# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1171 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1172 --- ## [How can people do a job that produces nothing useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-people-do-a-job-that-produces-nothing-useful/677288)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-people-do-a-job-that-produces-nothing-useful/677288 "2013-12-28T01:10:25Z")
I saw a story about how Congress has authorized spending to build tanks that the Pentagon does not need or want. This got me wondering what it must feel like for the workers building the tanks. I have had to do a few p… --- ## [Thoughts on the term "White Trash"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-term-white-trash/677139)
**Author:** [@Spaghettifrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spaghettifrier)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-term-white-trash/677139 "2013-12-28T00:19:18Z")
this should be a fun one… I’ve always thought, since the tender young word I first heard this phrase being thrown about, that it was just blatantly RACIST! And it baffles me as to why it is acceptable to say it in a cli… --- ## [As a guy, how do I order my haircut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-guy-how-do-i-order-my-haircut/676607)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-guy-how-do-i-order-my-haircut/676607 "2013-12-27T23:56:30Z")
I think this is Cafe Society appropriate… Getting my hair properly cut seems increasingly difficult. I like my hair a little long all around, but very neat immediately above the ears and along the neck line. I also li… --- ## [How far are we from social revolution in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-we-from-social-revolution-in-america/677137)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-are-we-from-social-revolution-in-america/677137 "2013-12-27T23:40:13Z")
As the traditional American middle class keeps sliding into being a relatively poorer underclass with ever diminishing prospects, and wealth is continually concentrated at the very top, how far are we from a state of rev… --- ## [Two-Story Toys R Us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-story-toys-r-us/677064)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-story-toys-r-us/677064 "2013-12-27T22:55:30Z")
Does anyone know where there is a two-story Toys R Us? My wife and I seem to recall being in one, but we cannot recall where it might have been. It is really bugging us. (Maybe we’re imaging it?) We were not in NYC nor … --- ## [Check out these awesome new words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-these-awesome-new-words/677272)
**Author:** [@Spaghettifrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spaghettifrier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-out-these-awesome-new-words/677272 "2013-12-27T22:47:06Z")
Check out these awesome new words to replace “homosexual” and “heterosexual” (and everything in between). “Androphilia describes sexual attraction to men or masculinity; gynephilia describes the sexual attraction to wo… --- ## [Barista refuses to remake my drink or add more milk to it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barista-refuses-to-remake-my-drink-or-add-more-milk-to-it/677306)
**Author:** [@jashley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jashley)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barista-refuses-to-remake-my-drink-or-add-more-milk-to-it/677306 "2013-12-27T21:49:04Z")
I am so upset, I had a drink made at Starbucks, they made it wrong, and when they made it they showed it to me and from what I could see it looked good but I waited a bit and when the whip melted the drink was like an in… --- ## [Any experience with Carrington Mortgage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-carrington-mortgage/677308)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-carrington-mortgage/677308 "2013-12-27T20:07:27Z")
Carrington bought my mortgage from Chase. So far I’m a little concerned…they don’t have a record of my November payment, and I’m unable to make an online payment for December. The reviews I’ve found have been fairly nega… --- ## [Pedestrian Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedestrian-etiquette/677074)
**Author:** [@Spaghettifrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spaghettifrier)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedestrian-etiquette/677074 "2013-12-27T19:11:05Z")
Foot rage can be as bad as road rage for pedestrians in cramped arenas, but usually is more suppressed due to the fact that one is not protected by a metal box. It seems crazy in certain areas with people coming in all … --- ## [Enduring and Unenduring Unsolved Crime Mysteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enduring-and-unenduring-unsolved-crime-mysteries/677246)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enduring-and-unenduring-unsolved-crime-mysteries/677246 "2013-12-27T19:10:05Z")
