# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1355 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1356 --- ## [I.m.h.o. ......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-h-o/650220)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-h-o/650220 "2013-02-14T17:59:43Z")
IMHO it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. --- ## [Pacifists & others: Would you commit a mercy killing under the following conditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacifists-others-would-you-commit-a-mercy-killing-under-the-following-conditions/649905)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pacifists-others-would-you-commit-a-mercy-killing-under-the-following-conditions/649905 "2013-02-14T17:06:53Z")
Before I set up the hypothetical, I would like to establish what this discussion is \*\*not \*\*intended to be. Initially I styled the thread as a specific question for pacifists, and though I decided that was too narrow a f… --- ## [Christians: What Do You Believe In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-do-you-believe-in/650115)
**Author:** [@pchaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pchaos)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-what-do-you-believe-in/650115 "2013-02-14T16:49:21Z")
I want this discussion to be as open-ended as possible. Also, since I’ve been accused as being opinionated and consistent in my violations of protocol, I will do little in terms of imposing my views on this thread. But… --- ## [Rosacea advice for my husband?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosacea-advice-for-my-husband/599421)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosacea-advice-for-my-husband/599421 "2011-10-14T13:06:53Z")
My husband is having another round of depression/frustration about his rosacea. He has it on his cheeks, and it’s the subtype that reddens and burns. Indeed, when he has a flare-up, it almost looks like the skin has been… --- ## [Restaurant gives family "Well-behaved kids" discount](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-gives-family-well-behaved-kids-discount/649482)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-gives-family-well-behaved-kids-discount/649482 "2013-02-14T16:21:35Z")
$4 off the bill for having had well-behaved kids. What do you think? --- ## [Canada is phasing out pennies, is the US next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-is-phasing-out-pennies-is-the-us-next/649486)
**Author:** [@steviep24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steviep24)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-is-phasing-out-pennies-is-the-us-next/649486 "2013-02-14T15:35:54Z")
I think it’s long overdue. Pennies are rather useless these days. --- ## [Why do dads hate being called "Pop?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dads-hate-being-called-pop/649649)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-dads-hate-being-called-pop/649649 "2013-02-14T15:19:37Z")
I’m one and the only time I won’t like it is when my daughter does it to annoy me on purpose (right now she calls me worse names.) I suppose it comes from “papa,” as most Americans have a European heritage. There must b… --- ## [Should I use my real name on Twitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-my-real-name-on-twitter/649544)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-use-my-real-name-on-twitter/649544 "2013-02-14T14:58:57Z")
I’ve looked online: some folks say yes, then people can find you. Some say no, putting your name out there is bad. I figure I’m never going to be the internet mystery celebrity, so why not? --- ## [Males calling female friends "buddy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840)
**Author:** [@AlaskanMatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlaskanMatt)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-calling-female-friends-buddy/649840 "2013-02-14T14:05:49Z")
At work the other day I was telling a female co-worker about my new apartment, and mentioned that a “buddy” had come over to see it and thought it was a nice place, etc. She smirked and said “Was it a girl buddy?”, to wh… --- ## [Gas clothes dryer died. Again. Recommendations on a new machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-clothes-dryer-died-again-recommendations-on-a-new-machine/650249)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-clothes-dryer-died-again-recommendations-on-a-new-machine/650249 "2013-02-14T13:10:00Z")
It is a very old machine and we’ve sunk enough money repairing it in the past. Time to just replace it. Anyone with advice? --- ## [Is a green suit dressy or odd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-green-suit-dressy-or-odd/650207)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-green-suit-dressy-or-odd/650207 "2013-02-14T11:02:18Z")
A few years ago I went shopping for a nice suit. Being the “individual” that I am, I decided I wanted to stand out, without considering that “standing out” might not be advantageous in a suit-wearing environment. Therefo… --- ## [Please, recommend software to me for building my own web site.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-software-to-me-for-building-my-own-web-site/650224)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-software-to-me-for-building-my-own-web-site/650224 "2013-02-14T08:49:33Z")
All right, I have the domain name and a hosting server. I need your recommendations for easy to use software to help build it, and maintain it. I want to build a website that showcases my work as a classical singer/mus… --- ## [Business idea: Indoor Sailing. Near Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-idea-indoor-sailing-near-chicago/551931)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-idea-indoor-sailing-near-chicago/551931 "2013-02-14T08:00:47Z")
Sailing season’s over in a littler over a month–but my new indoor sailing center will fix all that! I’m only thinking about something big enough to sail Lasers and 420s (these are one- and two-person boats, respectively… --- ## [Help Buying a Used Volvo Wagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-buying-a-used-volvo-wagon/650083)
**Author:** [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-buying-a-used-volvo-wagon/650083 "2013-02-14T03:56:22Z")
I’m at the point where I may need to buy a car, and a Volvo wagon is the way I want to go. I want to spend less than $3k, and there are a lot of cars below that price on my local craigslist. Aside from scraping the Dead… --- ## [Looking for a good website to purchase 18” X 24” 200 DPI or better stock photos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-website-to-purchase-18-x-24-200-dpi-or-better-stock-photos/650217)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-website-to-purchase-18-x-24-200-dpi-or-better-stock-photos/650217 "2013-02-14T02:59:33Z")
Maybe I’m missing something, but none of the websites seem to let you search by size and quality, just subject matter. I’m looking for a high quality picture of Las Vegas for a single (non-commercial) printing. I’m more … --- ## [Neuroscience ... getting started after High School?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neuroscience-getting-started-after-high-school/650056)
