# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1275 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1276 --- ## [If a guy looks ugly with short hair, does that mean he is ugly overall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-guy-looks-ugly-with-short-hair-does-that-mean-he-is-ugly-overall/662006)
**Author:** [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-guy-looks-ugly-with-short-hair-does-that-mean-he-is-ugly-overall/662006 "2013-06-27T20:14:00Z")
Say you have a guy when he has long hair is a total heart throb for some women, he looks attractive to women and they love him. Yet when he gets a haircut it is almost like he goes from attractive to below average lookin… --- ## [Looking for an musical auction house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-musical-auction-house/662050)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-musical-auction-house/662050 "2013-06-27T19:27:56Z")
…and Google is failing me. I have a couple of vintage guitars I want to sell. Doing so on Craigslist means that I’d have a small audience of potential buyers and, what’s worse, I’d have to associate with other musician… --- ## [Whiten teeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiten-teeth/659853)
**Author:** [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiten-teeth/659853 "2013-06-27T18:19:31Z")
Is it safe to use Hydrogen Peroxide to whiten teeth, suppose to work like magic if u swish with it every morning before brushing your teeth, some people swear by it but some also think its really bad to use, please help,… --- ## [Seeking tips for teen ADHD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-tips-for-teen-adhd/661466)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-tips-for-teen-adhd/661466 "2013-06-27T17:43:49Z")
Recently my teenage daughter was diagnosed with ADHD. (ADD actually but apparently they only use the term ADHD now) She wasn’t being tested specifically for learning disabilities but was put through multiple tests to de… --- ## [Degenerative Disc Disease, Herniation -- Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degenerative-disc-disease-herniation-help/72416)
**Author:** [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/degenerative-disc-disease-herniation-help/72416 "2013-06-27T17:28:22Z")
I’ve been out of work for almost 2 months due to a herniated disc (the last one before the sacrum, aka L5/S1), as well as arthritis in my upper back/neck, which I’ve had for the past 3-4 years. I’ve also been diagnosed w… --- ## [Top states whose denizens are way too proud of themselves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-states-whose-denizens-are-way-too-proud-of-themselves/661508 "2013-06-27T16:06:30Z")
Hopefully the thread title is descriptive enough. Texas, obviously. (Hence the old saying: Fuck you I’m from Texas) Louisiana: Or more specifically Cajuns \[Is it bad that I’m half Cajun/half Texan? :D) New Jersey: It’… --- ## [Should you stop drinking before you try to conceive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-stop-drinking-before-you-try-to-conceive/661972)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-stop-drinking-before-you-try-to-conceive/661972 "2013-06-27T15:07:22Z")
Er, my friend wants to know. (And yes, I looked for a good answer online and half the time you know how these things with pregnancy are, "OH MY GOD WHY WOULD YOU EVEN CONSIDER TAKING THE TINIEST RISK WHAT IS WRONG WITH … --- ## [Which direction do you hang clothes in your closet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-direction-do-you-hang-clothes-in-your-closet/661696)
**Author:** [@Bibliothecarius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliothecarius)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-direction-do-you-hang-clothes-in-your-closet/661696 "2013-06-27T14:59:25Z")
Simple question: which direction do you hang clothes in your closet? Staring into my closet randomly, it occurred to me that everyone seems to hang shirts with the front part of the shirt facing the left side of the clo… --- ## [Laziness, or please advise me how to get back on track with my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laziness-or-please-advise-me-how-to-get-back-on-track-with-my-life/661623)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laziness-or-please-advise-me-how-to-get-back-on-track-with-my-life/661623 "2013-06-27T10:51:12Z")
I’m having a great deal of difficulty with my life right now. It could be my depression spiralling out of control, or maybe I am just incredibly out of form. I can’t seem to function well. At my work, my focus is fleeti… --- ## [Another boyfriend and stripclubs topic -\_-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-boyfriend-and-stripclubs-topic-_/661797)
**Author:** [@MUFF9090](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MUFF9090)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-boyfriend-and-stripclubs-topic-_/661797 "2013-06-27T10:12:14Z")
Hello all, I need a thread/forum to voice out my dilemma that I am having with my boyfriend, and I need to opinions from other people as I do not have many people in my life to talk to about this issue. If you can help … --- ## [Streaming AV on your mobile device when you're on the go--really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-av-on-your-mobile-device-when-youre-on-the-go-really/662011)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-av-on-your-mobile-device-when-youre-on-the-go-really/662011 "2013-06-27T09:16:49Z")
If you have some kind of pay TV, Netflix, or whatever, you know the spiel. They usually offer some sort of app you can download on your smartphone with which you can supposedly watch TV when you’re away from home. My c… --- ## [Tell me about the practical aspects of your divorce.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-practical-aspects-of-your-divorce/661983)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-practical-aspects-of-your-divorce/661983 "2013-06-27T07:27:19Z")
This is a hypothetical and I don’t need a fast answer. :slight\_smile: In specific, how do you ask a spouse to move out who won’t want to? What if he says: “I’m staying put, you can move out if you want?”. Hypothetical … --- ## [Offensive - food name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-food-name/661851)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-food-name/661851 "2013-06-27T07:08:14Z")
In Australia we have a brand of lolly (that’d be sweets to USAians), called Chicos. They are essentially a jelly baby, but are chocolate rather than fruit flavoured. You can see a picture of them here They’re quite tast… --- ## [No modification to this contract is permitted unless in writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-modification-to-this-contract-is-permitted-unless-in-writing/661829)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-modification-to-this-contract-is-permitted-unless-in-writing/661829 "2013-06-27T05:46:14Z")
I’m asking about the common clause in contracts that is stated in the thread title. I’ve heard several different things about this clause. I was under the impression that a subsequent oral modification would overrule t… --- ## [Questions about the difference between hemorrhoids & hernias - (Graphic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-difference-between-hemorrhoids-hernias-graphic/661989)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-difference-between-hemorrhoids-hernias-graphic/661989 "2013-06-27T04:41:46Z")