After recently reading about JonBenet Ramsey officially being labelled as a cold case, it got me to thinking. WHY are some unsolved murder mysteries popular and enduring while others are known mostly by crime buffs, eve… --- ## [Hypothetical: the First Amendment is repealed. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-the-first-amendment-is-repealed-now-what/677221)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-the-first-amendment-is-repealed-now-what/677221 "2013-12-27T17:34:53Z")
Hypothetical scenario: The President, the Senate, and the House are afflicted by brain slugs that command them to repeal the First Amendment. So they repeal the First Amendment. What is most likely to happen next? Riots… --- ## [What to do when your spouse does something nutty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-your-spouse-does-something-nutty/677204)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-your-spouse-does-something-nutty/677204 "2013-12-27T15:29:14Z")
You know something nutty, not directed at you, where you have no opinion or stake aside from sleeping next to them. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Something where you don’t agree with them, don’t think it matters one bit, and are p… --- ## [Speech to text, and text to soeech software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-to-text-and-text-to-soeech-software/677192)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speech-to-text-and-text-to-soeech-software/677192 "2013-12-27T15:15:30Z")
My wife is interested in text to speech and voice to text software. Educate me please. Is Dragon still the go to software for transcribing voice to text? What are the best options for software that will read a documen… --- ## [Charity donation instead of Christmas cards - and sending your friends the receipt. Crass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-donation-instead-of-christmas-cards-and-sending-your-friends-the-receipt-crass/677043)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-donation-instead-of-christmas-cards-and-sending-your-friends-the-receipt-crass/677043 "2013-12-27T14:54:07Z")
A friend of mine has done something that made my jaw drop at the crassness. I’m wondering if it’s just me. It’s become a bit of a thing here in the UK to send an email and/or a Facebook announcement to all your friends … --- ## [wifi connection for TV advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-connection-for-tv-advice/675383)
**Author:** [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-connection-for-tv-advice/675383 "2013-12-27T13:44:01Z")
At home we are still in the dark ages of the 00’s………… we still get our Netflix movies via mail. That is oncei I remember to return them another one come in. So for Christmas I am getting a family present of the followi… --- ## [Ask the Guy who successfully enrolled in Obamacare on the healthcare.gov website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-successfully-enrolled-in-obamacare-on-the-healthcare-gov-website/673183)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-successfully-enrolled-in-obamacare-on-the-healthcare-gov-website/673183 "2013-12-27T07:00:29Z")
After trying a couple of times a week since the the October 1 rollout, I was finally able to successfully enroll in a healthcare plan on the healthcare.gov website. There is only one provider in New Hampshire: Anthem Bl… --- ## [Medical Types: Nasal Intubation Roadblock - What/Why/How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-types-nasal-intubation-roadblock-what-why-how/677196)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-types-nasal-intubation-roadblock-what-why-how/677196 "2013-12-27T03:33:53Z")
Well, the poor nurse in the ER couldn’t explain it, my PCP wasn’t there and didn’t care to try to re0create the situation, so wouldn’t speculate. I showed up at the ER with blood in stool (dark red). Was given the make-… --- ## [What things are you on the lookout for at garage sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-are-you-on-the-lookout-for-at-garage-sales/676947)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-are-you-on-the-lookout-for-at-garage-sales/676947 "2013-12-27T03:15:36Z")
Or yard sales, tag sales, whatever you call them. Estate sales are a little different, but I’ll include them in the question. I will usually go through the books, looking for old cookbooks particularly from before 1950.… --- ## [If you had to do a menial job, what would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-do-a-menial-job-what-would-it-be/496678)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-do-a-menial-job-what-would-it-be/496678 "2013-12-27T02:40:14Z")
Assume you had to do a menial job of some kind for the rest of your life (I dunno, maybe you fathered a million and one kids and any income would be stole off you by evil former girlfriends who would just take the cash o… --- ## [How much would a Star Trek / the Fly transporter change the economy??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-star-trek-the-fly-transporter-change-the-economy/677035)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-star-trek-the-fly-transporter-change-the-economy/677035 "2013-12-27T00:37:47Z")
