like this? I say you haven’t really lived until you’ve faced personal adversity of some type. It’s really hard to … --- ## [Anti-tattoo discrimination; should this be a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-tattoo-discrimination-should-this-be-a-thing/695821)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-tattoo-discrimination-should-this-be-a-thing/695821 "2014-08-22T19:37:14Z")
As reported by the beeb there are some who call for anti-tattoo discrimination in employer-employee relations to be illegal. Let’s take an example from the article. There’s a lady working as a consultant, has all the ski… --- ## [Why do you use Twitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-use-twitter/696059)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-use-twitter/696059 "2014-08-22T18:42:40Z")
I don’t use Twitter but sometimes feel like I’m missing out on something. I have an account but have never used it and even have a few followers including one complete stranger. I’ve just never understood the usefulness … --- ## [Expired first aid supplies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expired-first-aid-supplies/695910)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expired-first-aid-supplies/695910 "2014-08-22T18:17:01Z")
I’ve just replaced the expired first aid kit supplies in several first aid kits - burn cream and antibiotic ointment are the things that needed to be replaced this cycle, and now I have a bunch of packages of expired bur… --- ## [Atheists; were you born "so made that you cannot believe."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-were-you-born-so-made-that-you-cannot-believe/695512)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-were-you-born-so-made-that-you-cannot-believe/695512 "2014-08-22T17:33:13Z")
In the words of Blaise Pascal, the ones who he addressed his famous and flawed wager to were the ones who couldn’t believe, “so made” as he put it. I know we have a lot of atheists on the boards - did you ever have a fa… --- ## ["What's your favorite color" is nonsensical to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-color-is-nonsensical-to-me/695523)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-color-is-nonsensical-to-me/695523 "2014-08-22T17:05:39Z")
When someone asks “What’s your favorite color?”, the question just seems nonsensical to me. Why would anyone actually prefer one color over another? I know people DO, but it makes no sense to me. I can understand that… --- ## [Feline dental care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-dental-care/536959)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-dental-care/536959 "2014-08-22T16:59:52Z")
Any experiences? Seeking stories/advice/opinions. I have two cats and go to a rather posh vet, which also has a boarding facility which I use a few times per year. The cats are now almost 10 and the vet informed me it… --- ## [Do US politicians change their accent according to audience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-politicians-change-their-accent-according-to-audience/696174)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-us-politicians-change-their-accent-according-to-audience/696174 "2014-08-22T15:07:42Z")
I had always noticed that W sounded much more Texan when he was making a campaign speech then when he was speaking normally. You can see in his ALS video especially when compared to his Mrs. (George W Bush takes Ice Buck… --- ## [Labor Day weekend in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-weekend-in-nyc/696103)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-day-weekend-in-nyc/696103 "2014-08-22T14:35:37Z")
Wife and I are planning a last-minute trip over Labor Day weekend. We’ll be Amtraking in, so for convenience’ sake we’re thinking to find a hotel pretty close to Penn Station. Any hotel recommendations that aren’t too … --- ## [Is This Ethical for a Lawyer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ethical-for-a-lawyer/695984)
**Author:** [@KSReynolds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSReynolds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ethical-for-a-lawyer/695984 "2014-08-22T13:16:06Z")
I caught my live-in of 7years cheating on me. His attorney friend was facilitating the cheating by hosting them on his yaucht, providing my boyfriend with the means to contact me while he was with her on his yaucht. Th… --- ## [Give that man a medal! US soldier takes bullet for UK officer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-that-man-a-medal-us-soldier-takes-bullet-for-uk-officer/696046)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-that-man-a-medal-us-soldier-takes-bullet-for-uk-officer/696046 "2014-08-22T11:13:16Z")
From the Daily Telegraph: According to Wiki, we’re allowed to give you some medals. Details are severely lacking, but at least a DSC seems in order, and VC is not out of expectation. --- ## [You have ALS. What will you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-als-what-will-you-do/696080)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-als-what-will-you-do/696080 "2014-08-22T08:26:00Z")
Last year I watched a documentary – Terry Pratchett: Choosing To Die. If you ever get a chance, I recommend watching it. The primary focus was on the final days – and in the end, the final minutes and seconds – in the l… --- ## [Is the Los Angeles County Metro RACIST by agreeing to raise fares on those that need it most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-los-angeles-county-metro-racist-by-agreeing-to-raise-fares-on-those-that-need-it-most/695846)
**Author:** [@la\_fille\_intellectuelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/la_fille_intellectuelle)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-los-angeles-county-metro-racist-by-agreeing-to-raise-fares-on-those-that-need-it-most/695846 "2014-08-22T06:20:15Z")
This issue has actually bothered me ever since I found out by accident 1 month ago that they ALREADY passed this measure.When I say “measure” I meant to say ROBBERY because by raising the monthly pass from $75 to $100 th… --- ## [I think my partner has Alzeimers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-partner-has-alzeimers/696143)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-partner-has-alzeimers/696143 "2014-08-22T04:32:59Z")
