# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=105 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 106 --- ## [Service Fee of 3% - applies to tips too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-fee-of-3-applies-to-tips-too/997686)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-fee-of-3-applies-to-tips-too/997686 "2024-02-26T03:18:59Z")
My wife and I went out for a Friday night fish fry. The food was great and the portion size amazing. Not surprisingly, the place was packed. What was a surprise was the bill. We got the itemized tab, and I gave my credi… --- ## [Advantages and disadvantages of owning land surrounded by native american reservation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-owning-land-surrounded-by-native-american-reservation/998077)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-owning-land-surrounded-by-native-american-reservation/998077 "2024-02-26T01:20:05Z")
A piece of property came up that is surrounded by properties listed as owned by: U.S.A. TRUST BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (note: I’m not sure this is ‘technically’ reservation land…the odd naming throws me) There is a pub… --- ## [Recommend a good SVG editor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-svg-editor/997792 "2024-02-26T01:14:19Z")
I have need for an SVG editor, but none of the ones I’m finding online seem to have what I need. I have some SVG files, that have some shapes that are right up against other shapes, and so have merged with them. So wha… --- ## [The one symbol not on the QWERTY keyboard that ought to be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-symbol-not-on-the-qwerty-keyboard-that-ought-to-be/997496)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-symbol-not-on-the-qwerty-keyboard-that-ought-to-be/997496 "2024-02-25T13:10:05Z")
So you have the authority to dictate ISO/IEC standards and you can mandate that one symbol currently only available as a Unicode sequence will henceforth be on the standard English 105-key keyboard. What do you pick (and… --- ## [Ancient astronaut believers: Are they racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-astronaut-believers-are-they-racist/996730)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-astronaut-believers-are-they-racist/996730 "2024-02-25T06:34:17Z")
I had a conversation today where the other party was feeling a little guilty about going off on a rampage at a casual question. The person asked what he thought about ancient astronauts and he told her that people who f… --- ## [What do you think of this new "turbo roundabout"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-new-turbo-roundabout/997698)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-new-turbo-roundabout/997698 "2024-02-24T17:31:06Z")
A half an hour away from us, a brand new “turbo roundabout” just opened, only the second in the country. We’re well used to regular roundabouts, but I’ve never heard of this kind. We’re going to have to go try it out. … --- ## [Why shoot down the spy balloon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shoot-down-the-spy-balloon/979440)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shoot-down-the-spy-balloon/979440 "2024-02-24T01:41:07Z")
Wouldn’t it have made more sense to go catch the thing and examine whatever tech was on board? Why was shooting it down the first option? --- ## [I HATE being touched by my parents, but they won't respect that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-being-touched-by-my-parents-but-they-wont-respect-that/526731)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-being-touched-by-my-parents-but-they-wont-respect-that/526731 "2024-02-23T22:52:59Z")
I just had a huge fight with my mother. Well, we always fight about this (since I was a kid) and my dad too, but this is the first time she told me not to talk to her again unless I let her touch me. They know that I ha… --- ## [How frequently do you feed your (medium-sized) doggie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-do-you-feed-your-medium-sized-doggie/997931)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-do-you-feed-your-medium-sized-doggie/997931 "2024-02-23T21:25:06Z")
We gave a 15 month old neutered ‘red-nosed’ Staffie bitch. She is a delight in all ways. But I’ve been feeding her twice a day, morning and evening, and most of the time she turns her nose up at at least one of the meal… --- ## [Medical practitioners of the Dope: Do people really ask for advertised prescription drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-practitioners-of-the-dope-do-people-really-ask-for-advertised-prescription-drugs/996995)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-practitioners-of-the-dope-do-people-really-ask-for-advertised-prescription-drugs/996995 "2024-02-23T16:29:21Z")
