# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1385 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1386 --- ## [Swedish prisoner's dilemma.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-prisoners-dilemma/645209)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-prisoners-dilemma/645209 "2012-12-29T23:02:07Z")
This is a hypothetical situation. Olaf The Innocent was convicted of a crime in 1990, when he was still young. Since then he lived in a Stockholm prison. Now he can be granted parole whenever he wishes. Nevertheless,… --- ## [The NRA's response to Sandy Hook - An armed policemen in every. single. school. in the US.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nras-response-to-sandy-hook-an-armed-policemen-in-every-single-school-in-the-us/644754)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nras-response-to-sandy-hook-an-armed-policemen-in-every-single-school-in-the-us/644754 "2012-12-29T22:06:19Z")
Don’t focus on or even think about controlling access to certain high powered guns. Instead we need to put an armed policemen in every. single. school. in the US. That’s their serious answer. An armed guard in every sin… --- ## [Is the Tea Party just the Moral Majority warmed over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-tea-party-just-the-moral-majority-warmed-over/645447)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-tea-party-just-the-moral-majority-warmed-over/645447 "2012-12-29T20:08:43Z")
I was reading an article about the 1980’s phenomena called the Moral Majority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral\_Majority It seems to me the Tea Party is just the Moral Majority brought back to life. What does the dope… --- ## [Satire law? whats it called? where would one find info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satire-law-whats-it-called-where-would-one-find-info/645260)
**Author:** [@gunchris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunchris)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satire-law-whats-it-called-where-would-one-find-info/645260 "2012-12-29T20:04:49Z")
You remember that movie people versus larry flynt? - it was based on a real life supreme court decision that says satire is protected speech. Flynt made fun of a leading Christian who sued him and lost. That’s OK for t… --- ## [12/27/2012 Chicago Tribune Front Page Picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-27-2012-chicago-tribune-front-page-picture/645326)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-27-2012-chicago-tribune-front-page-picture/645326 "2012-12-29T18:42:42Z")
Today’s Chicago Tribune had a wonderful picture of Lake Michigan that I would love to download from the internets, and incorporate into a screensaver. Does anyone know how I might, without signing up @ chicagotribune.co… --- ## [Why do people troll message boards and forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-troll-message-boards-and-forums/645225)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-troll-message-boards-and-forums/645225 "2012-12-29T16:43:56Z")
Do you think there is any deeper reason besides having fun? I think trolling can have something to do with anti social personality disorder. But, I am not an expert on human psychology therefore I cannot firmly state tha… --- ## [Considering a therapist change but unsure.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-therapist-change-but-unsure/644970)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-therapist-change-but-unsure/644970 "2012-12-29T15:38:30Z")
So, I’ve been seeing a therapist for depression and social anxiety for about four months now. It’s a problem I’ve had pretty much my entire adult life and this is the first time I’ve sought treatment. I’ve been seeing he… --- ## [Anyone have advice for dealing with my wife’s extended family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-advice-for-dealing-with-my-wife-s-extended-family/645399)
**Author:** [@ARC31181](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ARC31181)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-advice-for-dealing-with-my-wife-s-extended-family/645399 "2012-12-29T14:58:54Z")
Ok here’s the deal… I love my wife’s immediate family, I honestly consider them my own parents and brothers/sisters. We’ve been married for 10 years, and I’m closer to them than my own family! I even get along well wit… --- ## [What would happen if Mohammad had never lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-mohammad-had-never-lived/645158)
**Author:** [@al27052](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/al27052)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-mohammad-had-never-lived/645158 "2012-12-29T06:28:27Z")
I wondered this idly, as a way of figuring out who is REALLY responsible for all the terrorism in the world today. At first blush, you might think that, if Mohammad hadn’t lived, there’d be less terrorism, maybe. Certa… --- ## [Doctor question - is this unprofessional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-question-is-this-unprofessional/645350)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-question-is-this-unprofessional/645350 "2012-12-29T05:22:47Z")
I am staying at my parents’ place for xmas and new year, and it is a considerable time away from my place. I forgot one of the drugs I take so I went to their local GP practice. I explained to the receptionist that I ha… --- ## [Is this behavior a sign of a mental illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-behavior-a-sign-of-a-mental-illness/644746)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-behavior-a-sign-of-a-mental-illness/644746 "2012-12-29T03:36:02Z")
I know a few people who give an hour by hour recap of how they spend their time. They start out by saying “I woke up at 6 and watched the news. Then I made breakfast at 8:00–I had pancakes and a banana, I only like org… --- ## [Have you ever successfully beaten a drug addiction without help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-successfully-beaten-a-drug-addiction-without-help/642764)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-successfully-beaten-a-drug-addiction-without-help/642764 "2012-12-29T03:21:05Z")
I’m dealing with an IRL situation where a certain person is insisting, and has convinced many people, that he can control his drug problem and doesn’t require intervention. It’s a sensitive matter so I can’t provide fur… --- ## [Do dogs recognize Santa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-recognize-santa/645452)
**Author:** [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-recognize-santa/645452 "2012-12-29T03:02:02Z")
This question pertains to those dogs who are visited each year by that all to familiar stranger from the North. Probably because they belong to a family with children and a father who just misses him because he was out … --- ## [What to do with an iPAD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-an-ipad/644554)
**Author:** [@cncdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cncdad)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-an-ipad/644554 "2012-12-29T01:38:29Z")
I just won an iPAD at our company Christmas give away. I won one also 2 years ago but I didnt see a need for it so I sold it. My question is is there any reason to not sell this one? I have a laptop, Kindle Fire, BlueRay… --- ## [Toy boat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-boat/645329)
