# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1084 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1085 --- ## [What did the world look like in the year 2000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-world-look-like-in-the-year-2000/690078)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-world-look-like-in-the-year-2000/690078 "2014-06-06T23:06:42Z")
I don’t really remember what life was really like in the year 2000 because I was mostly 6 at that time. I would like to know what was it like at the time since I have no memory of it. What memories do you have about the … --- ## [Moving to Austin, TX...living arrangement and women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-austin-tx-living-arrangement-and-women/689933)
**Author:** [@Stermz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stermz)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-austin-tx-living-arrangement-and-women/689933 "2014-06-06T21:38:01Z")
So, my company is expanding at a rapid rate and we have just acquired office space in Austin, TX. I’ll be part of a 6-10 man team off the bat, but we’re looking to fill the office to 25+ by the end of Q4. I’ll be moving… --- ## [Would you have sex with a person in an open marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-sex-with-a-person-in-an-open-marriage/689294)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-sex-with-a-person-in-an-open-marriage/689294 "2014-06-06T21:32:17Z")
Here’s the sitch: Let’s say you make a new friend, Sean, whose sex and sexual orientation are to your taste. Happily, Sean is all kinds of hot; sadly, Sean is also married to Pat, whom you’ve met and liked. After you’ve… --- ## [What is the most disgusting thing you have ever tasted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-disgusting-thing-you-have-ever-tasted/542527)
**Author:** [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-disgusting-thing-you-have-ever-tasted/542527 "2014-06-06T17:38:49Z")
Breaking this down into two categories: Something intended to be eaten or drunk Something that was never intended to be eaten or drunk Something intended to be eaten or drunk The first time I tried umeboshi my … --- ## [Have you ever participated in prototype market research?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-participated-in-prototype-market-research/690104)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-participated-in-prototype-market-research/690104 "2014-06-06T17:13:38Z")
What was the product? What did you think of it? Did you use all of your sample? Was the product ever sold? In 1991 I was asked to test toothpaste. Some woman was walking door to door in my neighborhood and I was pla… --- ## [Will unrealistic expectations of driver less cars make them infeasible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-unrealistic-expectations-of-driver-less-cars-make-them-infeasible/688763)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-unrealistic-expectations-of-driver-less-cars-make-them-infeasible/688763 "2014-06-06T16:37:11Z")
Safety is always raised anytime I see any article about driver less cars . OMG theres a computer relying on sensors. What if there’s an error? That of course doesn’t apply to human drivers. Drivers that talk on phones, … --- ## [Which is more difficult, fighting off one large dog or several small ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-difficult-fighting-off-one-large-dog-or-several-small-ones/690142)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-difficult-fighting-off-one-large-dog-or-several-small-ones/690142 "2014-06-06T15:08:24Z")
As I stepped out of my house the other day, I was circled by 3 small yippie dogs that my neighbors own. These dogs hate my dog, and by extension, hate me. So as they’re running around me barking their little heads off,… --- ## [Could You and Your Spouse (SO, etc) Have Crossed Paths as Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-and-your-spouse-so-etc-have-crossed-paths-as-children/690076)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-and-your-spouse-so-etc-have-crossed-paths-as-children/690076 "2014-06-06T15:01:30Z")
http://www.omgfacts.com/Celebs/A-photo-taken-at-Disney-World-captured-a/31287 ^^This is a cute story about a married couple who, as small children, had been within feet of each other at Walt Disney World a decade and so… --- ## [Restaurant vs Patron - Who was in the wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-vs-patron-who-was-in-the-wrong/689924)
**Author:** [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-vs-patron-who-was-in-the-wrong/689924 "2014-06-06T14:49:30Z")
First, here’s the link (apologies for linking to a Facebook mobile page, but I had to access the story on my phone, as I’m currently at work.) For the sake of the story, please read the narrative before clicking it. So,… --- ## [Cheepie birds and packer bugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheepie-birds-and-packer-bugs/690153)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheepie-birds-and-packer-bugs/690153 "2014-06-06T13:47:17Z")