You’d think I, of all people, would know this one way or another, but I haven’t heard anything consistent about it. I’m guessing that, in many cases, telling them that it costs $10,000 a month and it’s for a disease tha… --- ## [Who gets Your hackles up, who do you just distrust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-your-hackles-up-who-do-you-just-distrust/997933)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-gets-your-hackles-up-who-do-you-just-distrust/997933 "2024-02-23T02:26:58Z")
What I mean by that is who, what characteristics does this hypothetical person have, that just makes you not trust them in a what that isn’t necessarily rational? I got to thinking about this in a mentally meandering wa… --- ## [What to do in Reykjavik, Iceland for two days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-reykjavik-iceland-for-two-days/997740)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-reykjavik-iceland-for-two-days/997740 "2024-02-23T02:05:04Z")
In late May I will be spending two days in Reykjavik, Iceland. I wish I had more time but this was the best I could manage on this trip. Any “must see” things I should do? Or, really, any ideas at all? I’m willing to… --- ## [What happened with this Amazon order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-amazon-order/997914)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-amazon-order/997914 "2024-02-22T23:27:14Z")
So, I ordered some vitamins and art stencils from Amazon. They were all arriving at once, as one order. There were 4 sellers total for 6 items and everything was shipped from Amazon. What arrived was a package containin… --- ## [Question about the use metonym vs synecdoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-use-metonym-vs-synecdoche/997934)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-use-metonym-vs-synecdoche/997934 "2024-02-22T22:51:38Z")
The use of metonym and synecdoche are often confused. I see the city of Washington(DC) defined as either a metonym (wikipedia) or a synecdoche. Which is it and why? --- ## [Do you/have you consume/d abhorrent media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-you-consume-d-abhorrent-media/997553)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-you-consume-d-abhorrent-media/997553 "2024-02-22T18:23:34Z")
Didn’t know any other way to phrase the topic title. Due to the nature of the podcasts I subscribe to, I have found myself listening to an awful lot about the modern white supremacist movement, to my great dismay. As we… --- ## [Server fired after customer leaves $10k tip (unclear whether tip directly led to termination)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/server-fired-after-customer-leaves-10k-tip-unclear-whether-tip-directly-led-to-termination/997944)
**Author:** [@Ulysses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulysses)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/server-fired-after-customer-leaves-10k-tip-unclear-whether-tip-directly-led-to-termination/997944 "2024-02-22T16:40:03Z")
Quick summary based on reporting: Customer at a Michigan restaurant tipped his server $10,000 (he was in town for a friend’s funeral and left it in memory of said friend). Server shared the tip with other front-of-… --- ## [Things to do in soutwestern Quebec / southeastern Ontario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-soutwestern-quebec-southeastern-ontario/997868)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-soutwestern-quebec-southeastern-ontario/997868 "2024-02-22T03:50:19Z")
We’re going to extreme upstate NY for the solar eclipse in April. The place we’re staying may be very relaxing (lakefromt, very peaceful) but I suspect that some household members may get bored after a couple days. We’… --- ## [It’s hard to get a job these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-hard-to-get-a-job-these-days/996932)
**Author:** [@Imuseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imuseless)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-hard-to-get-a-job-these-days/996932 "2024-02-21T20:48:51Z")
It’s hard to get a job these days. I never been to prison and don’t have a record. But it’s getting harder to find a job these days in 2024. I was born in 1993 so I’m 31 years old. I was in special Ed during grades 4 to … --- ## [Wifi enabled products that do or don't need to be wifi enabled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-enabled-products-that-do-or-dont-need-to-be-wifi-enabled/997145)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-enabled-products-that-do-or-dont-need-to-be-wifi-enabled/997145 "2024-02-21T18:04:25Z")
So, I’m in the market for a new dishwasher, and half the models I’m perusing are extolling the virtues of their wifi-enabled versions. Really? WHY would I need a wifi enabled dishwasher. It gets full, I switch it on. I’m… --- ## [Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Montreal, and Ottawa road trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-vermont-new-hampshire-montreal-and-ottawa-road-trip/996890)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maine-vermont-new-hampshire-montreal-and-ottawa-road-trip/996890 "2024-02-21T17:42:15Z")
