# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=108 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 109 --- ## [New Social Security Card! How should I sign it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-social-security-card-how-should-i-sign-it/997153)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-social-security-card-how-should-i-sign-it/997153 "2024-02-06T17:26:40Z")
I haven’t had a social security card in decades, and gave up on getting Real ID with my last driver’s license as a result. (I have a passport, so this is a nuisance, but not really limiting.) But they’ve changed the rule… --- ## [Going to San Antonio. What should I do there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-san-antonio-what-should-i-do-there/996916)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-san-antonio-what-should-i-do-there/996916 "2024-02-05T20:51:01Z")
I’m going specifically to see the eclipse but, while I’m there, what else should I see/do? Which section of the river walk should I do? Should I go see the Alamo? I love museums/nature/geology. --- ## [Travel attractions or events that didn't disappoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-attractions-or-events-that-didnt-disappoint/994752)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-attractions-or-events-that-didnt-disappoint/994752 "2024-02-05T11:07:53Z")
In our travels we’ve encountered some attractions that have disappointed, some that were interesting, and some that really knocked it out of the park. What did you experience that went above and beyond your expectations?… --- ## [What killed "Guess Your Weight" booths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-killed-guess-your-weight-booths/997076 "2024-02-05T02:11:27Z")
Was it society getting fatter, or more of a general attitude towards fat shaming? The last time I remember seeing a Guess Your Weight booths/attraction was at Knott’s Berry Farm in the late 90s and it was basically “If … --- ## [Rape in Jewish law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-in-jewish-law/997106)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-in-jewish-law/997106 "2024-02-04T22:00:10Z")
Are people- male or female- who have suffered being raped considered unclean in any way under traditional Jewish law? And if so is there any standard procedure or ritual of cleansing? --- ## [Does anyone have a Robinhood account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-robinhood-account/996996)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-robinhood-account/996996 "2024-02-03T22:02:32Z")
I see that they’re offering a 3% match on IRA rollovers and transfers, which is pretty amazing. I’m currently with Fidelity, and have really enjoyed their customer service and minimalist pricing. However, Robinhood has s… --- ## [How much did we tip in the 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-we-tip-in-the-80s/835664)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-we-tip-in-the-80s/835664 "2024-02-03T22:01:20Z")
Title is pretty much the question. I’m trying to remember what it was usually. My grandmother, who was tighter than two thumbs up a pigs ass, would take money off the table if she thought is was too much. She wouldn’t gi… --- ## [Soap box misunderstanding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-box-misunderstanding/996886)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soap-box-misunderstanding/996886 "2024-02-03T17:09:14Z")
In your opinion what do you think would happen if unbeknownst to yourself a basket of towels were washed? With one pod of Persil detergent (unscented), a cup of bleach(generic) and…listen to this…a bar of Dove soap. Hal… --- ## [Puppy wih severe separation anxiety. Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-wih-severe-separation-anxiety-help/996968)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-wih-severe-separation-anxiety-help/996968 "2024-02-03T02:15:42Z")
We adopted a rescue puppy in October who will soon be a year old. She’s wonderful in most respects, and learns quickly with positive reinforcement, but she completely loses her mind if left alone for even a half hour. L… --- ## [What mystery skin illness was the man I saw on the train suffering from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mystery-skin-illness-was-the-man-i-saw-on-the-train-suffering-from/997010)
**Author:** [@randomname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomname)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mystery-skin-illness-was-the-man-i-saw-on-the-train-suffering-from/997010 "2024-02-02T16:18:43Z")
Hello, I live in a big German city and our public transport is pretty good and used by people from all walks of life. But like in any big city there are always some odd passengers. I was in the train for a while and dec… --- ## [Lingerie Question: Does anyone really](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-question-does-anyone-really/95670)
