# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1242 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1243 --- ## [Is it socially acceptable to send your ex photos of your current significant other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-socially-acceptable-to-send-your-ex-photos-of-your-current-significant-other/667038)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-socially-acceptable-to-send-your-ex-photos-of-your-current-significant-other/667038 "2013-08-27T14:39:04Z")
I personally say no. My ex messaged me on Facebook today and we were talking and out of the blue, he sends me photos of his current boyfriend, and then the exes he had after me. And I said “You’re trying to make me jeal… --- ## [Do you believe that everyone has the capability of being good and useful to society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-everyone-has-the-capability-of-being-good-and-useful-to-society/667137)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-everyone-has-the-capability-of-being-good-and-useful-to-society/667137 "2013-08-27T10:09:07Z")
I have a friend who uses what he calls the “onion metaphor” – that everyone is like an onion. Some people’s first layer or two may be bad, but if you chip away at those upper layers, everyone underneath is inherently dri… --- ## [Original vs New Apple Earbuds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-vs-new-apple-earbuds/667187)
**Author:** [@pauly1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pauly1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-vs-new-apple-earbuds/667187 "2013-08-27T00:03:39Z")
Which one do you prefer? I have had a few original ipod earbuds and i like it. Problem is i have to get one every few months because it breaks or no more sounds. The new one came out last year and it looks like a very… --- ## [AT&T store or Apple online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-store-or-apple-online/667196)
**Author:** [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-store-or-apple-online/667196 "2013-08-26T23:34:37Z")
I apologize in advance for my stupidity. I put my iphone on top of my car for a minute to run back into the house. Now it is gone. (No, not stolen.) It must have fallen off the car when I was driving. I have looked ever… --- ## [Lapses in your memory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapses-in-your-memory/667169)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lapses-in-your-memory/667169 "2013-08-26T21:38:30Z")
That other people were nonetheless able to confirm as having happened. Kind of makes it the inverse of the first memory thread. Could involve seemingly important events that you just blotted out of your mind, perhaps f… --- ## [Girls, what's your favourite mens aftershave or fragrance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-whats-your-favourite-mens-aftershave-or-fragrance/667035)
**Author:** [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-whats-your-favourite-mens-aftershave-or-fragrance/667035 "2013-08-26T20:58:26Z")
Help me Girls, what’s your favourite aftershave or men’s fragrance you love smelling on your boyfriend or husband, I want to impress the Girls but have no idea what to buy, have been using Joop but getting sick of it, --- ## [Going on an Alaska cruise! Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-an-alaska-cruise-any-advice/657386)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-an-alaska-cruise-any-advice/657386 "2013-08-26T20:55:37Z")
I’m going with my family on a cruise to Alaska (The inside passage and the Tracy Arm Fjord) and we leave on Mothers Day. Any ideas on things I should be sure to pack? Things I might want to leave behind? What do I nee… --- ## [Extrovert Companion Piece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extrovert-companion-piece/667051)
**Author:** [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extrovert-companion-piece/667051 "2013-08-26T19:12:52Z")
Of little merit and substance, imho. How say you? --- ## [Is attributing personal accomplishments to luck a backhanded compliment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-attributing-personal-accomplishments-to-luck-a-backhanded-compliment/666989)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-attributing-personal-accomplishments-to-luck-a-backhanded-compliment/666989 "2013-08-26T19:12:14Z")
Something I noticed happening in mixed company is for a person to hear one of the peers casually talking about a recent accomplishment- graduating from school, finally being able to buy a house, having a baby, etc and at… --- ## [OK people! Confess!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-people-confess/667201)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-people-confess/667201 "2013-08-26T18:20:24Z")
Whenever the news reporters talk about the Rim Fire (the wildfire burning near/into Yosemite National Park), how many of you secretly hope that somebody slips up and calls it the “Rimjob Fire”? I can’t be the only one … --- ## [Do any South Americans identify themselves as "Americans" when traveling internationally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-south-americans-identify-themselves-as-americans-when-traveling-internationally/666664)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-south-americans-identify-themselves-as-americans-when-traveling-internationally/666664 "2013-08-26T17:44:43Z")
