# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1060 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1061 --- ## [Is English prescriptivism discriminatory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-english-prescriptivism-discriminatory/693253)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-english-prescriptivism-discriminatory/693253 "2014-07-18T22:10:11Z")
A variant on the classic English language debate brought on by the Weird Al song “Word Crimes.” Now, as argued in the sub links, it may certainly be USED in a discriminatory way, but I’m not sure I agree with some commen… --- ## [Can anyone explain the Immigration crises? How its suddenly exploded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-immigration-crises-how-its-suddenly-exploded/693275)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-immigration-crises-how-its-suddenly-exploded/693275 "2014-07-18T20:50:33Z")
I’ve tried hard to ignore the Immigration news story. I don’t have a dog in this fight. Although I have seen Little Rock’s Hispanic population emerge in the past 15 years. They’ve caused no problems and they hold jobs a … --- ## [Small problem with laptop from eBay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-problem-with-laptop-from-ebay/693148)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-problem-with-laptop-from-ebay/693148 "2014-07-18T19:56:34Z")
I bought a second hand laptop from eBay a few days ago. It is a Lenovo X200, and after trying it for a few days I can say it is in quite good nick, apart from one thing that wasn’t mentioned in the description: the keybo… --- ## [Did the Asian bakery violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by serving me after its Asian customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-asian-bakery-violate-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-serving-me-after-its-asian-customers/692956)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-asian-bakery-violate-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-serving-me-after-its-asian-customers/692956 "2014-07-18T19:32:37Z")
A friend, her daughter and I went into an upscale Asian bakery for shave ice and macarons. Besides a customer already served and seated, we were the only customers present. The layout was a display case abutted by the c… --- ## [How much does it cost you to prepare dinner for yourself only?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-you-to-prepare-dinner-for-yourself-only/693276)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-it-cost-you-to-prepare-dinner-for-yourself-only/693276 "2014-07-18T18:01:39Z")
I live by myself and i rarely eat out. I always buy my own food at supermarket and cook. I don’t like eating out because most of the food is pretty unhealthy and thus if i do, its usually a salad or something like that… --- ## [Girlfriend spending more and more time with work friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-spending-more-and-more-time-with-work-friends/693269)
**Author:** [@brad32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad32)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-spending-more-and-more-time-with-work-friends/693269 "2014-07-18T17:34:30Z")
Not usually one to do this, but I really need some help from some outside opinions. Please forgive the length, and please help as I am really in a dark spot. Me and my current girlfriend have been together for 2 years n… --- ## [Any Pro-Choice People Think Abortion is Morally Wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-choice-people-think-abortion-is-morally-wrong/693305)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pro-choice-people-think-abortion-is-morally-wrong/693305 "2014-07-18T16:53:27Z")
You hear a lot of pro-choice people use the argument that the state should not get involved in abortion decisions. But ISTR only hearing this from people who either think abortions are morally OK anyway, or from people w… --- ## [Would most women really scream when finding a dead body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-most-women-really-scream-when-finding-a-dead-body/658815)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-most-women-really-scream-when-finding-a-dead-body/658815 "2014-07-18T15:52:22Z")
I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen this is movies, women screaming or stifling a scream with their fist when coming across an unexpected corpse. (Men, of course, never scream in those circumstances). Does this r… --- ## [When someone who was younger than you dies . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-who-was-younger-than-you-dies/693400)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-someone-who-was-younger-than-you-dies/693400 "2014-07-18T14:19:01Z")
How do you feel when someone younger than you dies . . . usually a celebrity? I’m 68, and of course this is happening more and more. It just makes me sad that they were robbed of the additional years I’ve enjoyed. And it… --- ## [E-coaches in schools - how does it work? Librarians, teachers, come talk to me...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-coaches-in-schools-how-does-it-work-librarians-teachers-come-talk-to-me/692831)
