# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1159 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1160 --- ## [How to deal with an online predator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-online-predator/679136)
**Author:** [@Scoutknife15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoutknife15)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-an-online-predator/679136 "2014-01-18T19:38:08Z")
I was playing a game with some friends and one of the newer guys, who’s thirteen, essentially pulled me into a private chat and confided that someone he met online was asking him to do inappropriate things on skype for h… --- ## [Problems With Executive Function- How To Deal With It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-executive-function-how-to-deal-with-it/679040)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-executive-function-how-to-deal-with-it/679040 "2014-01-18T17:14:04Z")
My 15 year-old son has some pretty major executive function problems. This manifests as everything from short-term memory loss to poor impulse control to problems with organization and planning. It stems either from hi… --- ## [Motorcycle Gangs – Suburbanites vs the real thing; Real life encounters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-gangs-suburbanites-vs-the-real-thing-real-life-encounters/656751)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-gangs-suburbanites-vs-the-real-thing-real-life-encounters/656751 "2014-01-18T16:57:19Z")
I want to preface this by stating I’m not making fun of, or judging anyone engaging in simulated fun, whether re-enactors, Ren-Fair participants, or cubicle-dwellers in leathers spending weekends zooming around on their … --- ## [You've just been banned from the Straight Dope. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-just-been-banned-from-the-straight-dope-now-what/678125 "2014-01-18T14:46:48Z")
I’m starting this poll because I often wonder if some of our long time members who get banned, ever come back under a new name. (And new attitude.) --- ## [What's the worst situation you could be upfront and personal about something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-situation-you-could-be-upfront-and-personal-about-something/679001)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-situation-you-could-be-upfront-and-personal-about-something/679001 "2014-01-18T04:37:27Z")
As the thread title asks, what’s the worst situation you could be upfront and personal about something? --- ## [Agents are our neighbors and friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-are-our-neighbors-and-friends/679110)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-are-our-neighbors-and-friends/679110 "2014-01-18T03:50:36Z")
From the President’s speech. I had to check twice to make sure I wasn’t on The Onion. Christ on a crutch, serial killers are doubtless our neighbors and friends, doesn’t stop them being killers. Just as it doesn’t stop a… --- ## [Move US State boundaries for fun and profit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-us-state-boundaries-for-fun-and-profit/678730)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-us-state-boundaries-for-fun-and-profit/678730 "2014-01-18T03:21:08Z")
Not really. But it might be interesting to hear if anyone had any thoughts in this area. I know US states can’t be merged in any practical sense (not sure about split, since W VA?) but what about moving state boundaries… --- ## [When Cecil dies who will be the smartest human?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-cecil-dies-who-will-be-the-smartest-human/679035)
**Author:** [@BumpyNintendo13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BumpyNintendo13)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-cecil-dies-who-will-be-the-smartest-human/679035 "2014-01-18T02:54:19Z")
(Me?) --- ## [Should We Forbid "Gated"Communities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-forbid-gated-communities/677228)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-forbid-gated-communities/677228 "2014-01-18T00:26:10Z")
I say yes. Allowing rich people to isolate themselves from the rest of the citizenry is a very bad trend. it will lead to the establishment of a “entitled class”-one where the children forget about their fellow citizen… --- ## [I know what I bargained for, and this ain't the deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002 "2014-01-18T00:22:24Z")
If there is a situation which makes you want to say “I know what I bargained for, and this ain’t the deal” or something similar, do you think there is anything else you could say as an alternative? --- ## [On maintaining the integrity of the salad bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-maintaining-the-integrity-of-the-salad-bar/679090)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-maintaining-the-integrity-of-the-salad-bar/679090 "2014-01-18T00:08:39Z")
After the frustration of watching the person in front of me pick out the last avocado pieces of the avocado/tomato salad, I skipped that item. I was going to be fair and take equal parts avocado and tomato, but now that… --- ## [My most recent experience at the Reddit site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-recent-experience-at-the-reddit-site/679033)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-recent-experience-at-the-reddit-site/679033 "2014-01-18T00:06:11Z")
I don’t understand the Reddit site very well and I’d like to tell you of my most recent experience there and ask your opinions. I hope it is OK for me to tell you of this experience and ask for your opinions. I visite… --- ## [southwest 'early bird checkin' worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southwest-early-bird-checkin-worth-it/678662)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southwest-early-bird-checkin-worth-it/678662 "2014-01-17T23:51:46Z")
I’m leaving for vegas on SW air next sunday. Early bird check in is and extra $12.50 ($50 total for two people both ways). I’ve never flown southwest. Is the early bird checkin really worth it? --- ## [Please help with CA executor abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-ca-executor-abuse/678969)
**Author:** [@thegeneral2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thegeneral2010)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-ca-executor-abuse/678969 "2014-01-17T23:41:54Z")
My mom bought a new car before she passed. My dad is now in a dementia facility with not much time left here. My issue is my sister is still driving the car that is being paid for by our parents account including the i… --- ## [Programming: resources for naming classes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-resources-for-naming-classes/678860)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-resources-for-naming-classes/678860 "2014-01-17T23:39:49Z")
