# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1066 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1067 --- ## [Are a person born in 1973 and one in 1984 of the same generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-a-person-born-in-1973-and-one-in-1984-of-the-same-generation/676279)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-a-person-born-in-1973-and-one-in-1984-of-the-same-generation/676279 "2014-07-08T14:43:47Z")
Last month a coworker of mine celebrated his 40th birthday, meaning he was born in 1973. I turned 29 earlier this year (I was born in 1984.) I usually think of this coworker as being a fair amount older than I am, but my… --- ## [If you could click your fingers and make all religions instantly disappear, would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-click-your-fingers-and-make-all-religions-instantly-disappear-would-you/692310)
**Author:** [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-click-your-fingers-and-make-all-religions-instantly-disappear-would-you/692310 "2014-07-08T12:31:16Z")
I was watching The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in which Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris discuss religion and one of the questions raised was whether, if they could, they would mak… --- ## [Are some people dominantsexual or submissivesexual instead of hetero or homosexual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-dominantsexual-or-submissivesexual-instead-of-hetero-or-homosexual/692620)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-dominantsexual-or-submissivesexual-instead-of-hetero-or-homosexual/692620 "2014-07-08T09:27:34Z")
I feel the need for a disclaimer that I don’t think anything is WRONG with any kind of sexuality per se, I’m just curious about a distinction. I always assumed people were either attracted to men or women, or both. But … --- ## [Over the air (Antenna) TV: I need both a tuner card and a separate device to to record?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-air-antenna-tv-i-need-both-a-tuner-card-and-a-separate-device-to-to-record/692283)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-air-antenna-tv-i-need-both-a-tuner-card-and-a-separate-device-to-to-record/692283 "2014-07-08T07:17:26Z")
Or do most tuner cards come with its own recording capability? I’m trying to record OTA tv on my computer. I already ordered the antenna and I know I at least need to install a tuner card on my pc, but now, how do I go … --- ## [How much do you mind if someone keeps you awake when you don't have to wake up early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-mind-if-someone-keeps-you-awake-when-you-dont-have-to-wake-up-early/692468)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-mind-if-someone-keeps-you-awake-when-you-dont-have-to-wake-up-early/692468 "2014-07-08T06:44:42Z")
Brought to mind because I just listened to illegal aerial fireworks set off on an early Sunday morning. Assuming that the majority of those woken up don’t have to get out of bed at any particular time on Sunday, how muc… --- ## [Am I saving money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-saving-money/692507)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-saving-money/692507 "2014-07-08T04:39:57Z")
I’ve started unpluging anything that shows a light after I turn off the power. Microwave/TV/radio/computer/such… Any idea how much money I save per month? I’m awful at any math.:frowning: --- ## [Very limited diet toddler advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-limited-diet-toddler-advice/691759)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-limited-diet-toddler-advice/691759 "2014-07-08T03:41:43Z")
I’ve got a toddler who despite being a very adventurous eater early on(once ate my entire dinner of herring in wine sauce and also ate entire jars of green olives) has now become ridiculously restricted. His diet consist… --- ## [When was the last time you deliberately broke the law in protest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-deliberately-broke-the-law-in-protest/692538)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-deliberately-broke-the-law-in-protest/692538 "2014-07-08T02:41:16Z")
To clarify the question, I’m not talking about the last time you broke the speed limit because you thought you wouldn’t get caught. What I mean is “when was the last time you knowingly disobeyed a law because you thought… --- ## [Lip Lumps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-lumps/630450)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lip-lumps/630450 "2014-07-08T02:32:06Z")
Not looking for medical advice exactly, but wondering if anyone else experiences this. It has only started happening to me in the last couple of years. Sometimes I’ll develop a lump or thickening on my upper or lower li… --- ## [Do I actually have asthma?(weird asthma type?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-actually-have-asthma-weird-asthma-type/691761)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-actually-have-asthma-weird-asthma-type/691761 "2014-07-08T02:24:47Z")