I am planning a road trip through the above-mentioned areas in the fall. These are my must-sees so far: Bar Harbor / Acadia National Park, ME Freeport, ME Flume Gorge, NH Ben and Jerry’s, Waterbury, VT Gatineau Park (n… --- ## [Hernia anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hernia-anyone/917250)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hernia-anyone/917250 "2024-02-21T15:34:44Z")
My 49 yo body seems to enjoy finding ways to screw with me. First it was a bad knee. Then tendonitis in both elbows. Then pre-arthritic neck pain, then sciatica. Lots of visits to the physiotherapist. And now this… Frid… --- ## [The UK "triple lock" on pensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-triple-lock-on-pensions/997830)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-triple-lock-on-pensions/997830 "2024-02-21T08:24:10Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/state-pension-triple-lock-shock-as-labour-pledge-puts-tories-on-the-spot/ar-BB1izcPH Under the triple lock, the state pension increases every year in line with wages, inflation or 2… --- ## [Is there a good computer for grandmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-computer-for-grandmas/992723)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-computer-for-grandmas/992723 "2024-02-21T04:39:30Z")
TL;DR version: what’s the best setup for elderly people who are really bad with computers, but still want to use one? My mom (in her eighties) still wants to use her computer, but it’s becoming too difficult to do just … --- ## [Why Won't "Mail" Work on My MacBook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-mail-work-on-my-macbook/997779)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-mail-work-on-my-macbook/997779 "2024-02-21T04:18:06Z")
About 6 months ago, “Mail” (or Outlook for Mac?) stopped working on my MacBook for no apparent reason. If my Xfinty password is stored on the MacBook (maybe under Settings?) AND if this password changed AND if this ch… --- ## [“Honest to Goodness” fee? (Dubious extra fees.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-to-goodness-fee-dubious-extra-fees/997734)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-to-goodness-fee-dubious-extra-fees/997734 "2024-02-21T02:02:13Z")
There’s a chain restaurant here that adds a 3% “Honest to Goodness” fee on the bill “so we can continue to offer you low prices”. One of those sketchy places that advertises small sized, mediocre versions of a meal at a… --- ## [How long is too long to stay in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-too-long-to-stay-in-bed/997733)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-too-long-to-stay-in-bed/997733 "2024-02-20T14:17:35Z")
Asking for a friend. --- ## [If you made up a Roman god of traffic control, what would be its name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398 "2024-02-20T00:48:56Z")
The Romans had gods of little things, like Cardea, the goddess of hinges. So what would the god/dess of traffic control be? The best I can come up with is Delineatus - possibly spelled differently. --- ## [Fish: wild caught or farmed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-wild-caught-or-farmed/997757)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-wild-caught-or-farmed/997757 "2024-02-19T23:21:58Z")
For those who haven’t clued in by now, I live in Australia. And like the rest of the world, seafood is horrendously expensive here. Especially wild-caught fish. Personally, I don’t like to eat farmed seafood. I find it … --- ## [Home DIYers: Painting a Room without Painter's Tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-diyers-painting-a-room-without-painters-tape/997729)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-diyers-painting-a-room-without-painters-tape/997729 "2024-02-19T23:04:42Z")
Over the years, I’ve become a pretty good painter of my home’s interior, yet I’m still glued (sorry) to painter’s tape. I would love to NOT use the stuff, but psychologically can’t let it go, so I end up taping everythin… --- ## [Which technology is more likely - downloading consciousness or colonizing another planet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-technology-is-more-likely-downloading-consciousness-or-colonizing-another-planet/997629)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-technology-is-more-likely-downloading-consciousness-or-colonizing-another-planet/997629 "2024-02-19T22:11:53Z")
Both technologies are probably a ways out but there is this current push, by some, to settle other worlds. One given reason for this is that we are running out of space here, trashing our planet. I don’t think a base on … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=104) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=106)