**Author:** [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lingerie-question-does-anyone-really/95670 "2024-02-02T05:41:56Z")
Strangely enough, this is intended as a serious question… At the Winnipeg let’s let the locals meet the out-of-town NDPers mini-dope-get-together-thingy, the question came up as to whether anyone really found “red lace … --- ## [Does the Atlantic Magazine have any customer service at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-atlantic-magazine-have-any-customer-service-at-all/997006)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-atlantic-magazine-have-any-customer-service-at-all/997006 "2024-02-02T04:45:41Z")
After several attempts at calling and emailing the Atlantic magazine about my 30 day trial account I have not been able to contact anyone, nor have I received any replies. Has anyone else else had the same experience. It… --- ## [Is it in poor taste to visit the graves of celebrities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-in-poor-taste-to-visit-the-graves-of-celebrities/996569)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-in-poor-taste-to-visit-the-graves-of-celebrities/996569 "2024-02-02T01:43:31Z")
I have, on occasion, visited the graves of famous people whose careers I admire. The first were Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 tragedy, at Arlington National Cemetery. There have bee… --- ## [Can I use a moblile hotspot to get my mom better internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-moblile-hotspot-to-get-my-mom-better-internet/996902)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-a-moblile-hotspot-to-get-my-mom-better-internet/996902 "2024-02-01T21:56:09Z")
She lives in an area of town where the best internet she can get is Verizon DSL. 3-4 mbps on a good day. It’s enough for the internet, she only goes on to go to the hometown page. But for Christimas this year we got h… --- ## [It irritates me when people hold their phones like a Star Trek communicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-irritates-me-when-people-hold-their-phones-like-a-star-trek-communicator/996862)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-irritates-me-when-people-hold-their-phones-like-a-star-trek-communicator/996862 "2024-02-01T21:47:50Z")
Phones were originally something you held up to the side of your face so that the earpiece was next to your ear. But now I see many people holding their smartphone horizontally, in front of their mouth. Clutching it weir… --- ## [If someone thats drowned has been submerged for long enough, will they eventually puke up the contents of their stomach whilst still underwater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-thats-drowned-has-been-submerged-for-long-enough-will-they-eventually-puke-up-the-contents-of-their-stomach-whilst-still-underwater/996159)
**Author:** [@bluerust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluerust)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-thats-drowned-has-been-submerged-for-long-enough-will-they-eventually-puke-up-the-contents-of-their-stomach-whilst-still-underwater/996159 "2024-02-01T19:03:20Z")
I would have thought that if their stomach was uncontrollably and quickly filling up with water whilst they were unconscious, it wouldn’t take long for their stomach to forcibly expel it’s contents? I was thinking about… --- ## [Any advice for a Chile visit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-for-a-chile-visit/996928)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-for-a-chile-visit/996928 "2024-02-01T17:30:41Z")
Thinking of spending a week or two there. Never been south of the equator, so that might be interesting… the sun appears to move in the opposite direction from which northern hemisphere people expect? Is this disorient… --- ## [Help with yahoo email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/980883)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/980883 "2024-02-01T14:43:16Z")
Trying to log in to a yahoo email acct I’ve used over 15-years, I’m getting msgs like “uh oh, something went wrong, try again later” or “We are unable to process your request at this time–Please try again in 1 hour” I’v… --- ## [DIY wooden staircase: solid tread or collage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-wooden-staircase-solid-tread-or-collage/996852)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-wooden-staircase-solid-tread-or-collage/996852 "2024-02-01T13:36:11Z")
We have an oak staircase at home. It was built by amateurs (the whole house was) and is extremely creaky. The treads are simply 1-inch planks of oak (from the 1980s) that were screwed in with very little subtetly into th… --- ## [Overcoming Cognitive Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-cognitive-dissonance/684768)
**Author:** [@UncaRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaRay)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-cognitive-dissonance/684768 "2024-02-01T13:06:26Z")
Is there a proven method of overcoming cognitive dissonance in another human being? For example an Iraq Veteran who is being driven to suicide by his inability to accept that Iraq was an illegal war, even though he knows… --- ## [Any point to interstellar probes now we have the solar lens concept?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-point-to-interstellar-probes-now-we-have-the-solar-lens-concept/996960)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-point-to-interstellar-probes-now-we-have-the-solar-lens-concept/996960 "2024-02-01T11:58:05Z")
