# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1067 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1068 --- ## [Fight to the death: which animal team would you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-to-the-death-which-animal-team-would-you-choose/692325)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-to-the-death-which-animal-team-would-you-choose/692325 "2014-07-06T22:02:45Z")
your life is on the line. you have to choose a creature to represent you in a fight to the death in a colosseum. which would you choose? Rules: \[ul\] \[li\] only real, existing creatures allowed. \[/li\]\[li\] after both you… --- ## [What sci fi human state would you want to live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-human-state-would-you-want-to-live-in/691381)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-human-state-would-you-want-to-live-in/691381 "2014-07-06T21:12:55Z")
As it says on the title, what science fiction state would you wish that you lived in at the moment? For me it is a cross between: Star Trek and 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinsion. Both would be wonderful choices to hang out … --- ## [Someone wants a wireless backup camera attached to a trailer, on while driving. How to set it up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wants-a-wireless-backup-camera-attached-to-a-trailer-on-while-driving-how-to-set-it-up/692454)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-wants-a-wireless-backup-camera-attached-to-a-trailer-on-while-driving-how-to-set-it-up/692454 "2014-07-06T16:24:37Z")
Those backup cameras seem nice, I know someone with a full size pickup and a camper trailer that is about 18’ long who wants one, but they want to use it for continuous use while driving (not just when backing up). They … --- ## [Are you tall enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tall-enough/691818)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-tall-enough/691818 "2014-07-06T08:25:16Z")
I was talking to the sister I like the other night, and for reasons I won’t share because I don’t remember, the topic turned to height. “You’re, what, five two, right,” I said. "“Five two and a HALF,” she replied. “St… --- ## [Was my mailman being a dick, made a mistake, or was I in the wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-mailman-being-a-dick-made-a-mistake-or-was-i-in-the-wrong/413987)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-mailman-being-a-dick-made-a-mistake-or-was-i-in-the-wrong/413987 "2014-07-06T02:49:50Z")
My kids birthday was recently and my wife made all the invitations, addressed the envelopes, put return address labels on them and gave them to me to distribute among neighbors or take to the post office to get postage a… --- ## [To what extent are you following the World Cup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-are-you-following-the-world-cup/692051)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-are-you-following-the-world-cup/692051 "2014-07-06T02:48:37Z")
To what extent are you following the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil? A Poll for the SDMB. As for me, I’m watching as many matches as I can, as usual. I’ve only missed a handful…And it’s been a blast! --- ## [So... what do I do with a rock hammer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-with-a-rock-hammer/692363)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-with-a-rock-hammer/692363 "2014-07-06T02:43:29Z")
Picked up a “survival” kit at a garage sale, mainly because it included a hatchet that I can use. I also got a folding saw, a folding shovel, a (crappy) knife with a hollow handle with various stuff (matches, etc.) insid… --- ## [Question for Harley Owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-harley-owners/690629)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-harley-owners/690629 "2014-07-05T23:29:22Z")
I just saw what I believed to be a beautiful red Sportster. However, when the accelerated from the stoplight, the exhaust note was not that of Harley. At the next light I noticed H-O-N-D-A on the back of the seat. So,… --- ## [I think ABC was wrong to air a show about the sociopath who murdered people at UC Santa Barbara.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-abc-was-wrong-to-air-a-show-about-the-sociopath-who-murdered-people-at-uc-santa-barbara/691858)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-abc-was-wrong-to-air-a-show-about-the-sociopath-who-murdered-people-at-uc-santa-barbara/691858 "2014-07-05T23:17:33Z")
I usually confine my recreational outrage to bad commercials, but I was extremely upset with ABC’s 20/20 episode last night focusing on the misogynistic sociopath who murdered his roommates and a number of people around … --- ## [Are you happily married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happily-married/691630 "2014-07-05T21:34:58Z")