Re this article about how some South Americans (mainly) are upset by US residents use of the term “American” to describe themselves. I am curious when traveling internationally outside the Americas do South Americans a… --- ## [Anybody lived in or visited Oakridge TN? Is the Atomic Museum worth a visit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-lived-in-or-visited-oakridge-tn-is-the-atomic-museum-worth-a-visit/667070)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-lived-in-or-visited-oakridge-tn-is-the-atomic-museum-worth-a-visit/667070 "2013-08-26T17:05:09Z")
I’ve always been fascinated by the city behind a fence. Atomic City or as it was originally known, the Clinton Engineer Works (CEW). At its height there were 75,000 people there in a town that was practically constructed… --- ## [Rainbow vacuum cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow-vacuum-cleaner/579738)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow-vacuum-cleaner/579738 "2013-08-26T17:04:58Z")
My wife and I are looking into buying a Rainbow Vacuum Cleaner, however, it costs close to $2,400 for a new one. I’ve had a demonstration, and it seems worth it, but before I spend that type of money I was wondering if a… --- ## [If you were sleeping with someone on a bed that had one side against the wall.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-sleeping-with-someone-on-a-bed-that-had-one-side-against-the-wall/663773)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-sleeping-with-someone-on-a-bed-that-had-one-side-against-the-wall/663773 "2013-08-26T15:52:44Z")
…would you want to sleep on the “open” ended side or would you want to sleep on the side against the wall? --- ## [Did I just murder my toe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-murder-my-toe/667121)
**Author:** [@Aumonae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aumonae)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-murder-my-toe/667121 "2013-08-26T14:47:18Z")
I have diabetic neuropathy. I developed a wound in my toe. Went to the ER 2 weeks ago because it was purplish, swollen and leaking a clear fluid. It was healing beautifully. Thursday I wrapped the toe up, as usual, for … --- ## [Question about California polluting car buy-back rules.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-california-polluting-car-buy-back-rules/667112)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-california-polluting-car-buy-back-rules/667112 "2013-08-26T11:19:34Z")
The State of California wishes to get polluting cars off the roads, and so has a program whereby cars that fail the biennial smog check might be bought back by the State for $1000. Or maybe $1500 for low-income people. … --- ## [Is a temptation to jump off high buildings normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-temptation-to-jump-off-high-buildings-normal/512994)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-temptation-to-jump-off-high-buildings-normal/512994 "2013-08-26T07:59:17Z")
Not in a suicidal sense. I’ve just always found that when I’m on the edge of something high (a building, the Grand Canyon) I feel a kind of curiosity about what would happen. I mean, I know I’d die, but still. It draws m… --- ## [Do any of those blackhead sucker devices work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-those-blackhead-sucker-devices-work/667189)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-those-blackhead-sucker-devices-work/667189 "2013-08-26T07:17:21Z")
I’ve been seeing variations on this for several years now, a gadget designed to suction blackheads out of your face. Anyone actually buy and use one of these? Did it work at all? --- ## [If you already have a PC, is there anything to be gained by getting a smart TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-already-have-a-pc-is-there-anything-to-be-gained-by-getting-a-smart-tv/667131)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-already-have-a-pc-is-there-anything-to-be-gained-by-getting-a-smart-tv/667131 "2013-08-26T05:31:52Z")
I’m debating whether or not to get a smart TV and asking myself if the bump in price is worth it compared to dumb TVs. So, what are the benefits of a smart TV? Is it difficult to read text from several yards away on a … --- ## [Ballistics type: In your opinion, has this bullet been fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballistics-type-in-your-opinion-has-this-bullet-been-fired/667087)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballistics-type-in-your-opinion-has-this-bullet-been-fired/667087 "2013-08-26T04:44:48Z")
Personally, I think it has, but I’m not not a ballistics expert or gun enthusiast. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Same bullet, all from different angles. --- ## [Cell phone photo warning: Real risk or fearmongering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-photo-warning-real-risk-or-fearmongering/667031)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-photo-warning-real-risk-or-fearmongering/667031 "2013-08-26T04:15:08Z")
