# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1231 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1232 --- ## [IS it harder or easier to be an awkward teenager now than in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-harder-or-easier-to-be-an-awkward-teenager-now-than-in-the-past/668715)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-harder-or-easier-to-be-an-awkward-teenager-now-than-in-the-past/668715 "2013-09-13T01:53:58Z")
I think it’s probably easier now in most respects. For one thing, there’s a diagnostic label for everything. I probably would have had a few alphabets pinned on me if I had been born 20 years later, but getting “tested… --- ## [Does it feel like fall yet where you are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-feel-like-fall-yet-where-you-are/668574)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-feel-like-fall-yet-where-you-are/668574 "2013-09-12T23:00:42Z")
I’m in Tucson, so we’ll have over-100 degree weather for another month or so. But around here the very first sign of fall is when the nights start cooling off. This morning for the first time in many months it felt cool… --- ## [Why do models on the catwalk never smile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-models-on-the-catwalk-never-smile/668392)
**Author:** [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-models-on-the-catwalk-never-smile/668392 "2013-09-12T21:07:52Z")
Actually they look like they’ve got a peeled lemon stuck up their backside. Does looking sour sell dresses? --- ## [Water in ear - this is driving me nuts!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-in-ear-this-is-driving-me-nuts/668542)
**Author:** [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-in-ear-this-is-driving-me-nuts/668542 "2013-09-12T19:12:48Z")
Okay, so I’ve had water in my right ear since yesterday and I’m beginning to get pissed because it makes NO sense why it won’t come out. The ear canal is a (relatively) straight tube, is it not? So then why, oh WHY wil… --- ## [Other cool forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-cool-forums/668288)
**Author:** [@Steener122](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steener122)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-cool-forums/668288 "2013-09-12T18:54:11Z")
I love joining forums like this. I enjoy getting to know people and talking about all kinds of things. Right now I’m only here, commercials I hate, and A Simpsons Tapped out forum. Do any of you know of any other cool f… --- ## [In What Ways Has the Web Totally Failed You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-has-the-web-totally-failed-you/456983 "2013-09-12T18:52:46Z")
Has there been anything that you have been absolutely, positively unable to find on the web? I don’t mean things like exremely esotreric porn (“I can’t get off unless I see a picture of a nun shitting on a Smurf!”) or so… --- ## [Is it OK to ask a cabbie to turn off the music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-ask-a-cabbie-to-turn-off-the-music/668590)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-ask-a-cabbie-to-turn-off-the-music/668590 "2013-09-12T18:39:23Z")
I take the cab to work quite frequently, and the first thing I ask when I get in the car is for the driver to turn off the music / radio that they almost universally have playing behind the backseat. It is usually some F… --- ## [Correlation of Homosexual/Heterosexual Attractiveness Assessments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-of-homosexual-heterosexual-attractiveness-assessments/668654)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-of-homosexual-heterosexual-attractiveness-assessments/668654 "2013-09-12T18:32:52Z")
Obviously individual tastes differ, but there are generalities in that some people are held to be attractive by a lot of people and others are held to be unattractive by a lot, and so on. So my question is how much corr… --- ## [New documentary expose on Pat Robertson's activities in Africa - Pretty astounding charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-documentary-expose-on-pat-robertsons-activities-in-africa-pretty-astounding-charges/668262)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-documentary-expose-on-pat-robertsons-activities-in-africa-pretty-astounding-charges/668262 "2013-09-12T18:32:17Z")
Re this film I had no idea he was involved in this sort of thing. I’m surprised it didn’t get more press before this. . --- ## [Remote and/or exotic towns/settlements/areas in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-and-or-exotic-towns-settlements-areas-in-the-us/668530)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remote-and-or-exotic-towns-settlements-areas-in-the-us/668530 "2013-09-12T17:46:34Z")
Sort of a half-bucket list half-serious travel question. I’m looking to travel to the most remote and/or exotic locales in the US (including Territories). Got any ideas? What areas should be on my list? For the purpo… --- ## [Should I pop my blister? (Need Answer Fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pop-my-blister-need-answer-fast/668572)