I was excited about the Breakthrough Starshot initiative; a project to fire a tiny probe to the next star system. It would take decades to get there, or more than a human lifetime if we want it to enter into orbit when i… --- ## [HOA financial question/ IRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-financial-question-irs/996922)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-financial-question-irs/996922 "2024-02-01T01:03:27Z")
This might be unanswerable but here goes… My wife is the manager of our gated community. There is an HOA that is unassociated with management or ownership of the park. They are a secretive and non-effectual group. There… --- ## [Aducanamab, FDA Approval, Patient "feelings"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aducanamab-fda-approval-patient-feelings/943964)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aducanamab-fda-approval-patient-feelings/943964 "2024-01-31T19:58:46Z")
Probably most have seen the news that FDA has approved Biogen’s aducanamab, for the treatment of Alzheimers. I just need to say that I have some direct experience with this drug (well, development and trials) and I’m fru… --- ## [The Catch 22 of acute costochondritis - need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-catch-22-of-acute-costochondritis-need-advice/996860)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-catch-22-of-acute-costochondritis-need-advice/996860 "2024-01-31T18:54:46Z")
So, I’ve had a persistent cold with a bad cough. A couple of nights ago, I coughed really hard and found myself with excruciating chest pain to the point that I thought I was having a heart attack. After a late night tri… --- ## [Android Tiles opposed to Apple Air Tags: A primer for a first-time user](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tiles-opposed-to-apple-air-tags-a-primer-for-a-first-time-user/996004)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tiles-opposed-to-apple-air-tags-a-primer-for-a-first-time-user/996004 "2024-01-31T17:46:59Z")
We are Android phone people but we also both use iPads. About to fly in a few months for the first time in at least 4 years. Trying to minimize stress and complications. If you have used either or both Tile and Air Tag… --- ## [What disaster prep things have you undertaken in your homes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disaster-prep-things-have-you-undertaken-in-your-homes/996497)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disaster-prep-things-have-you-undertaken-in-your-homes/996497 "2024-01-30T22:03:34Z")
A “disaster” in this context could be as simple as preparing for a power outage that might last a day or two, but also includes preparations for other events, such as hurricanes, tornado damage, flooding, or getting snow… --- ## [How can a Medicare Part D provider charge a $0 monthly premium?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-medicare-part-d-provider-charge-a-0-monthly-premium/996842)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-medicare-part-d-provider-charge-a-0-monthly-premium/996842 "2024-01-30T19:34:25Z")
Last year, our Part D provider, Wellcare Value Script, charged $7.40 per month for our coverage. This year, our monthly premium is $0 - nothing. How can this provider afford a $0 premium? I called their help number, b… --- ## [Why am I so f-ing cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-f-ing-cold/993439)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-f-ing-cold/993439 "2024-01-30T18:07:09Z")
Okay, I’ve been ill for 4-5 days. Weirdly no respiratory stuff. No real symptoms. But when I take my temperature it’s been low, like 96F.something each time. I’m shivering - seriously cold. My home office is right now 7… --- ## [Zvi Zamir, head of Mossad during and after the Munich Olympics, died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zvi-zamir-head-of-mossad-during-and-after-the-munich-olympics-died/996866)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zvi-zamir-head-of-mossad-during-and-after-the-munich-olympics-died/996866 "2024-01-30T14:47:33Z")
Not sure what forum is best for this so mods feel free to move. His leadership during the response to that attack, Operation Wrath of God, was felt to be quick and brutal. For sure at one innocent was killed. Hard to … --- ## [Any recommendations for keto products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-keto-products/996742)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-keto-products/996742 "2024-01-30T05:37:37Z")
I am currently losing weight through a keto program. It’s a medically monitored program that is low carb and low fat. I don’t really need criticism of it I’m consulting medical professionals already. And it’s working wel… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=109)