# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1388 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1389 --- ## [Coffee drinkers: would you say YOUR use of caffeine qualifies as an addiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-drinkers-would-you-say-your-use-of-caffeine-qualifies-as-an-addiction/644663)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-drinkers-would-you-say-your-use-of-caffeine-qualifies-as-an-addiction/644663 "2012-12-24T05:57:19Z")
Note the empathis on the possessive determiner above. The question isn’t whether caffeine is addictive; it’s whether individual posters judge themselves addicted. Poll in a minute. Or maybe ten. I need some coffee firs… --- ## [Need a Female German Name for my Car: Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-female-german-name-for-my-car-suggestions/644849)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-female-german-name-for-my-car-suggestions/644849 "2012-12-24T04:59:52Z")
Can you help me name my car? I have a well-kept classic, a 1963 Porsche 356 Cabriolet (convertible) - like this picture. She runs great and is very reliable. The 356 was the precursor to the Porsche 911. Next year she t… --- ## [Young inner-city males and work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-inner-city-males-and-work/633103)
**Author:** [@corlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corlet)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-inner-city-males-and-work/633103 "2012-12-23T21:20:23Z")
I have lived in the inner-city for three years. On my street are four or five young black men, about 20 years of age, who spend all day hanging out in front of my neighbor’s house smoking. I have witnessed similar situat… --- ## [What is your favorite outdoor temperature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-outdoor-temperature/644832)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-outdoor-temperature/644832 "2012-12-23T20:24:23Z")
What is your favorite outdoor temperature? --- ## [I'm a newlywed contemplating divorce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-newlywed-contemplating-divorce/644244)
**Author:** [@followrivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/followrivers)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-newlywed-contemplating-divorce/644244 "2012-12-23T20:02:46Z")
I really don’t have anywhere else to discuss this, but I feel like I need to let this out somehow so that I can move forward in some way. I’m twenty six and I am newly married. I do love my husband, however, when I thin… --- ## [Your forearm as a compass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forearm-as-a-compass/644793)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-forearm-as-a-compass/644793 "2012-12-23T16:39:38Z")
When I was in high school, my Solid Geometry teacher (Mr. McAfee) could draw a near-perfect chalk circle on the blackboard by pivoting his forearm around his elbow . . . and he could adjust the size of the circle as well… --- ## [Are the arms reducing measures proposd by demandaplan.org indeed "common sense"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-arms-reducing-measures-proposd-by-demandaplan-org-indeed-common-sense/644854)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-arms-reducing-measures-proposd-by-demandaplan-org-indeed-common-sense/644854 "2012-12-23T14:24:25Z")
I did a search but didn’t see this anywhere. In response to the Newtown killing spree, celebrities have come up with demandaplan.org, an appeal to the US government to pass what they call “common sense measures”: The … --- ## [Best anti-anxiety medication that worked for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anti-anxiety-medication-that-worked-for-you/642931)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anti-anxiety-medication-that-worked-for-you/642931 "2012-12-23T08:18:20Z")
What’s the anti-anxiety medication that worked best for you? --- ## [What is this thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/644868)
**Author:** [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing/644868 "2012-12-23T08:02:50Z")
My father-in-law is kind of a trash-picker, and he brought home this rack from one of the neighbors who was moving. He had it in the bathroom so I thought it was a toilet paper holder, but the rolls don’t fit it. It’s no… --- ## [What does 'Feminist' mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-feminist-mean-to-you/644847)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-feminist-mean-to-you/644847 "2012-12-23T04:44:43Z")
Follow-up to this concurrent pollthread. Please read the longer descriptions before voting. I am feminist. I believe in equal rights and equal treatment. I don’t believe there is or has been male supremacy or oppre… --- ## [I know about a potential scam ahead of time - what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-about-a-potential-scam-ahead-of-time-what-to-do/644842)
