# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1323 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1324 --- ## [I plan to resign soon...as always I enjoy hearing your opinions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-to-resign-soon-as-always-i-enjoy-hearing-your-opinions/654897)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-plan-to-resign-soon-as-always-i-enjoy-hearing-your-opinions/654897 "2013-04-06T19:30:48Z")
Well it’s finally come down to this. For years I have been trying to find a teaching gig in the city where I grew up. I’ve been teaching in rural areas for the past seven years. Once again I have applied and once again … --- ## [A new slant on gay marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-slant-on-gay-marriage/654820)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-slant-on-gay-marriage/654820 "2013-04-06T18:06:10Z")
A friend of mine hit me with this, which he heard from folks at his job. I didn’t think much of it until I started getting hit with it from folks at my job. So I thought I would pitch it out here and see if any of you … --- ## [What to do in Philadelphia (need answer fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-philadelphia-need-answer-fast/654982)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-philadelphia-need-answer-fast/654982 "2013-04-06T16:16:13Z")
So we’ve got 4ish hours to knock around Philadelphia, near the University of the Arts (on East Oregon Avenue) - tomorrow afternoon. What’s near there that might be fun and/or educational? --- ## [Experience with swollen tongue / uvula?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-swollen-tongue-uvula/655005)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-swollen-tongue-uvula/655005 "2013-04-06T14:16:06Z")
So, yeah. ER visit. Wasn’t fun. About three months ago my tongue swelled up. It was after a long period of itchiness and sneezing, and after some time in the ER on benadryl and … Prilosec? Something like that, it subsid… --- ## [Words and phrases that are criminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-that-are-criminal/654837)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-that-are-criminal/654837 "2013-04-06T13:47:17Z")
I was thinking about times when it would be criminal to say something, in spite of first amendment protections. While I am sure it is criminal at specific times to say certain words and phrases (the proverbial yelling “… --- ## [Daughter curious about boy parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-curious-about-boy-parts/654593)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-curious-about-boy-parts/654593 "2013-04-06T13:01:22Z")
So my daughter just turned five. Recently, she asked me what do boy privates look like. She’s seen my 3 month old nephew get a diaper change so I reminded her of that and said that’s what they look like. No, that’s not w… --- ## [Fox & NY Post report on cure for cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-ny-post-report-on-cure-for-cancer/654875)
**Author:** [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-ny-post-report-on-cure-for-cancer/654875 "2013-04-06T10:44:12Z")
Fox News & NY Post are reporting a new drug that has killed every kind of cancer it has been exposed to. Possible? or premature reporting? --- ## [Need help ridding my clothes of red lint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-ridding-my-clothes-of-red-lint/654824)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-ridding-my-clothes-of-red-lint/654824 "2013-04-06T07:15:38Z")
Last year I posted this thread. Basically, I bought a red fleece blanket, then washed it when I got home. Since then I have been dealing with red fleece on all my clothing and bedding. I even stopped using the blanket… --- ## [Why were researchers in the 50's so off base about the muscle building effects of anabolic steroids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-researchers-in-the-50s-so-off-base-about-the-muscle-building-effects-of-anabolic-steroids/654992)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-researchers-in-the-50s-so-off-base-about-the-muscle-building-effects-of-anabolic-steroids/654992 "2013-04-06T05:35:55Z")
Per this wiki article The steroids use=greater muscle mass if working out relationship seems (in hindsight) fairly obvious and easy to ascertain, why did they not pick up on it and keep insisting it was not effective a… --- ## [colon, parasite cleansing, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927)
**Author:** [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colon-parasite-cleansing-etc/654927 "2013-04-06T04:25:45Z")
Anyone have any experience with cleansing such as colon, parasite and liver ? I saw a kit at a store, but decided to research befroe buying…now, I am just plain confused and unsure if any of it is necessary. In a nutsh… --- ## [Double decker buses – why aren't there more of them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-decker-buses-why-arent-there-more-of-them/651985)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-decker-buses-why-arent-there-more-of-them/651985 "2013-04-06T04:03:19Z")