I have been suspecting this for the past year and it seems to be rapidly becomming more evident. She has a strong family history of early onset alzeimers disease. Her father, grandfather, aunts and uncles on both sides. … --- ## [Anyone know of any wifi routers with REAL parental controls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-any-wifi-routers-with-real-parental-controls/696113)
**Author:** [@Shadowfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfyre)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-any-wifi-routers-with-real-parental-controls/696113 "2014-08-21T23:00:48Z")
My son is now 14 and just started school for the year. Now that he’s old enough, we don’t have grandparents or neighbors waiting for him when he gets off the bus, so he is alone until either my wife or I get home. The d… --- ## [Fundraising Dare Ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundraising-dare-ideas/696015)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundraising-dare-ideas/696015 "2014-08-21T21:55:57Z")
I am raising money for MDA’s Executive Lock-Up for the second year. Everyone has been talking about the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, and it occurred to me that I could do something similar. I could post on Facebook about t… --- ## [Have you ever "not" received a text message?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-not-received-a-text-message/696052)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-not-received-a-text-message/696052 "2014-08-21T18:30:53Z")
This has happened to me a couple of times over the last few years from one completely reliable source: a colleague in fact. Today I never received one from my daughter. She texted me this morning and asked me to bring … --- ## [Signs someone is using you as their backup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-someone-is-using-you-as-their-backup/696045)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-someone-is-using-you-as-their-backup/696045 "2014-08-21T18:28:55Z")
So there is a girl I was talking to a bit on a dating site, and I started feeling like she was just using me as her backup. We would talk and she would disappear for a week or two, then write me on saturday night (like a… --- ## [What is she playing at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-she-playing-at/695909)
**Author:** [@Random\_noob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random_noob)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-she-playing-at/695909 "2014-08-21T17:42:32Z")
What is she playing at? Story: So about 6 months ago I ran into one of my ex girlfriends from college. We had been out of communication for 4 ish years minus the exchange of the annual happy birthday kind of texts. And… --- ## [Would you try and escape as a PoW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-and-escape-as-a-pow/695955)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-and-escape-as-a-pow/695955 "2014-08-21T17:17:13Z")
It’s September, 1943 and you’re a private in the US Army invading Italy\*. You’re sent out on patrol only to bump into ze Germans, who ambush you in greater numbers and shout “Hände hoch!” For you, ze var is over. in a … --- ## [Will the video of Brown in the convenience store be admitted as evidence in Wilson's prosecution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-video-of-brown-in-the-convenience-store-be-admitted-as-evidence-in-wilsons-prosecution/695856)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-video-of-brown-in-the-convenience-store-be-admitted-as-evidence-in-wilsons-prosecution/695856 "2014-08-21T16:52:36Z")
This assumes that Darren Wilson is charged with a crime in the Michael Brown shooting and it goes to trial. It also assumes that it is Brown in the video. The family has claimed that it is prejudicial against Michael B… --- ## [Best Dirty Jokes/Rhymes/Songs from Childhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dirty-jokes-rhymes-songs-from-childhood/344902)
**Author:** [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-dirty-jokes-rhymes-songs-from-childhood/344902 "2014-08-21T16:20:25Z")
You’ve all heard 'em, and maybe you even remember a few. You know… they were the “dirty” jokes/tales/limericks/songs, etc., which introduced you to new vocabulary and aspects of human behavior with which you may have be… --- ## [If the US President dumped ice water on his head for ALS awareness.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-president-dumped-ice-water-on-his-head-for-als-awareness/696005 "2014-08-21T16:14:21Z")
If the US President dumped ice water on his head for ALS awareness - that is, a current president, not a retired one - would you think it was a great gesture, or too undignified and unpresidential? Of course, he could d… --- ## [Is Invicta a decent watch? Need Answer Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-invicta-a-decent-watch-need-answer-fast/647100)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-invicta-a-decent-watch-need-answer-fast/647100 "2014-08-21T15:47:40Z")
I have a deal from Groupon to get an Invicta watch (Product Number: Invicta-1276) for $90. The deal says it retails for $695. Too good to be true? Is Invicta a decent watch? I know it’s made in China - deal breaker? --- ## [Police and Private Property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-and-private-property/692430)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-and-private-property/692430 "2014-08-21T15:31:56Z")
I live in a small community of about 2000 people. A sleepy town that really doesn’t see much of anything happen. It seems the officers on duty are very nosy and seem to search people’s property, or walk into their yard/… --- ## [Another Colonoscopy Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-colonoscopy-thread/675573)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-colonoscopy-thread/675573 "2014-08-21T14:37:01Z")
Looks like I’m getting one. I’ve had intestinal problems for a few weeks now, and tests show occult blood in the stool. That means I can’t see the blood with the eye, but the lab detected it. So colonoscopy is the next s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1040) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1042)