**Author:** [@retsin2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/retsin2000)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-about-a-potential-scam-ahead-of-time-what-to-do/644842 "2012-12-23T00:56:52Z")
Background: The family and I live in a very cool small town. 1500 people or so. One thing that makes it so cool is that there is a vibrant music scene. There are a fair number of professional musicians that live here. T… --- ## [Friend Setting Himself Up For Relationship Failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-setting-himself-up-for-relationship-failure/644492)
**Author:** [@Kym22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kym22)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-setting-himself-up-for-relationship-failure/644492 "2012-12-23T00:55:02Z")
Hi Everyone, Just wanted some opinions here. My best friend will not leave a girl no matter how bad a the relationship unless he knows he has another girl willing and ready to date him which has led to him cheating in t… --- ## [GM (Car) Experts: Is The Cadillac Version Better Than The Chevrolet Version?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gm-car-experts-is-the-cadillac-version-better-than-the-chevrolet-version/644774)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gm-car-experts-is-the-cadillac-version-better-than-the-chevrolet-version/644774 "2012-12-22T23:13:33Z")
Quite simply, do you get better quality/reliability from a Cadillac vs a Chevy? Cadillac (being a luxury car line) has alwys had more prestige, and I suspect that they are of better assembly quality. Is this borne o… --- ## [Anyone have advice on on quitting the cancer sticks? gahhh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-advice-on-on-quitting-the-cancer-sticks-gahhh/636957)
**Author:** [@Mihai\_Yu\_Ri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mihai_Yu_Ri)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-advice-on-on-quitting-the-cancer-sticks-gahhh/636957 "2012-12-22T21:18:04Z")
I’ve been a smoker for ten years… Since I was twelve… A pack or more a day since I was sixteen. I’ve tried quitting several times in the past few months, only to start smoking more. Now my habit is nearing two packs a d… --- ## [If they started giving psychological tests before allowing a gun purchase, would you pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-started-giving-psychological-tests-before-allowing-a-gun-purchase-would-you-pass/644804)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-they-started-giving-psychological-tests-before-allowing-a-gun-purchase-would-you-pass/644804 "2012-12-22T20:51:06Z")
You get to define for yourself what you think might make you eligible/ineligible. I quit a good-paying job to move across country and go back to school, so I’m definitely crazy. On a more serious note, I had one few-mo… --- ## [who do you like for personal finance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-for-personal-finance/644681)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-like-for-personal-finance/644681 "2012-12-22T20:17:25Z")
I have been listening to Marketplace Money for years (used to be called something else), but last weekend I bumped into a radio show by Ric Edelman and I liked what I heard. I know people who are seriously into Dave Ram… --- ## [Why don't women go on shooting sprees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-go-on-shooting-sprees/644474)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-women-go-on-shooting-sprees/644474 "2012-12-22T18:39:07Z")
Or do they? All this talk about guns and mental health issues got me thinking. Is mass shooting strictly a male sport or have we had females shoot lots of people at once too? I can think of lots of cases where women hav… --- ## [Mental Health and Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health-and-insurance/644761)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-health-and-insurance/644761 "2012-12-22T17:42:36Z")
I figure, let’s combine the onerous government intrusion upon healthcare with a swift reaction brought upon by the Connecticut school shooting and we can watch all of the Conservatives’ heads explode at once… … --- ## [What does cancer pain feel like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-cancer-pain-feel-like/644686)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-cancer-pain-feel-like/644686 "2012-12-22T15:54:12Z")
What does cancer pain feel like? Is it achy or sharp or throbbing? Does it depend on the type of cancer? I’m thinking more of the end stage type cancer - does that pain come from your organs being pushed around? Morb… --- ## [In what way do nicotine gum and lozenges taste "hot"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-do-nicotine-gum-and-lozenges-taste-hot/644736)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-do-nicotine-gum-and-lozenges-taste-hot/644736 "2012-12-22T12:31:10Z")