In this thread I mention tiny birds that flit about the back yard and chirp merrily. I don’t know what they are, so I call them ‘cheepie birds’. I was just thinking about airplanes as I \[del\]often do\[/del\]… \[del\]freque… --- ## [Are we perpetually stuck in the early 1990s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-perpetually-stuck-in-the-early-1990s/687570)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-perpetually-stuck-in-the-early-1990s/687570 "2014-06-06T12:58:42Z")
I was thinking how little society and fashion has really changed since the early 1990s. Kids still sag their pants and wear backwards baseball caps, yuppies and valley girls are still everywhere, “End of History” style c… --- ## [Head-on collision scenario.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-on-collision-scenario/690070)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-on-collision-scenario/690070 "2014-06-06T12:49:13Z")
Let’s say you’re headed down a two lane road at 45 miles per hour in your everyday driver. There’s a row of oncoming traffic headed in the opposite direction. You are about to over take a biker on a ten speed who’s ridi… --- ## [I Edit Wikipedia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-edit-wikipedia/682688)
**Author:** [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-edit-wikipedia/682688 "2014-06-06T12:46:14Z")
Actually, I don’t. My topic title is a Weird Al reference. But I’m sure some of you do. How active are you? What articles are “your babies?” --- ## [Possible mutiny at my company (what to do?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-mutiny-at-my-company-what-to-do/689844)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-mutiny-at-my-company-what-to-do/689844 "2014-06-06T09:37:15Z")
I’ve heard through the grapevine that a Director lateral to me is planning on going to the Board of Directors to try to encourage them to get rid of our CEO. I’m not sure what to do about this. My first instinct is to ta… --- ## [Resources for graduate academic writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-graduate-academic-writing/568325)
**Author:** [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-graduate-academic-writing/568325 "2011-01-22T22:19:30Z")
My life is extremely different than it was a year ago; instead of working at an IT job, I’m now in grad school in a completely different field (Historic Preservation). My first semester was great. However, the classes … --- ## [Why isn't the Ampersand used routinely in internet conversations and texts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-ampersand-used-routinely-in-internet-conversations-and-texts/690049)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-the-ampersand-used-routinely-in-internet-conversations-and-texts/690049 "2014-06-06T06:38:40Z")
I doubt theres a GQ answer, so IMHO seems appropriate for this question. Electronic communication spawned a flood of acronyms. AFAIK, LMAO, PITA, MOS, and many more that I never use. Seems like the ampersand would be t… --- ## [Asking out a workmate: should I do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-out-a-workmate-should-i-do-it/689959)
**Author:** [@The\_Mask\_behind\_the\_Mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mask_behind_the_Mask)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-out-a-workmate-should-i-do-it/689959 "2014-06-06T05:37:01Z")
Greetings fellow Dopers, I’m way inexperienced in these matters, so I turn to the wisdom of the anonymous masses for advice. The premise is going to sound kinda clinical at first, so please bear with me. I’m a 26-year… --- ## [Photographers, do you use a light meter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-do-you-use-a-light-meter/689282)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-do-you-use-a-light-meter/689282 "2014-06-06T03:58:46Z")
I have been considering a light meter recently, though there are two immediate problems with this: First, they are expensive, and second, there is no more room left in my bag. I have found myself doing more and more stu… --- ## [66 degrees \[19 C\] or 90 degrees \[32 C\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/66-degrees-19-c-or-90-degrees-32-c/689798)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/66-degrees-19-c-or-90-degrees-32-c/689798 "2014-06-06T02:52:50Z")
The other day it was about 66 degrees F here. (“Here” being the Northeast.) I was listening to a radio show. They were talking to somebody. I don’t know where the person was located; somewhere in the Sunbelt. “What’s t… --- ## [High school class rankings: What was your experience like? What is your opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-class-rankings-what-was-your-experience-like-what-is-your-opinion/689712)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-class-rankings-what-was-your-experience-like-what-is-your-opinion/689712 "2014-06-06T02:34:16Z")
