# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1090 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1091 --- ## [I would like to see a religion vs. atheism debate...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-see-a-religion-vs-atheism-debate/689241)
**Author:** [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-to-see-a-religion-vs-atheism-debate/689241 "2014-05-27T09:00:13Z")
…between these two guys: An Atheist Defends Religion: Why Humanity is Better Off with Religion Than Without It by Bruce Sheiman and: God Wants You to be an Atheist by Dr. Gary Whittenberger They both appear to be ser… --- ## [Opinions on Exodus Lost by S.C. Compton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-exodus-lost-by-s-c-compton/689263)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-exodus-lost-by-s-c-compton/689263 "2014-05-27T06:34:19Z")
Interesting book…and I think it’s completely jack full of shit. The author begins by demonstrating, to his own satisfaction, that the Olmec civilization in Central America was founded, or heavily influenced, by Phoenici… --- ## [Tell me about your breast reduction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-breast-reduction/587461)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-breast-reduction/587461 "2011-07-08T01:14:44Z")
After developing some rather severe back pain and being told I have the beginnings of arthritis in my spine, I’m considering getting a reduction sooner rather than later. Right now I am wearing a 38G, although I could p… --- ## [Diabetic Neuropathy Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetic-neuropathy-question/689110)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetic-neuropathy-question/689110 "2014-05-27T01:47:29Z")
This is not a ‘need answers fast’ sort of thing, thank goodness. :slight\_smile: I have had some odd pains/itches/twitches lately, and as my glucose levels haven’t been great for about 6 months, I have decided to be par… --- ## [Which is worse: Jail or Prison? (Need answer for family member who has to choose)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-jail-or-prison-need-answer-for-family-member-who-has-to-choose/688843)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-worse-jail-or-prison-need-answer-for-family-member-who-has-to-choose/688843 "2014-05-27T01:29:51Z")
A family member of mine has been put in jail (for now). He needs to stay in there for a year. He’s already served about six (6) months of the sentence, so only about 6 months left. He’s served those six months (so far) i… --- ## [Anybody can disable "invisible" email tracking software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-can-disable-invisible-email-tracking-software/689281)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-can-disable-invisible-email-tracking-software/689281 "2014-05-26T21:55:40Z")
Sites such as this provide “invisible” automatic email tracking. A sender who wants to know what you did with his email, sends the email to the tracking provider company, who then send it on to you, presumably with a spy… --- ## [How much do you have to "cover your ass" at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-have-to-cover-your-ass-at-work/689292)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-have-to-cover-your-ass-at-work/689292 "2014-05-26T21:33:39Z")
At my job everything on the bus is recorded by CCTV. The data packs can store over a month of footage, and each bus has 6 cameras (with one directly facing the driver and one pointing forward that sees traffic and signal… --- ## [Dating advice / frustration.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice-frustration/688736)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice-frustration/688736 "2014-05-26T20:56:00Z")
I’ve been fortunate enough to meet a real awesome woman that’s been great fun to hang around with. We met at our weekly social-dance meet. I had known who she was for a few months, but about three weeks ago we began to c… --- ## [Need Medical Opinions: Tracheotomy vs. Ventilator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-medical-opinions-tracheotomy-vs-ventilator/349961)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-medical-opinions-tracheotomy-vs-ventilator/349961 "2014-05-26T18:53:23Z")
So…the end of the line is near for my sister-in-law. Her breast cancer moved to the bones and now to her lungs. She’s been on a ventilator for the last 5 days and heavily sedated. The doctors said they will leave her on … --- ## [General Thoughts & Questions About Making Babies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-thoughts-questions-about-making-babies/689044)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-thoughts-questions-about-making-babies/689044 "2014-05-26T17:01:37Z")
Well, we’re doing it. Sr. Weasel got an internship, he now has a fixed graduation date, we’ll be closer to some family, our cost of living is about to plummet, and we have decided we are ready to have a kid. Well, you kn… --- ## [What was life in the 1990s like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-life-in-the-1990s-like/686913)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-life-in-the-1990s-like/686913 "2014-05-26T15:22:18Z")
I would like to know from you guys. What was life like back in the 1990s? What do you remember from it? Obviously I was too young to remember the 90s. --- ## [Ever known somebody who was in love, long-term, with someone else, and never told them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-somebody-who-was-in-love-long-term-with-someone-else-and-never-told-them/689045)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-known-somebody-who-was-in-love-long-term-with-someone-else-and-never-told-them/689045 "2014-05-26T14:18:26Z")
Tho “love” might be too strong a term-maybe “hung up on” might apply better. In any event, be it from shyness, insecurity, and/or lack of opportunity (one or both of the principals always involved with someone else), th… --- ## [Why are some decades harder to define than others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-decades-harder-to-define-than-others/689077)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-some-decades-harder-to-define-than-others/689077 "2014-05-26T12:00:06Z")
The Cold War decades - the 1950s to '80s - are very easy to define, but the decades before (1920s-1940s) and after (1990s-2010s) all seem to bleed together. The Cold War decades each had a unique theme and felt different… --- ## [What is the worst that can happen if you never brush your teeth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-that-can-happen-if-you-never-brush-your-teeth/689086)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-that-can-happen-if-you-never-brush-your-teeth/689086 "2014-05-26T08:58:29Z")
Let’s say, that a healthy person decides to never brush their teeth for one entire year, using commercially available stuff (such as paste/powder). She regularly rinses with plain water and cleans with her finger, though… --- ## [Tell me where to spend mah monies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-where-to-spend-mah-monies/688979)