I was diagnosed with asthma at age 5 after having an asthma attack, I’ve had intermittent attacks my whole life. The odd thing is I have no symptoms, no lung tightness or wheezing chronically, it will just come on sudde… --- ## [Inner wall-studs at least 2' apart, how can I hang my pictures? Please help...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-wall-studs-at-least-2-apart-how-can-i-hang-my-pictures-please-help/692516)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-wall-studs-at-least-2-apart-how-can-i-hang-my-pictures-please-help/692516 "2014-07-08T01:48:50Z")
OK, so we recently relocated from L.A. to Escondido, in northern San Diego County. Great environment, nights that are quiet and dark, and a small-town feel but with a rapid transit line to the beach at Oceanside. (In g… --- ## [Legal types: murder trial defense question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-types-murder-trial-defense-question/692541)
**Author:** [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-types-murder-trial-defense-question/692541 "2014-07-08T01:47:30Z")
Need answer fast! No, not really. The trial I’ve been reading about made me wonder: Is it better for the defense to offer a theory - any theory - of what may have happened than to say they have no way of knowing what ha… --- ## [When was the last time you got someone else in trouble for something you did?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-got-someone-else-in-trouble-for-something-you-did/692539)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-got-someone-else-in-trouble-for-something-you-did/692539 "2014-07-08T00:23:09Z")
Did you ‘fess up later? I’ve never done this, nuh-uh, no sirree, not me… :slight\_smile: --- ## [Ventriloquist dummies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ventriloquist-dummies/692408)
**Author:** [@RachelChristine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RachelChristine)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ventriloquist-dummies/692408 "2014-07-07T22:43:45Z")
Has anyone ever gotten a ventriloquist dummy for their child? That is all my daughter wants for her birthday coming up. I’m looking around, of course, but I’m torn between buying something that is too cheaply made so … --- ## [Circulation problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circulation-problem/692583)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circulation-problem/692583 "2014-07-07T22:25:07Z")
Never mind; Please close this thing. --- ## [Paying down part of a mortgage... good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-down-part-of-a-mortgage-good-idea/692450)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-down-part-of-a-mortgage-good-idea/692450 "2014-07-07T22:07:12Z")
I suspect there’s no definitive yes/no answer here, but I’m hoping for at least some productive input… So my wife and I own a house, have a mortgage, and have a chunk of money saved up in our checking account just from … --- ## [Need new tires. Advice requested.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-new-tires-advice-requested/692547)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-new-tires-advice-requested/692547 "2014-07-07T22:04:00Z")
I have a 2012 Rav-4 with a tad over 50K. Mutiple places told me I need new tires. Mostly I drive on highways and only go off road when my GPS messes up and sends me there. The quotes I have are are below. All include ro… --- ## [Should I (or can I) fight this fine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-or-can-i-fight-this-fine/656248)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-or-can-i-fight-this-fine/656248 "2014-07-07T21:37:51Z")
We’ve lived in the city for about 6 years now. Our house came with an ADT alarm system installed by the previous owners, but we didn’t activate it until about a year or two later. Luckily, we’ve not had any situations wh… --- ## [4th of July - how much do you spend on fireworks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4th-of-july-how-much-do-you-spend-on-fireworks/692359)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4th-of-july-how-much-do-you-spend-on-fireworks/692359 "2014-07-07T20:57:23Z")
For those who live in places where you can buy and shoot off your own fireworks on the 4th of July, about how much do you spend? And what does it get you? Fireworks are not legal in the city here, but they are in the co… --- ## [Elementary Limericks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-limericks/692465)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-limericks/692465 "2014-07-07T20:30:34Z")
I apologize for nothing, because I’ve lost neutrality; in fact, I’m really quite charged: Here's a pair of nitrogen Their bond is hella tightrogen But in TNT Take care, or you'll be Launched by them into flightrog… --- ## [People who call without stating their name first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-call-without-stating-their-name-first/692194)