**Author:** [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-boat/645329 "2012-12-28T22:58:40Z")
A well-known tongue twister. How do you end up saying it? --- ## [Best Replacement for MS Money software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-replacement-for-ms-money-software/645140)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-replacement-for-ms-money-software/645140 "2012-12-28T22:32:01Z")
I’ve been using MS Money for 7 or 8 years. Just updated to a Windows 8 box and Money is no longer available. What do you recommend for checkbook management on a PC? Not really interested in adding it to my phone or ha… --- ## [How do you think Presidents' closest advisors address the Boss in private?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-presidents-closest-advisors-address-the-boss-in-private/645222)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-presidents-closest-advisors-address-the-boss-in-private/645222 "2012-12-28T21:06:40Z")
For any President you choose, how do you think his closest advisors address(ed) him in private? Do you think every VP, Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, etc., always calls the President “Mr. President” or “Sir” even i… --- ## [What, IYHO, was your best post(s) and the most interesting thread(s) you've been in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-iyho-was-your-best-post-s-and-the-most-interesting-thread-s-youve-been-in/645262 "2012-12-28T21:05:43Z")
See subject. I’ve only been here three years, but: Posts: Finding an academic technical paper on optimizing the snack, crackle, and pop of breakfast cereals Thread: (Tie) A poetry thread, in GQ, no less, centering a… --- ## [Could U succeed on a job U hated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-u-succeed-on-a-job-u-hated/645077)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-u-succeed-on-a-job-u-hated/645077 "2012-12-28T17:56:29Z")
If you had to take a high level job you hated, could you succeed? --- ## [Guys, I'm looking for a new disposable Razor. Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-im-looking-for-a-new-disposable-razor-suggestions/645285)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-im-looking-for-a-new-disposable-razor-suggestions/645285 "2012-12-28T17:10:03Z")
I have been using the Mach 3 for many years but finally my handle gave out and needs to be replaced so if I were going to change to something else, now would be a good time. Any recommendations? Please don’t recommend a… --- ## [Ebay etiquette- package damaged due shipper's fault.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-etiquette-package-damaged-due-shippers-fault/645250)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-etiquette-package-damaged-due-shippers-fault/645250 "2012-12-28T15:56:31Z")
I bought an item on eBay. UPS broke it and subsequently denied the damage claim due to “improper packaging”. The seller wanted me to provide my personal phone number so he could call me and discuss it, but I declined and… --- ## [What to do with an old G3?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-an-old-g3/645386)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-an-old-g3/645386 "2012-12-28T15:51:15Z")
I’ve mentioned I have a 2001 iMac G3 Indigo PowerPC. I had it in the guest room as a ‘guest computer’, and I installed a wireless card and the highest level of Safari it would run. I used it as by backup computer when … --- ## [How has your Christmas been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-your-christmas-been/645149)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-your-christmas-been/645149 "2012-12-28T15:29:53Z")
Christmas for me usually is a mixed experience. This year feels the same for different reasons. I’ve taken a trip to Montreal and Ottawa to visit my brother and some friends. It’s my first vacation since my breakup. Of c… --- ## [Who is the most universally agreed upon scumbag on Planet Earth Right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-universally-agreed-upon-scumbag-on-planet-earth-right-now/644406)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-universally-agreed-upon-scumbag-on-planet-earth-right-now/644406 "2012-12-28T13:58:15Z")
I’m really at kind of a loss here. The only people I can think of seem like pretty week tea or penny ante villains – Putin, Joseph Kony, Justin Bieber, etc. Help me out. Because as one of the ongoing competitions betw… --- ## [How reliable is substitute teaching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-substitute-teaching/315327)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-substitute-teaching/315327 "2012-12-28T13:29:10Z")
I’ve been gathering together some letters of reccomendation to put with my application for a substitute teacher. I passed the CBEST, and have three years working at an after-school program, along with tutoring privately … --- ## [We should tell the kids the truth about Santa Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-tell-the-kids-the-truth-about-santa-claus/645098)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-tell-the-kids-the-truth-about-santa-claus/645098 "2012-12-28T09:39:14Z")
That is, that he really does exist; and he really can get into your house, whether you have a chimney or not; and he really does know if you’ve been bad or good; and he has this really, really mean side nobody ever talks… --- ## [Tell me about your voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-voice/105202)
**Author:** [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-voice/105202 "2012-12-28T09:32:59Z")
Do you like it? Do you have an accent? Any impediments? Can you sing? Who’s got the ideal voice? Me, I’ve lived in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina my whole life. Really Southern people think I sound like a “Yan… --- ## [Would I Be Welcome at a Russian Orthodox Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-be-welcome-at-a-russian-orthodox-service/614092)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-i-be-welcome-at-a-russian-orthodox-service/614092 "2012-12-28T06:06:35Z")
I would like to experience the worship service, because I understand that the singing is truly beautiful. However, I would not want to offend any of the congregation-since I am not an Orthodox Christian, I don’t know t… --- ## [Snowshoes Recommendation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowshoes-recommendation/645287)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowshoes-recommendation/645287 "2012-12-28T05:11:38Z")
I am looking for an inexpensive pair of snowshoes to trek around the backyard and local park in. I know little about them and haven’t used a pair since 2005 so I don’t really know what to look for. Thanks! --- ## [Water in basement = how to get rid of mildew odor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-in-basement-how-to-get-rid-of-mildew-odor/634275)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-in-basement-how-to-get-rid-of-mildew-odor/634275 "2012-12-28T04:09:59Z")
We had a major storm here Friday night. After it passed, I found water in a corner of the finished basement. It was enough to soak the carpet (but not cause standing water) from one corner to about 8 feet in every dire… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1384) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1386)