Although this discussion could be more broadly spun out to include class rankings in toto, I’ve never experienced them on the college level & so I don’t know how they would be applicable in a post-HS academic setting. W… --- ## [How many hands do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-hands-do-you-have/690100 "2014-06-06T02:20:24Z")
Physically attached to your body at this particular moment, how many hands do you have? --- ## [What does "being bored" actually FEEL like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-bored-actually-feel-like/689785)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-being-bored-actually-feel-like/689785 "2014-06-05T23:36:18Z")
Inspired by this thread. But it’s something I’ve pondered for many years. I’ve read plenty of definitions and descriptions (here’s a wiki overview) but I don’t get it. My life is far from being scintillating, stimulating… --- ## [Two questions about Russian inspired in part by The Americans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-russian-inspired-in-part-by-the-americans/689868)
**Author:** [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-russian-inspired-in-part-by-the-americans/689868 "2014-06-05T23:07:58Z")
Watching The Americans and looking at the subtitles I get the impression that in conversational Russian it is not uncommon to use the persons full name when addressing him or her. Is this actually as common as I believe… --- ## [hypothetical: "Magnetar" neutron star appears 10 light years from earth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-magnetar-neutron-star-appears-10-light-years-from-earth/690140)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-magnetar-neutron-star-appears-10-light-years-from-earth/690140 "2014-06-05T19:52:01Z")
Do we notice anything different on a day-to-day basis? If it releases a gamma ray burst like this star did, what does the end of the world look like? ETA: What if there actually was one there the whole time? Would it … --- ## [dating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating/690097)
**Author:** [@kapossible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapossible)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating/690097 "2014-06-05T19:33:37Z")
i met this guy on a dating site, it started out very well, we went on 4 dates, he text me every morning, every night all day every day, called every night and we talked on phone for 2 hours, on 4th date he invited me to … --- ## [Good picture sharing site for iPhone/iPad/Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-picture-sharing-site-for-iphone-ipad-windows/690143)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-picture-sharing-site-for-iphone-ipad-windows/690143 "2014-06-05T18:18:32Z")
My mother’s computer died last week due to a massive power surge which took out half the neighborhood. We’re in the process of getting her a new one, and luckily her hard drive made it through so we’re able to get all of… --- ## [Need advice from Brits and foreigners who have lived in the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-from-brits-and-foreigners-who-have-lived-in-the-uk/689960)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-from-brits-and-foreigners-who-have-lived-in-the-uk/689960 "2014-06-05T17:33:54Z")
Summary for mouseover previews: I’m trying to figure out if I can realistically pursue a move to the UK for at least a few years. OK, so, despite being an American I’ve been a massive Anglophile for most of my life now.… --- ## [Tiny Crackpot Theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-crackpot-theories/689837)
**Author:** [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-crackpot-theories/689837 "2014-06-05T16:33:05Z")
So, I’m sitting here reading the Dope and daintily scarfing up some Wheat Thins with vegetable cream cheese\*. I like to make little sandwiches out of them. And I got to thinking about all the other goodies that are cru… --- ## [How Spoiled is YOUR Cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-spoiled-is-your-cat/66532)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-spoiled-is-your-cat/66532 "2014-06-05T14:39:17Z")
My cats are so spoiled that they: -are allowed to climb up on our tables and countertops-they EAT on the table and the countertop. -have their own “paneled shitbox”, as my dad puts it-a litterbox inside a cardboard box… --- ## [Newly single and going on multiple dates -- proper etiquette?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-single-and-going-on-multiple-dates-proper-etiquette/690000)
**Author:** [@Valentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valentine)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newly-single-and-going-on-multiple-dates-proper-etiquette/690000 "2014-06-05T12:06:00Z")
Say I meet five men or women all who seem really great and all ask me out (haha… but I guess you never know). If I want to go on a first date with all of them, do I make it clear to everyone I’m going on dates with more … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1083) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1085)