# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=123 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 124 --- ## [How do we remove existing space junk from orbit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-remove-existing-space-junk-from-orbit/990938)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-remove-existing-space-junk-from-orbit/990938 "2023-10-04T19:39:25Z")
There is a metric buttload of junk in orbit, and we seem to be getting closer to the more dangerous part of the Kessler Effect curve. I know that modern satellites, like Starlink, have mechanisms to de-orbit themselves … --- ## [What is your favourite app that most people don’t know about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-app-that-most-people-don-t-know-about/970495)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-app-that-most-people-don-t-know-about/970495 "2023-10-04T03:47:35Z")
Obviously there are a lot of apps. Most people know about the ones which come installed and the common ones. Lists of the best apps often include big surprises like Google, browsers, app versions of things already exce… --- ## [What do you think of the heat this summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-heat-this-summer/987098)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-heat-this-summer/987098 "2023-10-03T15:10:29Z")
I realized that this summer, though hot, is most likely to be one of the coolest summers I experience in the rest of my life. What do you think of that? --- ## [How do I get rid of my meth neighbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-my-meth-neighbor/616071)
**Author:** [@forlorn\_closure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forlorn_closure)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-my-meth-neighbor/616071 "2023-10-03T14:29:58Z")
I moved into a rental home recently and discovered that the person in the unit next to mine is doing meth in his apartment. I think I am also dealing with the health effects of a small amount of fumes seeping into my ap… --- ## [Alternatives for rubber feet on cooktop grate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-for-rubber-feet-on-cooktop-grate/991018)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-for-rubber-feet-on-cooktop-grate/991018 "2023-10-02T23:40:57Z")
I got a new Samsung cooktop a year or so ago. The grates have little rubber feet on the bottom so they don’t rattle on the cooktop. A few days ago when my housecleaner was cleaning the grates in the sink, apparently one … --- ## [What Humbles You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-humbles-you/990511)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-humbles-you/990511 "2023-10-02T21:29:12Z")
I read a book written by a dying woman, and I’m humbled that she’s writing books while dying (when I finished this one, I saw an advert for yet another book she wrote after it.) Meanwhile I’m like, “my life is too crazy … --- ## [One day in Reykjavík - what to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-reykjavik-what-to-see/988270)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-reykjavik-what-to-see/988270 "2023-10-02T19:46:38Z")
Long story short, I’m going to be in Germany for a couple of weeks in September. As I refuse to fly Air Canada and Transat doesn’t go directly to any airports in Germany, I booked with Icelandair. I have less than an hou… --- ## [Balancing a checkbook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balancing-a-checkbook/990696)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balancing-a-checkbook/990696 "2023-10-02T11:04:08Z")
Do you still sit down and balance your checkbook or do you check you balance and trust that it is correct? I still do a month balance but it is a pain with all the small debit purchases and also that I don’t always ask, … --- ## ["Please disable your ad blocker" Okay, HOW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-disable-your-ad-blocker-okay-how/990966)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-disable-your-ad-blocker-okay-how/990966 "2023-10-01T22:15:09Z")
Sites that give me this message tell me to go the icon on my top right menu bar and click on the ad blocker icon; except I don’t have one. In the spot where an ad blocker icon should be I have “Avira Browser Safety”. Thi… --- ## [Can You Code (Mobile Apps)? Can You Give Me An Estimate For This Project?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-code-mobile-apps-can-you-give-me-an-estimate-for-this-project/990962)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-code-mobile-apps-can-you-give-me-an-estimate-for-this-project/990962 "2023-10-01T20:11:59Z")
I have an idea for a mobile app that would improve workflow in a specific industry. The structure would be trivially simple - basically an electronic adaptation of the Kanban system, a la Trello, only specific to this in… --- ## [New conspiracy theory about carbon sequestration pipelines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-theory-about-carbon-sequestration-pipelines/990919)