Poll in a moment. And no, I’m not including options for people who are not currently married, because that would be stupid. But I’m also not gonna define marriage, because that would be too much work. --- ## [Ask the 35 Year Old who has for a year now (and counting) been Dating a Teenager](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-35-year-old-who-has-for-a-year-now-and-counting-been-dating-a-teenager/550547)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 244\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-35-year-old-who-has-for-a-year-now-and-counting-been-dating-a-teenager/550547 "2014-07-05T20:48:33Z")
My first “Ask the” Thread. My girlfriend and I had our first date just over a year ago, we had an anniversary date last week. On our first date I was 34 1/2 and she was 18 1/2. Anyone have an “Ask the” question? --- ## [bikes and cars (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikes-and-cars-again/691730)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikes-and-cars-again/691730 "2014-07-05T18:12:40Z")
Please, I beg you… without dredging up the entire bike vs. car debate points about bikes being lawless jerks and drivers being inconsiderate, what do you think OF THIS SITUATION: A cyclist, in the bike lane, is passing … --- ## [what are the chances of me getting in trouble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-chances-of-me-getting-in-trouble/692333)
**Author:** [@ironic55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ironic55)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-chances-of-me-getting-in-trouble/692333 "2014-07-05T17:36:24Z")
ok so here is the story. i was with some friends. driving home around midnight and they got a stupid idea. go to our old high school and pee on the doors. so we went to the school ( it was at midnight so i guess we were… --- ## [Iraq: ISIS or ISIL? And...Caliphate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-isis-or-isil-and-caliphate/691517)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-isis-or-isil-and-caliphate/691517 "2014-07-05T17:13:48Z")
I’m posting here and not in Great Debates, because I don’t have a point to make… And I’m not asking in General Questions, because I want opinions as well as hard facts… In Iraq, the insurgency is ISIS, right? So how c… --- ## [Best TV Brands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-brands/692069)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-tv-brands/692069 "2014-07-05T13:54:29Z")
Looking to get a TV and wanting to get a 40’ tv. I was going to get samsung but then i saw LG seems to have similar tv and the price is a bit less. Is it worth it getting an LG? I always assumed samsung and sony were … --- ## [What, if anything, is a good investment nowadays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-a-good-investment-nowadays/593705)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-a-good-investment-nowadays/593705 "2014-07-05T13:31:19Z")
If you are at a poker table and can’t spot the sucker, then it is you. So here I am. If someone has money they want to invest (not a huge amount of money, just a few thousand) are there any investments worth looking into… --- ## [If you could control the mind of one person . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-control-the-mind-of-one-person/692210)
**Author:** [@The\_Mask\_behind\_the\_Mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mask_behind_the_Mask)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-control-the-mind-of-one-person/692210 "2014-07-05T13:15:32Z")
If you could control the mind of one person, who would it be? Is there anything in particular you’d have them do? The rules: You can only choose one person to control. No matter what happens to that person, you can’… --- ## [Someone who used to live in your house knocks on your door. Do you let them in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-who-used-to-live-in-your-house-knocks-on-your-door-do-you-let-them-in/691856)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-who-used-to-live-in-your-house-knocks-on-your-door-do-you-let-them-in/691856 "2014-07-05T12:40:34Z")
This happens so much in movies, it’s probably a trope by now. But if someone actually knocked on your door and said this was their childhood home, would you let them in to take a look around? --- ## [Would you listen to the time traveler and believe you will start a war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-listen-to-the-time-traveler-and-believe-you-will-start-a-war/615076)
**Author:** [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-listen-to-the-time-traveler-and-believe-you-will-start-a-war/615076 "2014-07-05T05:29:08Z")
It’s 1914. You are a young Serb, poor, with very few prospects. One day, a cloaked figure approaches you with a proposition: Kill Archduke Francis Ferdinand and become famous. Your act will start a great war, declares th… --- ## [Throwing dog poop in someone else's garbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-dog-poop-in-someone-elses-garbage/592302)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-dog-poop-in-someone-elses-garbage/592302 "2014-07-05T04:07:31Z")