I seem to remember this being done, but couldn’t find the thread. But (as a person who HATES the waste of time that is commuting to work), I have always been curious about this. I’m talking about a transporter, ala Sta… --- ## [Little girls and princesses. A real menace or harmless fun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-and-princesses-a-real-menace-or-harmless-fun/674950)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-and-princesses-a-real-menace-or-harmless-fun/674950 "2013-12-26T22:06:25Z")
Interesting articles: School tells girls they aren’t princesses. Anti-princess branding I’m a feminist and my daughter is a princess Princess wars. I’m a child of the 80s. The only princess who was on my radar was … --- ## [How practical is calculus for day-to-day living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-practical-is-calculus-for-day-to-day-living/676913)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-practical-is-calculus-for-day-to-day-living/676913 "2013-12-26T21:37:20Z")
I read somewhere that when you learn calculus it is like having a third arm. In other words, it is useful. Does anyone who knows calculus find it useful outside of careers such as mathematics, physics, and that sort of … --- ## [DirecTV vs Comcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directv-vs-comcast/642026)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directv-vs-comcast/642026 "2013-12-26T20:41:24Z")
I’m getting tired of Comcast. They’ve been quietly raising their prices for some time now. Today I got my credit card bill, for the card that I only use for automated payments to Comcast. Over $194. :eek: I was tick… --- ## [Database management?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-management/610072)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-management/610072 "2013-12-26T18:17:37Z")
A lot of the jobs I’ve applied for request experience in ‘‘database management.’’ What, exactly, does this mean? Judging by the job descriptions it has to do with monitoring/tracking ongoing office activities. Is that… --- ## [Charitable giving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charitable-giving/677159)
**Author:** [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charitable-giving/677159 "2013-12-26T18:04:08Z")
What is the most efficient way to give to charity? \[ol\] \[li\]Assume good faith here: the homeless guy isn’t going to buy crack; the executive director of the Philanthropic Counsel to Make Things Nicer isn’t going to run… --- ## [Migraines....Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migraines-help/677182)
**Author:** [@Strangeland64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangeland64)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migraines-help/677182 "2013-12-26T14:21:43Z")
Hi Everyone, First of all, TIA for any advice , and I do realize and plan on asking my doctor about this, but I was wondering if anyone has had any success with preventing migraines besides Topamax? I did Topamax last y… --- ## [Help me figure out some upgrades for my dad's old PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-some-upgrades-for-my-dads-old-pc/676800)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-some-upgrades-for-my-dads-old-pc/676800 "2013-12-26T07:14:30Z")
Hey everyone, I’m thinking about helping my dad upgrade his older PC to get a few more years of life out of it. He’s running windows 8.1 on it and it’s working pretty well, but could definitely use a few upgrades. When … --- ## [Paintball guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paintball-guns/20348)
**Author:** [@SilentKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentKnight)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paintball-guns/20348 "2000-05-25T17:19:18Z")
What would be the best paintball gun that I could buy for around $150? Spyder? Piranha? Thanks --- ## [You got someone a book for Christmas, Ok to read it before giving it to them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-got-someone-a-book-for-christmas-ok-to-read-it-before-giving-it-to-them/675315)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-got-someone-a-book-for-christmas-ok-to-read-it-before-giving-it-to-them/675315 "2013-12-25T20:31:57Z")
A friend of mine was out shopping with her 15 yo daughter. The daughter picked up a couple of books and remarked how she was going to get them for her 13 yo sister, but that she was “so reading them first”. The mom was d… --- ## [What are the things I should know before I hit 20?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-things-i-should-know-before-i-hit-20/677038)
**Author:** [@itsharkley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/itsharkley)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-things-i-should-know-before-i-hit-20/677038 "2013-12-25T18:15:40Z")
I’m so aware that as a teen, I can’t know everything I should. I heard mentioning of IRS, w9, Tax return, ETC. I have no goddamn clue. School doesn’t teach… I was advanced enough to ask for mentors, and write an incr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1172)