**Author:** [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-theory-about-carbon-sequestration-pipelines/990919 "2023-10-01T16:50:25Z")
…or at least new to me. In the linked article, a fellow named Trent Loos was interviewed, and he objects to carbon sequestration because either it is secretly being used to make jet fuel or if pumped underground it will… --- ## [Breaking the Fast (of Yom Kippur)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-fast-of-yom-kippur/990694)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-fast-of-yom-kippur/990694 "2023-10-01T15:51:23Z")
Just curious. If you’re fasting today, how do you plan to break your fast tonight? It’s just a few more minutes here. Do you have any traditions? Just get something at home? Normally we go to Golden Corral but the one ne… --- ## [Ratio of population supported by a factory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratio-of-population-supported-by-a-factory/990898)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ratio-of-population-supported-by-a-factory/990898 "2023-10-01T13:10:25Z")
Suppose I went out into the middle of the Nv desert and opened a factory with 5,000 employees. What size town might develop around that say within 10 years? --- ## [Poll - Do women like it when men "finish" in their mouth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-women-like-it-when-men-finish-in-their-mouth/193180)
**Author:** [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-women-like-it-when-men-finish-in-their-mouth/193180 "2023-09-30T15:06:41Z")
Subj, self-explan.:o --- ## [Girlfriend is getting impatient with my long stay in Asia for medical treatment; need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-getting-impatient-with-my-long-stay-in-asia-for-medical-treatment-need-advice/982613)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-is-getting-impatient-with-my-long-stay-in-asia-for-medical-treatment-need-advice/982613 "2023-09-30T02:14:33Z")
I lost my job a few months ago and have been spending time abroad in Taiwan since. My girlfriend (who lives in Texas) has been okay until now, but her patience is getting frayed. The first few months were spent doing on… --- ## [I want to win a prize at the fair. How do I do it and what game should I play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-a-prize-at-the-fair-how-do-i-do-it-and-what-game-should-i-play/990369)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-win-a-prize-at-the-fair-how-do-i-do-it-and-what-game-should-i-play/990369 "2023-09-28T23:50:17Z")
Just as said. I am going to a fair next week and want to win a prize. Preferably one of the big ones. I know they cheat like crazy. What game should I play? How can I prepare? How can I win? --- ## [Seeing “Around the Curve” of the Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-around-the-curve-of-the-universe/990803)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-around-the-curve-of-the-universe/990803 "2023-09-28T22:48:34Z")
I don’t know if there is a factual answer to this, but it seems like there should be a fact based answer. Maybe we don’t know, but we should be able to make some guesses based on what we do know, and not just make a wil… --- ## [Quote about rulers not repressing the small things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-about-rulers-not-repressing-the-small-things/990787)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-about-rulers-not-repressing-the-small-things/990787 "2023-09-28T20:44:34Z")
I am struggling to find a quote. The gist of it is, it is often the small things that provoke people’s resistance and rebellion, that people might put up with great injustice more easily than small oppressions. Can anybo… --- ## [Would you clear your browser cache to solve a website-specific problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-clear-your-browser-cache-to-solve-a-website-specific-problem/990705)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-clear-your-browser-cache-to-solve-a-website-specific-problem/990705 "2023-09-28T19:04:32Z")
A few years ago I had a problem with a website not updating, and was instructed by the site’s administrator to clear my cache, which I did. Boy, did I regret it. All the websites I visit regularly no longer recognized m… --- ## [Heading to Portland, Maine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-to-portland-maine/990033)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heading-to-portland-maine/990033 "2023-09-28T00:07:15Z")
What should I do while I’m there? I’m heading up on Friday afternoon, leaving Monday morning, so I’ll have all day and night on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday looks like rain, so I could use some indoor suggestions, too… --- ## [What did it cost to feed and supply Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armée per day and how far would the sale of the Louisiana Territory have gone in terms of sustaining the Armée?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-it-cost-to-feed-and-supply-napoleon-bonapartes-grande-armee-per-day-and-how-far-would-the-sale-of-the-louisiana-territory-have-gone-in-terms-of-sustaining-the-armee/990677)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-it-cost-to-feed-and-supply-napoleon-bonapartes-grande-armee-per-day-and-how-far-would-the-sale-of-the-louisiana-territory-have-gone-in-terms-of-sustaining-the-armee/990677 "2023-09-27T15:44:00Z")