Last night I was trying to tell a friend how nicotine gum and lozenges taste hot after a while. I was unable to find the words. She asked if I meant spicy, like vindaloo. No, not really. An actual rise in temperature? No… --- ## [Need gaming computer for under $1400](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gaming-computer-for-under-1400/643125)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-gaming-computer-for-under-1400/643125 "2012-12-22T09:17:08Z")
My son wants a desktop gaming computer for $1400 or under, and he wants it from one source, already assembled. Who’s got tthe best deal? --- ## [Over-the-counter sleep aid recommendation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-counter-sleep-aid-recommendation/644671)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-counter-sleep-aid-recommendation/644671 "2012-12-22T03:57:33Z")
This past couple of months I’ve been having a terrible time staying asleep. I fall asleep OK, but wake up after 3-4 hours and really don’t sleep properly (and sometimes not at all) after that. I’m normally a morning pers… --- ## [What's biting me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-biting-me/644733)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-biting-me/644733 "2012-12-22T00:34:41Z")
I’m living in Brevard County, Florida, and something has been biting my ankles and forearms over the last week. I’m pretty certain it’s not mosquitoes - I haven’t heard them buzzing around, I haven’t seen any, and the bi… --- ## [What will happen on Dec 21st, 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871)
**Author:** [@nuggetz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nuggetz)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-on-dec-21st-2012/474871 "2012-12-21T23:33:28Z")
What do you think will happen on December 21st, 2012. --- ## [\*sigh\* The world don't end like it used to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-the-world-dont-end-like-it-used-to/644740)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-the-world-dont-end-like-it-used-to/644740 "2012-12-21T22:58:49Z")
Those were the days . . . :frowning: --- ## [You almost die in a car wreck:Whoo what a rush or OMG that's F'd up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-almost-die-in-a-car-wreck-whoo-what-a-rush-or-omg-thats-fd-up/644582)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-almost-die-in-a-car-wreck-whoo-what-a-rush-or-omg-thats-fd-up/644582 "2012-12-21T22:13:39Z")
Let me start off by saying I well aware of the irony in this story: My friends and I are on our way home from a ball game. We have a designated driver (DD) as the rest of us are pretty much three sheets to the wind. On… --- ## [A Question For Anthropologists: Indigenous People Who Live In Inhospitable Environments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-anthropologists-indigenous-people-who-live-in-inhospitable-environments/644753)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-anthropologists-indigenous-people-who-live-in-inhospitable-environments/644753 "2012-12-21T21:40:34Z")
Why do people stay in these places (deserts, polar regions, thick jungles, etc.)? Take the Inuit people-they have evolved a masterful culture, based upon seal and polar bear hunting (with other animals as well). Be… --- ## [Deadly Indianapolis Blast, any thoughts on what may have caused it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadly-indianapolis-blast-any-thoughts-on-what-may-have-caused-it/640734 "2012-12-21T19:06:01Z")
It looks like an intentional blast from a bomb or an accidental one from a meth house has been ruled out, so can any Dopers speculate what it could have been? How dangerous are our neighborhoods? Anyone in Indianapolis… --- ## [Why is finding a job so much harder than decades ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-finding-a-job-so-much-harder-than-decades-ago/644378)
**Author:** [@oyster11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oyster11)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-finding-a-job-so-much-harder-than-decades-ago/644378 "2012-12-21T18:29:31Z")
Decades ago, not many people go to college. Most people graduated fresh from highschool and found good jobs. Nowadays, this is unimaginable, as everybody who wants a half-decent jobs need a college degree. Even people wi… --- ## [Would you send your super smart 12 year old to Berkeley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-send-your-super-smart-12-year-old-to-berkeley/643942)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-send-your-super-smart-12-year-old-to-berkeley/643942 "2012-12-21T18:03:02Z")
Yesterday, it was brought to my attention by a friend who is presently attending Berkeley that there is a 12 year old boy on campus, working on his degree. A little Googling popped up this article about the boy, which go… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1387) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1389)