**Author:** [@Lunar\_Eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Eclipse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pop-my-blister-need-answer-fast/668572 "2013-09-12T16:41:19Z")
Here’s the deal. I’m running a half marathon this weekend. I did my last training “long run” last weekend. Normally, my feet are fine, but I must have had some sand in my sock - and now I’ve got a gigantic blister on … --- ## [Talking to a friend about depression and serious illness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-friend-about-depression-and-serious-illness/668597)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-a-friend-about-depression-and-serious-illness/668597 "2013-09-12T16:23:11Z")
A good friend, that I’ve known for 20+ years, has long term health issues, and recently has had some health setbacks. On top or because of this, he is also dealing with depression, which isn’t a normal state for him. He… --- ## [When will they stop doing the 9/11 bell ringing ceremony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-they-stop-doing-the-9-11-bell-ringing-ceremony/668599)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-they-stop-doing-the-9-11-bell-ringing-ceremony/668599 "2013-09-12T15:04:53Z")
I mean, it will seem silly to do it 500 years from now. One last time in 2101? Or stop sooner (or later)? What’s the over/under? Are they still doing something in Pearl Harbor every Dec. 7? I think of a NYT article … --- ## [I hate her so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-her-so-much/668334)
**Author:** [@Daniella130](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniella130)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-her-so-much/668334 "2013-09-12T14:38:50Z")
Hey guyz, Ok so here is the thing my mom is currently driving me crazy, am turning 16 years in a week from now but this mom is driving me insane. Ok so it started about a year ago where i would want to go out with my fr… --- ## [Can you help me with a good exercise regimen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-with-a-good-exercise-regimen/667899)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-with-a-good-exercise-regimen/667899 "2013-09-12T14:26:21Z")
One I can do in my living room? Now that I am eating much healthier I know I need to excerise more. But all exercise bores me. I never get the “fun” aspect. What I would ideally like is three days of cardio and two day… --- ## [What's the best ad blocking software for Windows 7/Internet Explorer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-ad-blocking-software-for-windows-7-internet-explorer/658981)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-ad-blocking-software-for-windows-7-internet-explorer/658981 "2013-09-12T14:26:02Z")
I’m looking to block ads, especially when viewing Youtube. What are the best ad blocking programs out there? Free would be nice but if the best is for a price, I’ll pay it if it makes a big difference. I’ve tried severa… --- ## [One Nobel Prize Winner to Another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-nobel-prize-winner-to-another/668382)
**Author:** [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-nobel-prize-winner-to-another/668382 "2013-09-12T13:39:38Z")
From Adolfo Perez Esquivel to Barack Obama: http://www.adolfoperezesquivel.org/?p=3324 What I wonder is, are people, 50 or 100 years from now, look back at this moment ini history and recall a turning point of a US de… --- ## [UK Dopers: How's the home improvement biz?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-hows-the-home-improvement-biz/668425)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-hows-the-home-improvement-biz/668425 "2013-09-12T12:59:32Z")
Long story short: Through no fault of my own, I ended up with a paltry number of UK stocks that went from one place to another until they finally landed in my Fidelity account. Five years ago, they were worth over $9/s… --- ## [Something I've never heard from a 9/11 survivor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-ive-never-heard-from-a-9-11-survivor/668609)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-ive-never-heard-from-a-9-11-survivor/668609 "2013-09-12T12:44:09Z")
To this day, I have never heard of a 9/11 widow(er) who said something like, “We weren’t happy. If s/he was still alive, I know we would be divorced now.” I’m sure that SOME of those 9/11 victims were not well liked by… --- ## [Did you actively choose your career?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-actively-choose-your-career/668561)
**Author:** [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-actively-choose-your-career/668561 "2013-09-12T12:29:49Z")
I’m not sure if we’ve done this one before - a quick search got me nothing directly related to this subject. I was musing in the shower the other day - most great ideas apparently originate in the shower, along with 93%… --- ## [How/Can you prove a negative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-prove-a-negative/668619)
