# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=117 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 118 --- ## [Unsupported Science Beliefs You Hold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsupported-science-beliefs-you-hold/993365)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsupported-science-beliefs-you-hold/993365 "2023-11-25T01:58:11Z")
I think that more geographic features than are generally acknowledged are the result of meteorite/comet impacts. These include the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, and the Great Lakes. I believe that the continents were for… --- ## [What's the dumbest/worst "Next Million Dollar Idea" someone has shared with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447 "2023-11-24T20:23:21Z")
The next million dollar idea or billion dollar app, basically when an “ideas” person comes up with a brilliant idea to be the next Mark Zuckerberg because their new idea/app is GURANTEED to make a ton of money, but since… --- ## [I hate my IPhone, suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-iphone-suggestions/993473)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-my-iphone-suggestions/993473 "2023-11-24T19:34:18Z")
The recent forced “upgrade” put me over the edge of tolerance. Now I am actively searching for ways to not carry a mini-computer in my pocket, but I am at a loss. Things I use my phone for: Tracking my mileage on my ho… --- ## [More problems with word daily (French)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-problems-with-word-daily-french/993581)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-problems-with-word-daily-french/993581 "2023-11-24T09:01:00Z")
Today’s word daily is the word “malheurusement” which they define as “unfortunately” and pronounce a la francais. Seems to me (I used to speak a pretty coherent French, not so much for the past 40 years) that word trans… --- ## [Why all the coverage of OpenAI's management shenanigans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-coverage-of-openais-management-shenanigans/993563)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-coverage-of-openais-management-shenanigans/993563 "2023-11-24T03:12:33Z")
So I’m pretty bemused but the intense coverage about the goings on at OpenAI both in the technology press and the mainstream press (I was getting push notifications about it on the BBC app FFS!) I’ve been working in tec… --- ## [Can behavior affect our DNA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-behavior-affect-our-dna/992736)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-behavior-affect-our-dna/992736 "2023-11-23T03:39:46Z")
I followed a conversation on this yesterday, and it got me to thinking of ways our behavior might be translated in someway to our genetic code we passed on… The only thing I could think of was that chemicals and hormones… --- ## [How long before journalists quit referring to: "formerly known as Twitter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-journalists-quit-referring-to-formerly-known-as-twitter/993442)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-journalists-quit-referring-to-formerly-known-as-twitter/993442 "2023-11-22T17:25:10Z")
Musk renamed Twitter to X 17 weeks or almost 120 days ago, or 1/3 of a year. Articles continue to be written in which they will say “was posted on X, formerly known as Twitter”. What’s the normal period after a name ch… --- ## [Might I have seen a "freak show" of some kind, as a child in the mid-50's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-have-seen-a-freak-show-of-some-kind-as-a-child-in-the-mid-50s/992850)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-have-seen-a-freak-show-of-some-kind-as-a-child-in-the-mid-50s/992850 "2023-11-22T17:16:38Z")
I have a memory of going to a circus with my father when I was pretty young, so maybe around 1955. I remember going into a separate tent and sort of passing along an aisle with sets of exhibits of some kind on each side … --- ## [The US Department of Justice really wants me to contact them for some reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-department-of-justice-really-wants-me-to-contact-them-for-some-reason/993483)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-department-of-justice-really-wants-me-to-contact-them-for-some-reason/993483 "2023-11-22T15:52:15Z")
So I’ve been getting these letters from the DOJ. In it it basically says I may have been a victim of a crime and to contact them for a class action lawsuit. The letter doesn’t say what the lawsuit is about which is anno… --- ## [Which versions of the Vinland Sagas mention Skraelings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-versions-of-the-vinland-sagas-mention-skraelings/993356)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-versions-of-the-vinland-sagas-mention-skraelings/993356 "2023-11-22T12:48:59Z")