I’m a 55 year old male. I’ve had hemorrhoids before and this certainly hurts like one both in sitting and during bowel movements, but I can’t detect an obvious protruding vein and it’s apparently centered on the interio… --- ## [What do you call this insect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-insect/661885)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-this-insect/661885 "2013-06-26T23:29:17Z")
One of these guys (WARNING: close-up picture of insects, if you dislike that sort of thing), but your local variety may vary depending on where you are in the world. You know, the little dark gray oval guys that roll up… --- ## [Eye Doctor Has Me On Neomycin Salve.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-doctor-has-me-on-neomycin-salve/661941)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-doctor-has-me-on-neomycin-salve/661941 "2013-06-26T22:57:53Z")
(Note. I put this in GQ instead of MPSIMS because it is essentially a question.) For some time now, I have had a chronic infection of the eyelid, esp. the left one. It has been more of an inconvenience than a problem, a… --- ## [Tell me about Roatan, Honduras!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-roatan-honduras/661970)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-roatan-honduras/661970 "2013-06-26T18:50:19Z")
Some friends and I are spending a week on Roatan in October, primarily napping on the beach and drinking overpriced booze with paper umbrellas in it. Is there anything else we should absolutely make a point of doing? Als… --- ## [How do you judge the quality of non-stick skillet coating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-judge-the-quality-of-non-stick-skillet-coating/661910)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-judge-the-quality-of-non-stick-skillet-coating/661910 "2013-06-26T18:25:25Z")
I need some non-stick skillets. The best way to buy it, pricewise, seems to be piece meal at quality discount places like TJ Maxx/Ross/etc., but I’m not always sure how good the quality is, and I don’t want to save $15 … --- ## [The slacktivist superman ponders a Syrian intervention.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slacktivist-superman-ponders-a-syrian-intervention/661713)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slacktivist-superman-ponders-a-syrian-intervention/661713 "2013-06-26T17:58:59Z")
Today’s story is about Bob, the slacker superman from these old threads. Bob has the powers of a post-Crisis Kryptonian, with no kryptonite factor he knows of. He’s the only known super in his world. Though he’ll rescue … --- ## [English usage question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-usage-question/661844)
**Author:** [@tralfamidor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tralfamidor)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-usage-question/661844 "2013-06-26T17:15:14Z")
Many, if not most people use the plural pronouns they/them/their when what they mean to use is the indefinite pronoun. Example: “The student who wants to pass the test should study their textbook” or “When I interviewed … --- ## [Anyone ever deliver phone books for quick cash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-deliver-phone-books-for-quick-cash/147807)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-deliver-phone-books-for-quick-cash/147807 "2013-06-26T16:11:38Z")
I just saw an ad in my local paper and did a followup call. Basically, you deliver a neighborhood’s worth of phone books and collect your money…AFTER the company verifies (by phone call) that the books have indeed been d… --- ## [can a employer sue you for filing wc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-employer-sue-you-for-filing-wc/661895)
**Author:** [@tooyoungforthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tooyoungforthis)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-employer-sue-you-for-filing-wc/661895 "2013-06-26T15:39:28Z")
does anyone know if a employer can sue you for filing wc after he acknowleged it happend at work and you have already been on it for 5 moths? --- ## [Have you ever experienced a time slip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-experienced-a-time-slip/621096)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-experienced-a-time-slip/621096 "2013-06-26T13:01:58Z")
Have you ever for example been somewhere and found something such as a cafe or an old looking area of a building, but when you leave and return to the same area, that area in the place has gone and it turns out to have n… --- ## [How Universal Is Ownership of Apple Products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-universal-is-ownership-of-apple-products/661054)
**Author:** [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-universal-is-ownership-of-apple-products/661054 "2013-06-26T12:45:32Z")
First of all this is my first poll, so I will apologize now on the chance I horribly bungle the operation. Based on general observation over the years, I’ve come to the notion that most if not all people have owned or r… --- ## [Dealing With Phobia On Blood Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-phobia-on-blood-test/508295)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-phobia-on-blood-test/508295 "2013-06-26T10:26:21Z")
I’m going to have a blood test tomorrow and I am very agitated and frightened. For you see I have a sort of a phobia on bloodletting so what should I do to calm myself down? --- ## [Trustworthy Credit Consulting Companies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-credit-consulting-companies/661870)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-credit-consulting-companies/661870 "2013-06-26T08:53:19Z")
Hello everyone! I have a question. Have any of you dealt with trustworthy credit consulting companies? My sister would like to get in touch with one to talk about her credit and her options and debts and such, but is int… --- ## [Best way to manage passwords?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-manage-passwords/661785)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-manage-passwords/661785 "2013-06-26T06:40:00Z")
I have to manage roughly 100 personal and professional passwords. These include many banks, investment accounts, e-mail accounts, websites, etc. At the moment, they are written on several pieces of paper in my office. … --- ## [What scares you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scares-you-the-most/661836)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scares-you-the-most/661836 "2013-06-26T02:39:51Z")
Other than certain death, which is a given? I’m interested in what nightmares or other things that just make you want to run screaming away. I’m especially interesting in things that people aren’t normally afraid of. --- ## [English usage in Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-usage-in-israel/661884)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-usage-in-israel/661884 "2013-06-26T02:32:50Z")
I know that English is not an official language in Israel. But I’ve also heard it’s a widely spoken unofficial language. How common is English usage in Israel? Would a monolingual English speaker be able to function in … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1274) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1276)