We recently got a new dog. When I’m walking him I always bring a bag and pick up his poop. But is it ok to toss the poop in a garbage can at a stranger’s house, or am I supposed to carry it with me the rest of the walk? … --- ## [Do you believe a person's life should be dependent on how fat their wallet is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-a-persons-life-should-be-dependent-on-how-fat-their-wallet-is/692272)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-a-persons-life-should-be-dependent-on-how-fat-their-wallet-is/692272 "2014-07-05T03:59:14Z")
Should it be the government’s responsibility that Joe Blow gets all the same health care as Joe Millionaire? --- ## [Breakfast in bed - ever had it? Ever served it? Ever wanted it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed-ever-had-it-ever-served-it-ever-wanted-it/692180)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-bed-ever-had-it-ever-served-it-ever-wanted-it/692180 "2014-07-05T03:43:20Z")
I’ve never had breakfast in bed - not on Mother’s Day, not on my birthday, not even when I was sick. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t consider it to be a treat. When I first wake up, I head to the bathroom to answer nature’s… --- ## [What the heck is going on in my mouth? (Dental question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-in-my-mouth-dental-question/691959)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-in-my-mouth-dental-question/691959 "2014-07-05T01:50:54Z")
Hi gang. To start with, I just had a consultation w/my new dentist yesterday w/X-rays and so on, and have another appointment on Tuesday where actual work will be done. So I’m not asking this in lieu of going to my dent… --- ## [Could you love a (former) professional killer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-love-a-former-professional-killer/692022)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-love-a-former-professional-killer/692022 "2014-07-05T00:40:39Z")
If you don’t like these hypos, I’m mystified as to why you’re still reading. So here’s the sitch. One day you inadvertently discover a crime committed by a local drug gang, whose leader decides to ensure your silence by… --- ## [What/who is your go-to name for somebody pissing you off in traffic or elsewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-is-your-go-to-name-for-somebody-pissing-you-off-in-traffic-or-elsewhere/692170 "2014-07-04T23:59:02Z")
This may result eventually in a poll if there are enough similar responses to warrant such. And I had no idea where the appropriate forum (if any) would be to ask this. I have a collection of names that I use instead of… --- ## [Sleep Deprivation before seeing Neurologist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation-before-seeing-neurologist/692234)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation-before-seeing-neurologist/692234 "2014-07-04T22:42:10Z")
A friend asked me this, and I said I’d ask here, where people have an astonishing breadth of knowledge… He’s going in to see a neurologist (I have no idea why) and the doc said for him to stay awake for at least eight h… --- ## [Is it ever ethical to perpetrate a hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-ethical-to-perpetrate-a-hoax/692309)
**Author:** [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absinthe_Anecdote)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ever-ethical-to-perpetrate-a-hoax/692309 "2014-07-04T22:39:46Z")
Is it ever ethical to perpetrate a hoax? What if you enter into a hoax with the intent to eventually reveal yourself as a fraud, and that your stated goal was to raise awareness of hoaxers and pseudo-science? Here is a… --- ## [Doper parents: dissuading violent talk in a preschooler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-dissuading-violent-talk-in-a-preschooler/529988)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-dissuading-violent-talk-in-a-preschooler/529988 "2014-07-04T22:22:55Z")
I’m looking for some advice on an issue with my preschooler. For all I know, this could just be a phase, but it’s still kind of disturbing. Here’s the story: my kid, who’s 3 and ½, has been talking a lot about what he’ll… --- ## [What's my best option for internet and/or TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-best-option-for-internet-and-or-tv/692197)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-my-best-option-for-internet-and-or-tv/692197 "2014-07-04T20:22:50Z")
I’m getting ready to move into my own place after sharing a house for 3 years. Before I moved into my current situation, I lived alone for 10 years. I’ve never been a big TV watcher. When I lived on my own, I never ha… --- ## [Laptop water spill: OSX and software to diagnose the aftermath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-water-spill-osx-and-software-to-diagnose-the-aftermath/692311)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-water-spill-osx-and-software-to-diagnose-the-aftermath/692311 "2014-07-04T19:18:02Z")
Water got spilled on the keyboard of my Macbook. Let’s just leave the description of “the incident” in the passive voice. I immediately turned it upside down while shutting it down, and dabbed away what I could with a … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1066) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1068)