So, it’s refactor time. As part of this, some classes which have vague or misleading names are to be renamed. But in some cases what the class does, while clearly-defined, is nonetheless quite abstract and a simple name … --- ## [Would you rather be eaten by a crocodile or a shark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-be-eaten-by-a-crocodile-or-a-shark/678913 "2014-01-17T23:11:35Z")
If you had to make the choice. :confused: Both would end up drowning you, but the croc has the death roll, where as the shark would tear chunks out of you. --- ## [Java for Ice Cream Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/java-for-ice-cream-sandwich/622818)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/java-for-ice-cream-sandwich/622818 "2014-01-17T22:29:49Z")
What Java Runtime Environment apps are there for Android Ice Cream Sandwich? I got my wife an android tablet, which she loves. (Tech is better than flowers for her.) But, certain websites she would use to relax ( a jigs… --- ## [Molars - extraction vs. root canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molars-extraction-vs-root-canal/611956)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/molars-extraction-vs-root-canal/611956 "2014-01-17T22:11:02Z")
I have two wisdom teeth extracted last year, and the molars next to both of them have rotted. The dentist did a filling, but warned me the decay was very near to the nerve. Recently I am feeling pain in those area again… --- ## [What's your favorite F-Bomb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-f-bomb/678451)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-f-bomb/678451 "2014-01-17T21:18:30Z")
So many varied uses, so many connotations… it’s the swiss army knife of vulgarity. I have a particular fondness for when it’s closest to “C’mon.”… an expression of incredulity, frustration and perhaps a bit of urging. A… --- ## [Going to Latvia and Lithuania, suggest places to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-latvia-and-lithuania-suggest-places-to-see/678871)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-latvia-and-lithuania-suggest-places-to-see/678871 "2014-01-17T20:42:54Z")
I have a trip to Latvia and Lithuania in mid May. The woman I’m traveling with parents came from Latvia and she speaks fluent Latvian and has been there a number of times. We will be driving the first 5-6 days of the tr… --- ## [Anyone deal with delusional family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-deal-with-delusional-family/679081)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-deal-with-delusional-family/679081 "2014-01-17T20:12:35Z")
Someone I want to talk to but is almost impossible to have a rational conversation with, they just can’t be called to account or take responsibility for ANYTHING. It gets kind of tiresome, but funny too sometimes(they bl… --- ## ["The first generation to be poorer than the one that preceded it"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-generation-to-be-poorer-than-the-one-that-preceded-it/678841)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-generation-to-be-poorer-than-the-one-that-preceded-it/678841 "2014-01-17T19:56:53Z")
I was just listening to a discussion with millennials on the Tom Ashbrook On Point show, and this was the repeated theme. I had to roll my eyes, though I also tried to keep in mind the myopia of youth. I totally bought… --- ## [Most unbelievable successful defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unbelievable-successful-defense/679005)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unbelievable-successful-defense/679005 "2014-01-17T19:14:03Z")
I was on a jury many years ago that still has me shaking my head. A guy was arrested for selling crack cocaine in the park. He had been observed for several days making transactions before he was arrested. Upon arrest he… --- ## [You don't know shit from Shinola wristwatches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-shit-from-shinola-wristwatches/655335)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-shit-from-shinola-wristwatches/655335 "2014-01-17T18:57:00Z")
Shinola was a popular shoe polish in the mid-20th century, and well known as part of the colloquialism, “You don’t know shit from Shinola.” The well known trademark was purchased after the shoe polish company went defun… --- ## [necrosis for dummies (not me, a relative)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necrosis-for-dummies-not-me-a-relative/679062)
**Author:** [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necrosis-for-dummies-not-me-a-relative/679062 "2014-01-17T15:29:41Z")
Hi, ok, so I just got off the phone with Mom and apparently a recent conversation with her younger sister included this bit: Aunt: “… and in my last cancer check they said the scar from my first mastectomy¬ has necrosi… --- ## [National Popular Vote Interstate Compact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-popular-vote-interstate-compact/638849)
**Author:** [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-popular-vote-interstate-compact/638849 "2014-01-17T15:29:27Z")
Wiki description of the Compact here: In short, this agreement requires that the winner of the national popular vote in the Presidential race gets the electoral votes from the states that have enacted this agreement. … --- ## [Unscented body lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-body-lotion/678937)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unscented-body-lotion/678937 "2014-01-17T15:12:35Z")
I’m looking for an unscented body lotion, as the title describes. My Wife has one now that smells nice in the tube, but I have a damaged smeller, on skin it and most perfumes smell like old ladies in church to me. This… --- ## [What song do you want played at your funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548 "2014-01-17T15:10:24Z")
What song should be playing as they lower your casket into the ground (or light the match for those of you who prefer cremation)? Not necessarily your favorite song. No, not that. Just the song that you want everyone to… --- ## [Where can we buy/rent a cannon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-we-buy-rent-a-cannon/678838)
**Author:** [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-we-buy-rent-a-cannon/678838 "2014-01-17T14:54:15Z")
Hubby’s favorite cousin is turning 30 next weekend. He’s a bit on the quirky side. He has a fascination with things that make really loud noises. Firecrackers, thunder bolts, old yellow school busses backfiring, etc. At … --- ## [Crazy Woman accosts my son and me in a bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648)
**Author:** [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-woman-accosts-my-son-and-me-in-a-bar/678648 "2014-01-17T14:46:48Z")
So one of the great things about living in London - lots of great pubs reasonably near by serving a wonderful range of beers. One of my favorite pubs is a few tube stops away, it’s a free house (i.e., it’s run independen… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1160)