I’m reading a 1997 paperback of “The Sagas of Iceland”. I was expecting to see the word Skraeling in the text. Instead I see the repeated word ‘natives’. Which translations use the terrm Skraeling? Has the term ‘Skraeli… --- ## [Recommendations for a new credit card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-new-credit-card/993496)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-new-credit-card/993496 "2023-11-22T04:38:04Z")
I usually don’t like having tons of unneeded bills to pay (so Mr. Absentminded here doesn’t forget to pay a bill), but I almost got stuck on a recent trip where my only credit card was declined, and I had to use a debit … --- ## [Anyone Doubting the Divide in America Should Get a Load of This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doubting-the-divide-in-america-should-get-a-load-of-this/993127)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doubting-the-divide-in-america-should-get-a-load-of-this/993127 "2023-11-22T00:54:08Z")
I stumbled across this while perusing travel videos and holy shit, is it chilling. So this is a YouTube piece about travelling through less popular US states for tourists and if you skim through until 2:15, you come acr… --- ## [What are your favorite thought experiments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-thought-experiments/993394)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-thought-experiments/993394 "2023-11-22T00:02:50Z")
What are your favorite thought experiments and why? My example is the experience machine by Robert Nozick. It serves to show whether the person being asked values hedonism over anything else, whether they value what’s r… --- ## [Need a gift idea for $20 - $25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-20-25/992957)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-20-25/992957 "2023-11-21T23:52:37Z")
I’m sort of stumped so looking for an assist. Must be unisex For a random adult, but nothing risqué and no gag gifts Availability on Amazon is a plus but not required Any ideas? Thanks! mmm --- ## [A weird poll: which “superpower” would you take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-poll-which-superpower-would-you-take/993309)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-poll-which-superpower-would-you-take/993309 "2023-11-21T22:23:18Z")
Another weird question that’s been bugging me for so long that I just had to ask. Some explication: Option 1: You can eat, but you don’t need to. You’ll never feel hungry, and if you do eat, some other instinctual sig… --- ## [Recommend me an e-bike!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-e-bike/984919)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-e-bike/984919 "2023-11-21T18:45:32Z")
Mrs. solost purchased an e-bike a couple Summers ago, and she absolutely loves it. Her model, the HeyBike Cityscape, seems to be discontinued, but this model looks pretty much like hers. She’s encouraged me to get one as… --- ## [I need a recommendation for a power bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-for-a-power-bank/993407)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-for-a-power-bank/993407 "2023-11-21T16:24:50Z")
I have rechargeable hearing aids (Unitron Moxie B9), which go into a charging case to charge. If in the case, they don’t automatically turn off (which is stupid, because if they’re in the case, they aren’t in your ears),… --- ## [What thought or effort has gone into a merger between the alternatives to Twitter/X?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thought-or-effort-has-gone-into-a-merger-between-the-alternatives-to-twitter-x/993325)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thought-or-effort-has-gone-into-a-merger-between-the-alternatives-to-twitter-x/993325 "2023-11-21T04:39:41Z")
Seems to me the largest hurdle in these newer places getting off the ground successfully is that the alternative market to Twitter/X is the multiple venues, too many people quitting but all going to discrete places. Have… --- ## [What's your longest no-vomit streak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-no-vomit-streak/432899)
**Author:** [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-longest-no-vomit-streak/432899 "2023-11-21T02:12:32Z")
Last night I had a lovely time heaving my guts out every hour or so from 10 pm to 7 am and I got to thinking along the lines of Seinfeld. This was the first time I had vomited since September of 1999, so my streak (whic… --- ## [Recommend lawyers for guardianship in Tennessee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-lawyers-for-guardianship-in-tennessee/993451)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-lawyers-for-guardianship-in-tennessee/993451 "2023-11-21T01:31:37Z")
Do you have any recommendations for a lawyer, or other appropriate person, to establish a guardianship in Tennessee? A friend has a relative with an autistic teen, and the school suggested a guardianship be set up before… --- ## [Might Mercury 13 astronaut wannabe Jerrie Cobb have been the "Babushka Lady" at the JFK assassination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-mercury-13-astronaut-wannabe-jerrie-cobb-have-been-the-babushka-lady-at-the-jfk-assassination/993405)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-mercury-13-astronaut-wannabe-jerrie-cobb-have-been-the-babushka-lady-at-the-jfk-assassination/993405 "2023-11-20T22:11:18Z")