**Author:** [@PoppyParsleyCoriander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppyParsleyCoriander)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neuroscience-getting-started-after-high-school/650056 "2013-02-14T02:25:19Z")
Alright… So In High School, I didn’t really know what I’d wanted to do, (Expecting I would go into art) so I didn’t really work for anything. In summary My GPA was pretty low, like 2.8-3.3 area, though I really need to c… --- ## [Why do males predominate the SDMB (actually almost any Message Board)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-males-predominate-the-sdmb-actually-almost-any-message-board/650146)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-males-predominate-the-sdmb-actually-almost-any-message-board/650146 "2013-02-14T01:26:41Z")
(This thread is kind of a parody of this thread.) It seems like there are almost always more males on online forums as well as this Board. If you look at any males vs females polls, they always have more males voting. H… --- ## [If you die an untimely death, are we (The Dope) ever gonna know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-die-an-untimely-death-are-we-the-dope-ever-gonna-know/649479)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-die-an-untimely-death-are-we-the-dope-ever-gonna-know/649479 "2013-02-14T00:04:47Z")
I know this is probably ten kinds of fucked up; but I’m a little miffed that if I were to die an untimely death, nobody in my circle would know to give you guys a heads up. It just kind of makes me wonder how the heck a… --- ## [Oral Surgeon consultation fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-surgeon-consultation-fee/650145)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oral-surgeon-consultation-fee/650145 "2013-02-14T00:01:03Z")
My dentist recommended an oral surgeon for Wisdom Tooth extraction. When I went, and after I talked to the doctor, I found out that there was a $100 consultation fee that is not reimbursed by insurance. I have several … --- ## [A Tax Question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tax-question/650118)
**Author:** [@Sevenz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevenz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tax-question/650118 "2013-02-13T22:07:55Z")
Hi Folks: My wife and I bought a new home 6 years ago, but we decided to retain the home we had been living in as a 2nd home. Finally, after living primarily in the new home for 6 years we decided to sell the other hom… --- ## [Move Back Home or Start a New Life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-back-home-or-start-a-new-life/649743)
**Author:** [@Lost\_Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost_Soul)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-back-home-or-start-a-new-life/649743 "2013-02-13T21:57:33Z")
Hi all. So I’m having a dilemma dealing with a decision that needs to be made by the end of this week. I recently graduated from college (I’m only 22) in my home country and moved to the US to be with my family. However,… --- ## [Tax Question - Working out of state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-working-out-of-state/650013)
**Author:** [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-working-out-of-state/650013 "2013-02-13T20:51:01Z")
It’s that time of year! My tax situation changed last year and I need some advice. I left a position early in the year and took a contract (W2) for about 4 months in Kentucky. I then took another contract (W2) in Michiga… --- ## [If Karl Pilkington took Ricky Gervais to court.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-karl-pilkington-took-ricky-gervais-to-court/650165)
**Author:** [@wabsnazsm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wabsnazsm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-karl-pilkington-took-ricky-gervais-to-court/650165 "2013-02-13T19:54:38Z")
…for defamation of character, would he win? Ricky calls him an idiot, an imbecile, a moron and when he squeezes his head, isn’t that assault? I know that they do good business on the back of all of this. It’s their “act”… --- ## [Rick Reilly, Collin Kaepernick, Adoptees and Birth Mothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reilly-collin-kaepernick-adoptees-and-birth-mothers/649780)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-reilly-collin-kaepernick-adoptees-and-birth-mothers/649780 "2013-02-13T18:36:34Z")
Inspired by this column that came out during Super Bowl week: Summary: as football fans already know, Colin Kaepernick, star quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, is adopted. His birth mother is white, his biologica… --- ## [What words or phrases have you coined?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354)
**Author:** [@SoSueMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoSueMe)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-or-phrases-have-you-coined/21354 "2013-02-13T17:46:41Z")
As a kid I would say I like my shirt “tucked out” rather than “untucked”. I could see the difference, but the symmetry with “tucked in” just appealed to me. I also always use the word cornputer. Just sounds better than… --- ## [Recommend a hostel in Paris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hostel-in-paris/650198)
**Author:** [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hostel-in-paris/650198 "2013-02-13T17:40:08Z")
I plan on being in Paris for 9 nights in May and I’m looking for a good safe hostel. Only condition is lockers in the same room as you sleep. Please no party hostels, I need to sleep at night! Anybody know of a good one?… --- ## ["Coward's way out"; attitudes to suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowards-way-out-attitudes-to-suicide/608776)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowards-way-out-attitudes-to-suicide/608776 "2013-02-13T16:45:16Z")
People who take their own lives are sometimes referred to as having “taking the coward’s way out” and I’ve heard it called an inherently selfish act too. Assuming that you’re not being slowly fed feet first into a meat … --- ## [sorry i cosigned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-i-cosigned/649687)
**Author:** [@hhhranch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hhhranch)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorry-i-cosigned/649687 "2013-02-13T16:29:30Z")
I cosigned on a motorcycle for my son. He lives out of state now, and has not answered any of my communication attempts in months. He defaulted on loan, and I paid off the debt via a settlement. My name is not on said … --- ## [Atheists: What Do You Believe In?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-believe-in/650082)
**Author:** [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-what-do-you-believe-in/650082 "2013-02-13T15:50:18Z")
Spun off from this thread. One of source of misunderstanding about atheism is the idea that atheist can or should be a complete philosophy or worldview, with an ethical component and statements about meaning and so fort… --- ## [So...it is okay for some countries to have nuclear weapons and others cannot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-okay-for-some-countries-to-have-nuclear-weapons-and-others-cannot/650119)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-is-okay-for-some-countries-to-have-nuclear-weapons-and-others-cannot/650119 "2013-02-13T15:32:49Z")
North Korea tests a nuclear weapon and some countries are pissed. So, how is it determined that some can have these and others cannot? I put this in IMHO because I don’t know if there is an empirical test for this deci… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1354) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1356)