# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1168 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1169 --- ## [Does yoga attract women with bad attitudes, or does it actually help make them that way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-yoga-attract-women-with-bad-attitudes-or-does-it-actually-help-make-them-that-way/677631)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-yoga-attract-women-with-bad-attitudes-or-does-it-actually-help-make-them-that-way/677631 "2014-01-02T17:02:39Z")
A few caveats: I do yoga myself in really small classes, and the women in there are cool. That said, I do my yoga at a Pilates studio, and in general the clients there are pretty nice. If the phenomenon I’m about t… --- ## [I got my Chromecast today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-chromecast-today/667252)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-chromecast-today/667252 "2014-01-02T15:11:51Z")
Best $35 I’ve ever spent. Took me a while to get everything set up… had to restart my laptop, and the router, but eventually everything connected and now I’m watching a movie on Netflix that is streaming to my laptop, bu… --- ## [What to do with the body of a dead pet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-the-body-of-a-dead-pet/677436)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-the-body-of-a-dead-pet/677436 "2014-01-02T14:42:48Z")
Do not need an answer fast! But I was just thinking about it last night: If a large dog dies, and you live in an average home without a lot of land,do you just bury it in the backyard? Isn’t there an issue with it smel… --- ## [Reformed procrastinators: how did you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformed-procrastinators-how-did-you-do-it/467940)
**Author:** [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformed-procrastinators-how-did-you-do-it/467940 "2014-01-02T13:31:11Z")
First of all, are there any reformed procrastinators out there? It would be nice to know it can be done. I work with hard deadlines each week on Tuesday morning. Usually, that means wasting Wednesday through Friday, the… --- ## [Did I make a stupid mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530)
**Author:** [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-make-a-stupid-mistake/677530 "2014-01-02T12:29:51Z")
This was some time ago, but it’s been bugging me for a long time. On January 13, my girlfriend (or should I say ex-girlfriend now) said she was coming to SJ (my home town) to see me, and I asked her when she was coming. … --- ## [Auditory imagination but lack vivid visual imagination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auditory-imagination-but-lack-vivid-visual-imagination/677454)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auditory-imagination-but-lack-vivid-visual-imagination/677454 "2014-01-02T11:24:45Z")
When I am imagining something the best I can do is to kind of imagine a very vague shadow or outline. I can’t really “see” it. Apparently many other people can visualize things vividly - even in full color. On the other … --- ## [My 2-y-o Turkish Angora hates my 8weeks old Rottweiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2-y-o-turkish-angora-hates-my-8weeks-old-rottweiler/677597)
**Author:** [@Bad-Luck-Andrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad-Luck-Andrew)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-2-y-o-turkish-angora-hates-my-8weeks-old-rottweiler/677597 "2014-01-02T08:31:34Z")
I have had my cat, Sara, for 2years and she has been nice and cute to pretty much everyone.:slight\_smile: She has only had problems with a relative’s little girl(8years old): she kept hissing at her, growling and even ju… --- ## [Vacuum bags for clothes and bedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-bags-for-clothes-and-bedding/677636)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-bags-for-clothes-and-bedding/677636 "2014-01-02T06:01:13Z")
Do any ever really work? I love them: you put the hoover on and the thing shrinks like magic. Then I manage to fit the extra duvet and pillows in the under-the-bed storage. But when I need to get it out again, it has re… --- ## [The Calorie Box Hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-calorie-box-hypothetical/677673)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-calorie-box-hypothetical/677673 "2014-01-02T04:07:57Z")
After Halloween our office celebrated Bring-in-the-candy-you-don’t-want-at-your-house-and-tempt-your-coworkers-with-it-oween, much the way I’m sure every other office did. And then Christmas came, bringing with it anothe… --- ## [Estate advice in North Carolina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estate-advice-in-north-carolina/677679)
**Author:** [@Lan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lan1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estate-advice-in-north-carolina/677679 "2014-01-02T03:58:14Z")
Do you by chance have that stature article for NC? My father passed 20 years ago and my mom passed last Christmas. My oldest sister who is 15 years older than the rest of us siblings was named executor. My mom said it w… --- ## [What type of place do you think this corridor could be located in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-corridor-could-be-located-in/674125 "2014-01-02T00:17:02Z")
I was browsing Google and happened to come across this picture: http://www.deadendwaterfall.com/exploration/random\_corridor\_greyred.jpg I don’t know where or what kind of place the corridor is located in, but I wanted y… --- ## [What type of place do you think this staircase could be based in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-place-do-you-think-this-staircase-could-be-based-in/677234 "2014-01-01T22:35:52Z")
What type of place, for example a hospital or a school etc do you think the staircase in this picture: https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/q71/s720x720/1530553\_1433739103522087\_1912775876\_n.jpg could be base… --- ## [Cat Ate Confetti!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619)
**Author:** [@CasseyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CasseyCat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-ate-confetti/677619 "2014-01-01T19:46:17Z")
My cat, a 10 year old, medium shorthair, ate the confetti that comes out of the New Years poppers at about 12:30 am EST. The confetti is paper, and pretty long. There was a lot of confetti as well! I’m incredibly nervous… --- ## [Do vegans run into many diet-related troubles while travelling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-run-into-many-diet-related-troubles-while-travelling/677599)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-run-into-many-diet-related-troubles-while-travelling/677599 "2014-01-01T12:35:00Z")
Vegans can only eat food that doesn’t come from animals, but when travelling, especially to places far away from home, I imagine that in some cultures, it may be hard to find completely non-animal-related dishes. So do v… --- ## [Extremely pissed over something very very small.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-pissed-over-something-very-very-small/677417)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-pissed-over-something-very-very-small/677417 "2014-01-01T11:55:17Z")