Or even the second shooter? This woman thinks so. Yeah, I know, the book’s release almost coincides with the 60th anniversary of the assassination. I personally disagree, although stranger things have happened, I gues… --- ## [Is jail really worse than prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jail-really-worse-than-prison/993310)
**Author:** [@sarahdonahue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sarahdonahue)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-jail-really-worse-than-prison/993310 "2023-11-20T19:40:31Z")
Seemingly everybody who’s been to both jail and prison says that jail is actually worse than prison. Supposedly prison food is less bad than jail food, prison is somewhat less boring, prison has more visitation rights, t… --- ## [How do I ladder/scaffold/whatever my way up to this spot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-ladder-scaffold-whatever-my-way-up-to-this-spot/984103)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-ladder-scaffold-whatever-my-way-up-to-this-spot/984103 "2023-11-20T19:28:47Z")
Y’all were so helpful with the chandeliers, I’m going to ask another one. A savage crew of woodpeckers attacked my house, and I’d like to go up there and replace about 2’ of trim (NB: we hung up suet in various places a… --- ## [Enforcing Leaving the State for an Abortion, Other Post-Roe Abortion Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcing-leaving-the-state-for-an-abortion-other-post-roe-abortion-questions/964068)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcing-leaving-the-state-for-an-abortion-other-post-roe-abortion-questions/964068 "2023-11-20T14:18:08Z")
So some states are planning to enact laws that make it a crime to leave the state for an abortion. I don’t see how they can enforce that: short of parking cops at the border and then being on the lookout for women of chi… --- ## [Name something that you currently enjoy that you once thought was only for old folks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459 "2023-11-20T05:26:08Z")
Mine is learning about history. Young’uns don’t give a rat’s buttocks about what caused the onset of WW I, how long the Roman Empire lasted, or who the sixth President of the U.S. was. Neither did I, back when I was forc… --- ## [Short shorts for men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-shorts-for-men/983074)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-shorts-for-men/983074 "2023-11-20T03:23:06Z")
I used to have a pair of OP corduroy shorts like these: In the '80s, basketball shorts were short. Nowadays, men’s shorts … --- ## ["Man tells job interviewer he won't clean because that's Women's Work" Modern Urban Legend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tells-job-interviewer-he-wont-clean-because-thats-womens-work-modern-urban-legend/993355)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-tells-job-interviewer-he-wont-clean-because-thats-womens-work-modern-urban-legend/993355 "2023-11-20T02:37:53Z")
This is one of those stories I hear all the time in “Worst Job Interview” stories on both Reddit and other websites, and every time it’s retold I always remember it’s prefaced by “Didn’t happen to me but to a friend/cowo… --- ## [This blog uses the age range of young adults wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-blog-uses-the-age-range-of-young-adults-wrong/993373)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-blog-uses-the-age-range-of-young-adults-wrong/993373 "2023-11-19T20:02:58Z")
While there’s no general consensus of what age range of a young adult and an adult should be, I stumbled upon this blog saying that young adults are between 12 and 30, that’s very wrong because a person at the age 12 is … --- ## [Where would you place this YouTuber’s accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-place-this-youtuber-s-accent/993313)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-you-place-this-youtuber-s-accent/993313 "2023-11-19T18:48:33Z")
There is a face reveal around the 2 minute mark in case that might bias your opinion. I’ve been subscribed to this channel for a while now and I have often wondered about this. I am not American and to me … --- ## [Giving up on something you love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-on-something-you-love/992548)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-on-something-you-love/992548 "2023-11-19T13:24:30Z")
In two separate threads, the one about the Beatles’ new release, and the one about baseball’s new rules Baseball rules changes 2023 - #29 by BlankSlate, both being things that I have devoted thousands of hours of raptur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=118)