**Author:** [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-where-to-spend-mah-monies/688979 "2014-05-26T02:57:37Z")
I am in a position where I will not be paying for my lodging for the next month or two and I’m trying to decide where to spend the money I’ll be saving. My drive into work is further than it used to be, so some of those … --- ## [Tips for Books and Papers In Storage Unit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-books-and-papers-in-storage-unit/689088)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-books-and-papers-in-storage-unit/689088 "2014-05-26T01:38:29Z")
I need to put most of my books and papers in a non-climate-controlled storage unit, and would like to know the best way to store them to prevent any significant damage. They may be there for just a year, or may wind up b… --- ## [Should I get a vasectomy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-vasectomy/688857)
**Author:** [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-vasectomy/688857 "2014-05-26T01:00:33Z")
I’ve been thinking some years now about getting a vasectomy. I have no children, and am going through a (fairly amicable) divorce. I don’t currently want children, never wanted children, and honestly can’t imagine ever… --- ## [WiFi Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-me/689201)
**Author:** [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-me/689201 "2014-05-26T00:32:06Z")
On another forum I frequent, the question came up about sharing your home wifi with guests. The general consensus on that board, was they were horrified that anyone would be so rude as to use wifi whilst visiting. Appar… --- ## [Woman dies after dentist attempts to extract 20 of her teeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-dies-after-dentist-attempts-to-extract-20-of-her-teeth/688754)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-dies-after-dentist-attempts-to-extract-20-of-her-teeth/688754 "2014-05-25T23:15:32Z")
I have had several horrible experiences with dentists. I am extremely happy that my current dentist is great. One of my worst ever experiences was when I was 12 years old and I went to the dentist to have 2 upper teet… --- ## [DNA experiments on invertebrates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-experiments-on-invertebrates/689127)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-experiments-on-invertebrates/689127 "2014-05-25T20:44:13Z")
I kind of thought by now the results of weird experiments would have started trickling in where DNA manipulation was being used. So far I have seen nothing that caught my attention. Any news in this area? --- ## [insecure or narcissistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecure-or-narcissistic/689094)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insecure-or-narcissistic/689094 "2014-05-25T18:03:49Z")
or something else? I have this friend, we’re not real close but we get together once in a while. She has one trait that at first just made me go huh? but now it’s more of a \*OMG shutup! \* If we go someplace together a… --- ## [Is it better to apply in person or online?(Need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-apply-in-person-or-online-need-answer-fast/689224)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-apply-in-person-or-online-need-answer-fast/689224 "2014-05-25T14:19:14Z")
I am trying to get a job in IT and I saw that the largest hospital in my state has hundreds of open positions. It is in my city so driving there would not be an issue for me. Filling out online applications feels like … --- ## [Which state will be the last to validate same-sex marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-will-be-the-last-to-validate-same-sex-marriage/689220)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-will-be-the-last-to-validate-same-sex-marriage/689220 "2014-05-25T13:51:45Z")
I’ve lost count, but it seems that we are approaching the point at which half of these United States have now allowed same-sex marriage. Furthermore, it seems that the momentum is gathering. ISTM that same-sex marriage … --- ## [Fact: Same Sex Marriage is now legal in all states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-same-sex-marriage-is-now-legal-in-all-states/688371)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fact-same-sex-marriage-is-now-legal-in-all-states/688371 "2014-05-25T13:01:32Z")
In this scenario it was been decided that same sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states. What changes for the better? What changes for the worse? --- ## [Should I be concerned with this ebay seller??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-concerned-with-this-ebay-seller/689180)
**Author:** [@LiveFree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveFree)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-concerned-with-this-ebay-seller/689180 "2014-05-25T12:49:48Z")
Looking to buy a camera on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221445954714 He has it listed with a lens, but then in the description, it says lens was damaged. So lens not included. He has it lis… --- ## [How much do you value social intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-value-social-intelligence/688946)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-value-social-intelligence/688946 "2014-05-25T12:31:19Z")
I define social intelligence as the ability to read cues, signals, body language and tone of voice of both others and yourself. The ability to navigate social situations by knowing the best way to respond, to detect insi… --- ## [How often (if ever) do you have something you COULD add to a thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-if-ever-do-you-have-something-you-could-add-to-a-thread/689058)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-if-ever-do-you-have-something-you-could-add-to-a-thread/689058 "2014-05-25T06:06:09Z")
… but just don’t feel like posting, so you just leave? This could be because you don’t feel like writing a reply, or having what might be an interminable conversation afterwards, or maybe you don’t care enough about the… --- ## [Ask the Gay Guy V! (The next generation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gay-guy-v-the-next-generation/686762)
**Author:** [@Shawn\_K\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn_K_1)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-gay-guy-v-the-next-generation/686762 "2014-05-25T05:11:15Z")
Sorry to bring back such an old thread but I have a few questions for the gay members of our forum. Did you personally experience or know someone that spent a significant amount of their life believing they were straigh… --- ## [Will the death penalty ever go extinct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-death-penalty-ever-go-extinct/688720)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-death-penalty-ever-go-extinct/688720 "2014-05-25T01:55:10Z")
For a while in the 2000s it seemed like the death penalty was on a slow but set track towards extinction globally, but now with the renewed fervor for it in India and the unrest in the Middle East it seems like its dem… --- ## [How Long Do You Keep Financial Records for Taxes...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-keep-financial-records-for-taxes/686436)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-keep-financial-records-for-taxes/686436 "2014-05-25T01:14:24Z")
If you live in the U.S. how long do you personally keep financial records in case you are audited for taxes (either state or federal) or for other reasons? Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1089) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1091)