**Author:** [@NeverKnownNormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeverKnownNormal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-prove-a-negative/668619 "2013-09-12T12:28:16Z")
Is there some reasonable amount of proof that can be offered to a logical person as evidence that something did\* not\* happen? The entire story is likely TL;DR, and probably TMI, but that’s it, in a nutshell. If you woke… --- ## [Is crime causing so many fast food restaurants to close early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-crime-causing-so-many-fast-food-restaurants-to-close-early/668573)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-crime-causing-so-many-fast-food-restaurants-to-close-early/668573 "2013-09-12T06:00:34Z")
The old small town joke used to be that they rolled up the sidewalks at sunset. My hometown had a population of about 28,000 and even on week nights places like Pizza Hut, Pizza Inn, and Wendys were open until midnight. … --- ## [What is the most degrading thing you enjoy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-degrading-thing-you-enjoy/668633)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-degrading-thing-you-enjoy/668633 "2013-09-12T05:20:56Z")
Some may not feel comfortable discussing this even behind the veil of the internet, but for the rest: What is the most degrading thing you enjoy being done to you? For me it is when an ex-gf called me while f\*cking some… --- ## [Astral travel? Is it real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-travel-is-it-real/668565)
**Author:** [@harryferrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harryferrel)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astral-travel-is-it-real/668565 "2013-09-12T04:11:47Z")
So I’ve been reading some astral travel stories lately. I don’t know if it’s real since I never experienced. But I have to admit I was terrified of going to sleep because of this. Anyone has experience? What triggered… --- ## ["last year the US used enough plastic water bottles..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-year-the-us-used-enough-plastic-water-bottles/668632)
**Author:** [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-year-the-us-used-enough-plastic-water-bottles/668632 "2013-09-12T04:10:34Z")
“…to stretch around the earth 190 times.” - Brita filter advertisement I’m sorry, but that sounds like an exaggeration to me. I totally agree that we need to reduce our plastic waste, but that number just sounds ridicu… --- ## [How do you deal with finding yourself stranded at night with no money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-finding-yourself-stranded-at-night-with-no-money/668512)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-finding-yourself-stranded-at-night-with-no-money/668512 "2013-09-11T23:47:35Z")
last night I was on a long drive, when I went to buy gas my card was rejected. I had another card and cash, but what if I didn’t? someone had tried to use my card for fraud so the company cancelled it and is sending a ne… --- ## [Samsung Galaxy Note 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-galaxy-note-3/668265)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samsung-galaxy-note-3/668265 "2013-09-11T23:29:42Z")
Anyone other than me considering the Samsung Galaxy Note 3? At 5.7 inches, its screen is .2 inches larger than the Note II, a whole .2 inches larger! :slight\_smile: I need it! Heh. Seriously, a slightly larger and much… --- ## ["Pages" for Macintosh -- Windows Equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pages-for-macintosh-windows-equivalent/668477)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pages-for-macintosh-windows-equivalent/668477 "2013-09-11T20:40:02Z")
A contact asked me to prepare some documents in “Pages” format. He said I’d need a Mac computer. Lum! I’m a Windows kinda guy! I’ve never so much as touched a Mac. Is there some functional equivalent? Maybe some fr… --- ## [Are cat owners masochists? Are you currently suffering from an injury from a cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cat-owners-masochists-are-you-currently-suffering-from-an-injury-from-a-cat/668412)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cat-owners-masochists-are-you-currently-suffering-from-an-injury-from-a-cat/668412 "2013-09-11T20:38:23Z")
Title says it all: Are you currently suffering from an injury from your cat? Doesn’t matter how it got there. Whether it was on purpose or just an accident. (Or how small the injury) --- ## [You're a prisoner, about to be taken to the death chamber. Morally ok to fight back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-prisoner-about-to-be-taken-to-the-death-chamber-morally-ok-to-fight-back/668268)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-prisoner-about-to-be-taken-to-the-death-chamber-morally-ok-to-fight-back/668268 "2013-09-11T20:22:19Z")
Hypothetical situation : You’re a prisoner on death row in the U.S., and all of your appeals have been exhausted. You know mentally that you did not commit the crime, but that lying or mistaken eyewitnesses and/or pros… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1232)