**Author:** [@Butterscotch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Butterscotch)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-coaches-in-schools-how-does-it-work-librarians-teachers-come-talk-to-me/692831 "2014-07-18T07:04:35Z")
I am a teacher-librarian investigating e-coaching. In this context an e-coach would be a teacher with special skills and training whose primary purpose is to go to planning meetings and into classrooms to support teacher… --- ## [Use of Samsung Tablet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-samsung-tablet/693376)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-samsung-tablet/693376 "2014-07-18T06:23:34Z")
My cell phone service was upgraded this week. I got a Samsung smartphone, along with a tablet (with which I am posting this thread). What do most Dopers, at least, who have these tablets, use them for? --- ## [Do you use a MakerBot 3-D printer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-makerbot-3-d-printer/693343)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-makerbot-3-d-printer/693343 "2014-07-18T05:35:21Z")
Do you use a MakerBot 3-D printer? Tell me what life is like with a MakerBot or other 3-D printer. What do you make? I ask because they are selling them at Home Depot. --- ## [If you were paid twice as much to do your current job...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-paid-twice-as-much-to-do-your-current-job/693121)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-paid-twice-as-much-to-do-your-current-job/693121 "2014-07-18T04:03:34Z")
If you were paid twice as much as you currently are to do your current job, would you work that job all the way up to retirement in your 50s or 60s? (whether you’re currently a cashier, nurse, doctor, mechanic or teach… --- ## [Two Weeks Notice or More?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-weeks-notice-or-more/693412)
**Author:** [@lagalots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lagalots)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-weeks-notice-or-more/693412 "2014-07-18T02:57:36Z")
I have an age old question for y’all: should I give my employer a longer-than-two-weeks notice? This is my second job so I am still pretty new to this quitting thing… On my first job I gave a two weeks notice and everyt… --- ## [LASIK consumers: Follow-up Enhancements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasik-consumers-follow-up-enhancements/693391)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasik-consumers-follow-up-enhancements/693391 "2014-07-17T22:57:07Z")
So my wife is seriously considering LASIK to treat her various eye problems. All of the places she’s considering are including a year of follow-up exams and treatments. A few of the places she’s considering are includi… --- ## [Headphones in the office - yay or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headphones-in-the-office-yay-or-nay/693239)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headphones-in-the-office-yay-or-nay/693239 "2014-07-17T22:36:28Z")
I’m pretty sure this is a generational thing. I’m 33 and have worked my way through the professional world, being in a sort of intermediate level position with a great relationship with my boss, who is in his late 40’s … --- ## [Need advice (urgently!) on vacationing at Baltic Sea, Poland (or Germany)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-urgently-on-vacationing-at-baltic-sea-poland-or-germany/693405)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-urgently-on-vacationing-at-baltic-sea-poland-or-germany/693405 "2014-07-17T22:16:59Z")
So my mom’s coming to visit me in Berlin next week. I’d really like to get out of the city with her and I’m desperately trying to plan a trip to the Baltic Sea for the first week of August (of course this is the absolute… --- ## [Management designating seat in the movie theater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-designating-seat-in-the-movie-theater/693386)
**Author:** [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/management-designating-seat-in-the-movie-theater/693386 "2014-07-17T21:40:08Z")
I just went online and ordered tickets to see “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”. :slight\_smile: I printed the confirmation, and was curious about one of the notes seen at the bottom: \[QUOTE=Your Print at Home Ticket fro… --- ## [Moving to Pensacola 2014 what is it like there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-pensacola-2014-what-is-it-like-there/692897)
**Author:** [@mscoasltine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mscoasltine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-pensacola-2014-what-is-it-like-there/692897 "2014-07-17T21:33:15Z")
We are moving to Pensacola area this fall. Been there several times and love the scenery, but as I know looks can be deceiving. I know all about hurricanes and am actually just west of there Gulf Coast Mississippi. But I… --- ## [Calling All Social Workers and Hotel Clerks -- Panhandlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-social-workers-and-hotel-clerks-panhandlers/693329)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-social-workers-and-hotel-clerks-panhandlers/693329 "2014-07-17T21:12:06Z")