There’s a news video being passed around warning about the dangers of geotagging on photos taken with smartphones and posted on Facebook. The reporters get some photos of a random child from Facebook and use the geotagg… --- ## [Sexual assault: Why do people not always report it in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-assault-why-do-people-not-always-report-it-in/667136)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-assault-why-do-people-not-always-report-it-in/667136 "2013-08-26T03:10:56Z")
I’ve known people who have been, by legal definition, sexually assaulted. And some of them did not want to report it in. I never pressed for reasons why, due to it not being any of my business and not wanting to overstep… --- ## [Are lesbians fully accepting of M-F transgendered women as social equals these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lesbians-fully-accepting-of-m-f-transgendered-women-as-social-equals-these-days/667135)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lesbians-fully-accepting-of-m-f-transgendered-women-as-social-equals-these-days/667135 "2013-08-26T03:05:12Z")
I was reading a SDMB transgender thread and wondered how things have changed over the past 15-20 years for transgendered people. About 20 years ago I read an article that a variety of “women only” lesbian centric gathe… --- ## [I love her but....would you risk getting her herpes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-her-but-would-you-risk-getting-her-herpes/365206)
**Author:** [@kenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenwood)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-her-but-would-you-risk-getting-her-herpes/365206 "2013-08-26T02:32:10Z")
I met a girl who finally told me that she has herpes - oral and genital. I take steroids for arthritis, there by suppressing my immune system. I really like her, but… I may just catch it too. WOULD YOU SLEEP WITH HE… --- ## [Is SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg being selfish by not stepping down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scotus-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-being-selfish-by-not-stepping-down/667139)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scotus-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-being-selfish-by-not-stepping-down/667139 "2013-08-26T01:36:29Z")
Re this Boston Globe article some have criticized her for not stepping down so Obama can appoint a successor. The rationale here is that she is among the most physically delicate of the Justices and if she does not make … --- ## [Why so much societal interest in "male" or "female" on ID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-societal-interest-in-male-or-female-on-id/667039)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-societal-interest-in-male-or-female-on-id/667039 "2013-08-25T20:07:54Z")
Why exactly is society so hung up on allowing people to change the gender on their birth certificates or state ID/drivers license/passport? Even in cases where there was an obvious typo it will get into the news, like a… --- ## [What is the opposite of anger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-anger/666971)
**Author:** [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-anger/666971 "2013-08-25T17:16:25Z")
I’m working through some emotional issues, and I’m curious what anyone considers to be the opposite of anger. For example, I think the opposite of frustrated is relieved, opposite of depressed is happy, opposite of hope… --- ## [Do you think Syrians/Lebanese look similar to any of these European populations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-syrians-lebanese-look-similar-to-any-of-these-european-populations/627614)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-syrians-lebanese-look-similar-to-any-of-these-european-populations/627614 "2013-08-25T17:15:18Z")
My last thread on anything “anthropology” related… as I said I originally came from anthropology sites. :slight\_smile: This is like the other one (North African) with the same options. It’s multiple choice. … --- ## [Grandma interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandma-interview/667115)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandma-interview/667115 "2013-08-25T16:34:44Z")
My grandmother is moving in with relatives on the other side of the country next week, so I was thinking maybe it would be an opportune time to record her life story for posterity. Has anyone here done something similar?… --- ## [Sore Arm - Do those arm straps help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-arm-do-those-arm-straps-help/666946)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sore-arm-do-those-arm-straps-help/666946 "2013-08-25T14:48:03Z")
I’ve been getting some soreness in my arm, just below the elbow - probably some sort of repetitive stress thing, from keyboarding and driving. I’ve sometimes seen cashiers wearing a strap around the arm below the elbow.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1241) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1243)