**Author:** [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-call-without-stating-their-name-first/692194 "2014-07-07T20:01:17Z")
The majority of clients I get on the phone do not state their name unless prompted to. This is especially the case when they call trying to reach someone other than me. They’ll simply open with “Hi, I’m calling for (cowo… --- ## [How to decide who "wins" a fistfight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-decide-who-wins-a-fistfight/692500)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-decide-who-wins-a-fistfight/692500 "2014-07-07T19:18:23Z")
Soooo… suppose two guys get into a fist fight in order to determine which one will come out the winner. I don’t care about why–whatever reason you want. But it’s bare fists, no weapons, no particular fighting style, and … --- ## [Ethics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics/692482)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics/692482 "2014-07-07T16:42:13Z")
Here’s an Ethics scenario that comes up from time to time. A German soldier in WWII is a good soldier. He loves his family, doesn’t drink, isn’t cruel, isn’t political, blahblahblah. But since he is a soldier, he is a… --- ## [Are horses mean to some people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-mean-to-some-people/692478)
**Author:** [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absinthe_Anecdote)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-mean-to-some-people/692478 "2014-07-07T14:00:15Z")
What is your opinion of horses? I’m far from a horse expert, but one of my uncles had a farm and owned five horses. I spent several summers on his farm and visited it too many times to count over the years. I was a fre… --- ## ["The Child Is Father To the Man" - How so, particularly, in your case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-is-father-to-the-man-how-so-particularly-in-your-case/692530)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-child-is-father-to-the-man-how-so-particularly-in-your-case/692530 "2014-07-07T12:14:38Z")
What specific elements of your childhood - how you were raised, your family structure, something that happened to you - have, for better or worse, had the most long-lasting, formative effect on your adult life, even long… --- ## [Who would you Rank lowest among the six previous Presidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-rank-lowest-among-the-six-previous-presidents/691947)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-rank-lowest-among-the-six-previous-presidents/691947 "2014-07-07T08:29:48Z")
your choices are Carter Reagan George HW Bush Clinton George Bush Obama Obama still has a year and half to go. But his track record is pretty firmly established by now. By lowest I am referring to effectiveness i… --- ## [How often should you change the carpet or the flooring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-you-change-the-carpet-or-the-flooring/692481)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-you-change-the-carpet-or-the-flooring/692481 "2014-07-07T06:05:36Z")
Home kitchen, living, den, dinning, bedroom, hallway Business office light to medium traffic Restaurant medium to heavy traffic --- ## [What;'s a really fun Playstation game with good replay value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-a-really-fun-playstation-game-with-good-replay-value/45411)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-a-really-fun-playstation-game-with-good-replay-value/45411 "2014-07-07T05:26:43Z")
I have a Playstation and so far, I’ve only played RPG games like Final Fantasy IX, Chrono Cross, and Vagrant Story. Well, Christmas is coming and I’d like to get a more fun game that doesn’t have a story(or atleast much … --- ## [Being "rich" for at least one year is common?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-rich-for-at-least-one-year-is-common/692255)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-rich-for-at-least-one-year-is-common/692255 "2014-07-07T03:49:47Z")
I am really shocked by this: Personally, I am \*very \*doubtful that I will ever live in a household that will even crack the $100K mark, even for a year, so I guess I’m one of the bottom 23 percent in that category–thou… --- ## [whose had experience with airport concierge services? (need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-had-experience-with-airport-concierge-services-need-answer-kinda-fast/692508)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-had-experience-with-airport-concierge-services-need-answer-kinda-fast/692508 "2014-07-07T03:02:35Z")
So, my mom is traveling back east this week and I’m a little concerned about her ability to navigate though O’hare airport (Chicago) by herself. I see that concierge services are available, some of them are VIP, which w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1065) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1067)