I am baffled as to why I seem to remain pissed off about a ridiculously small thing. My exwife has been doing my housekeeping for extra money for several years. In general we have remained close friends and neither of us… --- ## [Are the majority of gay activist shooting themselves in the foot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-majority-of-gay-activist-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot/677078)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-majority-of-gay-activist-shooting-themselves-in-the-foot/677078 "2014-01-01T05:22:23Z")
Why does it seem the majority of gay activist use overt displays of sexuality in situations that clearly don’t call for it? Example Example I really don’t feel this helps bridge any gaps. I mean, these types of displa… --- ## [Someone is physically harming your loved one. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-physically-harming-your-loved-one-what-do-you-do/677298)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-physically-harming-your-loved-one-what-do-you-do/677298 "2014-01-01T05:21:06Z")
Let’s say someone or a group of someones is harming a loved one of yours. What do you do? Well, save them, obviously…but do you think you could? If it was just down to you against another person bigger and stronger th… --- ## [What you wish the afterlife would be like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-wish-the-afterlife-would-be-like/677455)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-you-wish-the-afterlife-would-be-like/677455 "2014-01-01T05:20:10Z")
In the future there might be conscious beings that inhabit computers - perhaps inside neutron stars. They might have a lot of leisure time and like going inside computer simulations - “sandbox” games like GTA V which inc… --- ## [Recommendations for a backpacking trip.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-backpacking-trip/677595)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-backpacking-trip/677595 "2014-01-01T05:13:26Z")
I’m hoping to organize a backpacking trip for myself and two relatives this coming summer. We haven’t yet decided where we’re going to go. Our limitations are: \[ul\] \[li\]The trip will last about five days, certainly n… --- ## [Kafka was weak tea. Has been superseded.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kafka-was-weak-tea-has-been-superseded/677453)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kafka-was-weak-tea-has-been-superseded/677453 "2014-01-01T05:08:00Z")
From here. It is ironic that the judge’s argument about what he calls an “absurdity” is much more absurd: Regarding the statutory arguments, there is another level of absurdity in this case. The ACLU would never have le… --- ## [The slacker superhero and the exile initiative.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slacker-superhero-and-the-exile-initiative/677505)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slacker-superhero-and-the-exile-initiative/677505 "2014-01-01T03:02:37Z")
Yes, it’s a hypothetical with an absurd fantasy premise and longish storytelling OP. If you don’t like these, I don’t understand why you’re still reading. Anyway, today’s story is once again about Bob X, the slacker supe… --- ## [How much guidance do you want on gifts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-guidance-do-you-want-on-gifts/677269)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-guidance-do-you-want-on-gifts/677269 "2014-01-01T02:10:17Z")
This was the first year I gave, by her request, my sister a list of the things I wanted for Christmas. When you give gifts for Christmas or birthday, do you prefer to be given an actual list of stuff to buy or not? Is … --- ## [Is "blind" a politically-incorrect word now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blind-a-politically-incorrect-word-now/677517)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-blind-a-politically-incorrect-word-now/677517 "2014-01-01T00:55:38Z")
I was reading a free local French paper (Metro) earlier on this month. There was an article about how blind people get around in my city. But most of the article used the term “non-voyants” (non-seeing or non-sighted peo… --- ## [Assisted Living South of The Border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580)
**Author:** [@ClaireAlexander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClaireAlexander)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-living-south-of-the-border/677580 "2013-12-31T22:33:40Z")
I have come to the point that my husband needs to be placed in a locked facility. The cost I am finding are just more than we have to pay, I have had suggestions of several places just south of the border in Ensenada, Me… --- ## [Social techniques on friends.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-techniques-on-friends/677264)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-techniques-on-friends/677264 "2013-12-31T21:41:24Z")
Merry Christmas first of all. I was wondering what you think about an idea: The more social skills you use, the less the other person sees the real you. This might be okay in certain things such as business, but in ter… --- ## [Surface Pro PC Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surface-pro-pc-question/677482)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surface-pro-pc-question/677482 "2013-12-31T21:19:17Z")
I’m considering replacing one of my PCs with a convertible tablet. By that I mean one with a removable keyboard. It will be for general use, but will be used for photo editing with Elements and other similar programs tha… --- ## [Are there Fewer UFO Sightings in Recent Years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-fewer-ufo-sightings-in-recent-years/677441)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-fewer-ufo-sightings-in-recent-years/677441 "2013-12-31T20:06:53Z")
You would think with better technology there should be more of them. For those of you who keep up with this subject what is the current equivalent of the Condon Report: --- ## [Can technology evolve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-technology-evolve/677353)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-technology-evolve/677353 "2013-12-31T19:53:40Z")
you’re given a choice to re-write the history of humanity. are we better off as we are now or would it be better if we evolved to live in the seas? how far can technology advance in the waters? eta: title should read as… --- ## [What to do with $1,000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-1-000/677342)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-1-000/677342 "2013-12-31T19:49:22Z")
I get an “allowance” from my paycheck for fun money, above and beyond what is needed for monthly expenses, which I use for fun, video games, SDMB membership, computer accessories, alcohol, cigarettes, and whatever else I… --- ## [Prilosec - how's it work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prilosec-hows-it-work/677566)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prilosec-hows-it-work/677566 "2013-12-31T19:39:37Z")
Yesterday I started on a course of generic Prilosec (omeprazole) due to nascent acid reflux syndrome, although it’s more “flux” than “acid” at the current time. I’m surprised, however, that the drug is labeled as an “ac… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1167) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1169)