Here in the UK, double decker buses are standard. No London tourist’s photo album is complete without the pic of a red bus trundling over Westminster Bridge. These buses are not confined to London either, they appear up… --- ## [New York City in one day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-in-one-day/654770)
**Author:** [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-city-in-one-day/654770 "2013-04-06T03:33:03Z")
We have an exchange student from Italy staying with us (we live in Chicago). My wife really wants him to see NYC but doesn’t have a lot of time to spare so wants to take him for the day. She tracked down a great flight d… --- ## [What is the moral argument for not attacking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-moral-argument-for-not-attacking/654942)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-moral-argument-for-not-attacking/654942 "2013-04-06T02:55:35Z")
With North Korea possessing weapons of mass destruction, namely nukes, and with a leader who is clearly unstable, what is the moral argument not to take decisive military action to destroy North Korea’s ability to create… --- ## [Your new lover is an ex-kept woman (or fellow). Do you care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-new-lover-is-an-ex-kept-woman-or-fellow-do-you-care/654932)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-new-lover-is-an-ex-kept-woman-or-fellow-do-you-care/654932 "2013-04-05T23:35:49Z")
The spiritual successor to this thread, I suppose. Imagine that you meet Sean, an attractive, intelligent, and witty person whose gender and sexual orientation are compatible with yours. You’re single, and the two of yo… --- ## [RCI timeshare trading users - What interesting places have you found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rci-timeshare-trading-users-what-interesting-places-have-you-found/654962)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rci-timeshare-trading-users-what-interesting-places-have-you-found/654962 "2013-04-05T22:08:09Z")
Sadly, most RCI (a timeshare trading network) properties are fairly standardized. Large, newer facilities located where lots of vacationers want to go. I want to know about the interesting places people have found. I do… --- ## [NYC/Cape Cod trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-cape-cod-trip/654740)
**Author:** [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-cape-cod-trip/654740 "2013-04-05T21:57:08Z")
So the bf and I are off to NYC mid June for 15days and I had asked a few weeks/months ago about options for a 4-day break away from the city. While I originally dismissed Provincetown, the bf now seems to have changed hi… --- ## [Resurrecting extinct species- what would happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-extinct-species-what-would-happen/654868)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrecting-extinct-species-what-would-happen/654868 "2013-04-05T21:50:14Z")
As a break from feeling sad about Roger Ebert’s passing, I thought this would be fun. So a genius mad scientist gets some old DNA and starts resurrecting extinct species. For the purposes of this thread, I’m not really… --- ## [Anti-humanism revisited: isn't it time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-humanism-revisited-isnt-it-time/654854)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-humanism-revisited-isnt-it-time/654854 "2013-04-05T21:28:32Z")
This business about the inherent worth and dignity of every human being is kicking society in the teeth. Look at this contretemps about a high school senior who’s all burnt up about not getting into some college or anoth… --- ## [Would you nuke North Korea just to avoid losing the war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-nuke-north-korea-just-to-avoid-losing-the-war/654835)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-nuke-north-korea-just-to-avoid-losing-the-war/654835 "2013-04-05T21:08:23Z")
OK, new scenario: The North Korea attacks South Korea, but they’ve decided not to use nukes, except as a last resort. It turns out that technological advantage South Korea and the US have is much less than was expected… --- ## [Three days in San Francisco, plus three days.... where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-in-san-francisco-plus-three-days-where/654858)
**Author:** [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-days-in-san-francisco-plus-three-days-where/654858 "2013-04-05T21:06:02Z")
The family is planning on a N. California vacation in October. We’re pretty sure we want to spend half a week in San Francisco. We’re thinking of heading north and doing an “un-city” rest of the week - maybe stay on the … --- ## [North Korea tries--and fails--to nuke Hawaii. How do you want the US to respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-tries-and-fails-to-nuke-hawaii-how-do-you-want-the-us-to-respond/654204)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-tries-and-fails-to-nuke-hawaii-how-do-you-want-the-us-to-respond/654204 "2013-04-05T19:09:25Z")