In a thread about giving to panhandlers, LouLou had this to say… So, in your experience, has this been the case? As a social worker, have those who have engaged in panhandling told you their stories? If so, did it para… --- ## [The GCHQ has "ability to change online polls?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gchq-has-ability-to-change-online-polls/693347)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gchq-has-ability-to-change-online-polls/693347 "2014-07-17T21:11:51Z")
I’m not running around with a sky-is-falling reaction to this, but I do have kind of a question about it. According to this article, the GCHQ has the ability to “change outcome of online polls.” I am having trouble com… --- ## [Do you have any Bitcoins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-bitcoins/693088)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-bitcoins/693088 "2014-07-17T20:45:55Z")
I don’t, but as a professional computer nerd with an interest in cryptography I like to follow the news about the whole Bitcoin ecosystem. --- ## [You're trapped in the 1800s with a shipload of technomagic weapons. Do you free the slaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trapped-in-the-1800s-with-a-shipload-of-technomagic-weapons-do-you-free-the-slaves/693085)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-trapped-in-the-1800s-with-a-shipload-of-technomagic-weapons-do-you-free-the-slaves/693085 "2014-07-17T20:19:08Z")
So you took that job with the technomagic do-gooders from these threads, whom I am going to call the Knights-Errant because I don’t feel like typing techomagic do-gooders any more. In your most recent mission, you saved … --- ## [The world's most useless machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-useless-machine/693098)
**Author:** [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-most-useless-machine/693098 "2014-07-17T19:29:45Z")
This video, the world’s most useless machine, gave me a good and much needed chuckle: Dueling Useless Machines!!! (AKA Political Machines) - YouTube --- ## [A legal question for Arizonans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-legal-question-for-arizonans/693308)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-legal-question-for-arizonans/693308 "2014-07-17T18:13:16Z")
The incident is already over, so I’m not looking for advice as much verification. A friend of my has an auto detailing business. He’s got a truck which he uses to do mobile jobs. It says “Al’s Cleaning Service call 970-x… --- ## [Anyone here grow a significant amount of the food they eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-grow-a-significant-amount-of-the-food-they-eat/692817)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-grow-a-significant-amount-of-the-food-they-eat/692817 "2014-07-17T18:02:42Z")
I’ve never done much more than toy with a vegetable garden. My wife was into it when she was younger, but even then it was mostly a hobby to have fresh vegetables for a few weeks out of the year. Does anyone here actuall… --- ## [Cat Litter Box Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-litter-box-help/693017)
**Author:** [@LittleSable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleSable)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-litter-box-help/693017 "2014-07-17T17:11:24Z")
I’ve had multiple cats for years with nary a problem with peeing outside the box. I arrogantly laughed at friends who would report that their cat got mad at them and pissed in the middle of the bed. My situation is not t… --- ## [Help Me Understand Averages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-averages/693251)
**Author:** [@Samantha\_Leigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Samantha_Leigh)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-averages/693251 "2014-07-17T16:51:40Z")
I need some math help. Tell me why two averages do not equal the average of all sets. Why does (a+b)/2 + (c+d)/2 not equal (a+b+c+d)/4? I know these equations are not equal but logically I don’t understand why they are… --- ## [The "Amazonian" stereotype needs to stop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185)
**Author:** [@missyevelyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missyevelyn)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazonian-stereotype-needs-to-stop/693185 "2014-07-17T15:28:24Z")
This has been getting on my last nerve. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been referred to as an “Amazonian.” I’m approx. 5’11" with no shoes on, and I’ve gotten the rudest comments from men. One time in particular d… --- ## [Legal folks: Can Attorneys really do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folks-can-attorneys-really-do-this/693262 "2014-07-17T14:52:54Z")
Not looking for legal advice, and I’m just a bystander (standard disclaimers, etc.) Can an attorney file continuous lawsuits against someone to get even with them? Backstory: I have relatives living in a neighborhood … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1059) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1061)