I had heard years ago but never found any evidence to support the claim that the sale of the Louisiana Territory didn’t go far at all in sustaining the Grande Armée. I have not found any information. on the daily costs o… --- ## [Another Time Traveler Question - Sex with "the Locals"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-traveler-question-sex-with-the-locals/970441)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-traveler-question-sex-with-the-locals/970441 "2023-09-27T14:58:09Z")
Inspired by this thread. Let’s imagine that our time traveler goes back to, say, the Middle Ages and soon enough attracts the attention of some random medieval Joe/Jane. Yes, that kind of attention. They find a place wh… --- ## [Does it bug you? The incessant pressure to bend your will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bug-you-the-incessant-pressure-to-bend-your-will/990388)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-bug-you-the-incessant-pressure-to-bend-your-will/990388 "2023-09-27T14:34:35Z")
Seems like kind of a strong way of putting it, “Bend your will”. But when I think about it, it’s not less than that. TV Commercials, stalkery internet ads, ‘news’ headlines intended primarily to divide the population–B… --- ## [Has anyone here had hair transplant surgery? In Turkey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-had-hair-transplant-surgery-in-turkey/990522)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-had-hair-transplant-surgery-in-turkey/990522 "2023-09-27T13:13:10Z")
Looking for any reports of dopers that have had this done. From what chatgtp has told me, Turkey is the place to go for this if you’re not filthy rich. I’ve never had “good hair”, but I’d take any hair over being bald. … --- ## [Suggestions for software to create city maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-software-to-create-city-maps/990744)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-software-to-create-city-maps/990744 "2023-09-26T22:08:20Z")
For roleplaying purposes, I’d like to create a city map of a made-up city, and am looking for recommendations for software to do this - ideally open source, but I’m also willing to pay if it’s reasonably affordable for a… --- ## [Japan: Cheating culture with prostitutes (is this real...Reddit post)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-cheating-culture-with-prostitutes-is-this-real-reddit-post/990273)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-cheating-culture-with-prostitutes-is-this-real-reddit-post/990273 "2023-09-26T20:01:40Z")
I saw the post below on Reddit which suggests that Japanese women are ok with their men being with prostitutes. They would not be ok with them being with any woman but a prostitute seems ok with them. I get that these … --- ## [Tell me about applying for an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-applying-for-an-oci-overseas-citizen-of-india-card/971738)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-applying-for-an-oci-overseas-citizen-of-india-card/971738 "2023-02-07T01:35:03Z")
So it seems like Tom Scud might be eligible for an OCI card. His mother was born in India in 1940 (her parents were missionaries there) and didn’t live permanently in the U.S. until she moved to attend college. Nobody in… --- ## [Help with yahoo email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-yahoo-email/990721 "2023-09-26T13:59:42Z")
When I try to log into my yahoo email acct, I get a prompt asking for another email acct for acct recovery. There used to be an option: “Remind me later”–but now that’s option is gone. So I gave my email address at tuta… --- ## [Help me understand an "inclusion" situation, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-an-inclusion-situation-please/990262)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-an-inclusion-situation-please/990262 "2023-09-26T13:56:56Z")
I know today’s world is different than the one I was born into 60 yrs ago - which is generally a good thing. And I generally try to adjust my perception. So thanks in advance. A friend of me teaches at a HS, and poste… --- ## [Nazis win World War 2 and put Swastikas in other countries flags, any historical precedence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazis-win-world-war-2-and-put-swastikas-in-other-countries-flags-any-historical-precedence/990655)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazis-win-world-war-2-and-put-swastikas-in-other-countries-flags-any-historical-precedence/990655 "2023-09-26T07:24:35Z")
You see this all the time in fiction, Man in the High Castle, Wolfenstein, Hearts of Iron, but basically the Nazis take over America (or other countries) and that countries flag suddenly just has a swastika in it. For Am… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=124)