Imagine that everybody’s favorite sociopathic national leader\*, deciding that he’s tired of mere posturing, attempts to recreate Hiroshima. Proclaiming that this is the first step in its great war against the west, North… --- ## [How are tech updates decided upon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-tech-updates-decided-upon/654617)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-tech-updates-decided-upon/654617 "2013-04-05T18:06:16Z")
I know I’ve posted about this before, but it never ceases to surprise and frustrate me when my computer or phone is “updated” and, in the process, ceases to perform a function I value. The most recent example was my Ver… --- ## [You're the leader of a city under siege. What do you do with those who refuse to fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-leader-of-a-city-under-siege-what-do-you-do-with-those-who-refuse-to-fight/654562)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-leader-of-a-city-under-siege-what-do-you-do-with-those-who-refuse-to-fight/654562 "2013-04-05T16:21:59Z")
Here’s the sitch. Twenty-five years ago, the zombie apocalypse occurred. You’re a survivor, living in a refuge called simply the City. In its center is a stone-walled fort; surrounding that is a farm with timber stockade… --- ## [H7N9 + mutating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h7n9-mutating/654895)
**Author:** [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/h7n9-mutating/654895 "2013-04-05T15:34:25Z")
OK so I am hearing mixed reports of this new strain of bird flu, in combination with what I recall is the dreaded M word…mutation. So how bad is it? Refresh my memory - why level of mutation causes a pandemic? animal … --- ## [How long are you willing to spend at a doctor's office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-you-willing-to-spend-at-a-doctors-office/654797)
**Author:** [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-you-willing-to-spend-at-a-doctors-office/654797 "2013-04-05T13:05:27Z")
Exactly what the title says. Parking lot to parking lot, what seems reasonable for you? Feel free to break it down by new vs. established patient, primary care vs. specialist, long-scheduled appointment vs. urgent care… --- ## [What's the name for this fallacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-for-this-fallacy/654724)
**Author:** [@Pinmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pinmin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-for-this-fallacy/654724 "2013-04-05T09:29:28Z")
I’m looking for a term for the fallacy when people assume that they represent an average person or a majority of people, especially related to likes or preferences. Examples include: “Why did show X get cancelled, it w… --- ## [Best-Looking Celebrities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-looking-celebrities/654901)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-looking-celebrities/654901 "2013-04-05T08:15:16Z")
Please keep safe for work (or school or for you spouse), otherwise link to any sort of photo or video. Sumire Uesaka: http://asianbeat.com/files/2012/08/f5028a88809a18.jpg Kana Kurashina: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v… --- ## [Am I being an intolerant A-hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-an-intolerant-a-hole/654407)
**Author:** [@Cady\_Wampus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cady_Wampus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-an-intolerant-a-hole/654407 "2013-04-05T07:43:37Z")
Here’s the deal: I have a very good friend I met in undergrad and we’ve essentially been besties for 8 years. Well, all that time he was lying to me. He came out of the closet about 18 months ago. Prior to that he had be… --- ## [A man's worst enemy in the dating world is another man, do you agree with this writer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mans-worst-enemy-in-the-dating-world-is-another-man-do-you-agree-with-this-writer/654750)
**Author:** [@Curious\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious_Man)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mans-worst-enemy-in-the-dating-world-is-another-man-do-you-agree-with-this-writer/654750 "2013-04-05T07:30:10Z")
somehow the writer of this blog has greatly appealed to me, heard about him a week ago and I have found his stuff to be top quality do you agree with him here or disagree? http://reesarch.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/men-l… --- ## [Child Molesters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-molesters/654743)
**Author:** [@Tacatti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tacatti)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-molesters/654743 "2013-04-05T06:49:13Z")
In my own opinion about child molesters is it’s all bullshit. I was molested along with my older brother by our uncle I was 4 he was 6. They say a child molester already has power over the child so it’s NOT rape even tho… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1324)