# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1394 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1395 --- ## [what the fuck is wrong with people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/644059)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-people/644059 "2012-12-14T20:45:56Z")
http://http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting\_n\_2300831.html --- ## [Where do all the cool cats get their ears pierced nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-the-cool-cats-get-their-ears-pierced-nowadays/643739)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-all-the-cool-cats-get-their-ears-pierced-nowadays/643739 "2012-12-14T20:02:08Z")
I want to get my ears pierced again - cartilage piercing. I haven’t had anything pierced in almost twenty years. I don’t want to go to a Piercing Pagoda, they aren’t that good, are they? Where should I go? --- ## [Let's discuss "survivalism" vs "prepping"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-survivalism-vs-prepping/643816)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-survivalism-vs-prepping/643816 "2012-12-14T19:42:07Z")
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about survivalism, and about preparedness in general. I’m not talking about every-day measures like keeping a shovel and a first-aid kit in your car, I’m talking about the people who are… --- ## [Stepson underperforming academically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stepson-underperforming-academically/643917)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stepson-underperforming-academically/643917 "2012-12-14T19:30:18Z")
My stepson is a bright kid, in my opinion. I think he’s academically talented, although his report card didn’t show it. He read early and has placed in extension classes via testing, for example. He’s entering 10th grad… --- ## [Did my daughter smoke meth last night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-daughter-smoke-meth-last-night/644024)
**Author:** [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-daughter-smoke-meth-last-night/644024 "2012-12-14T19:28:59Z")
Our 15-year-old daughter suffers from depression and has some traits of Borderline Personality Disorder. She’s getting treatment from a psychiatrist and gets counseling from a psychologist. Progress has been slow, with l… --- ## [Meat Puppets Slang For Breasts - Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-puppets-slang-for-breasts-why/643732)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-puppets-slang-for-breasts-why/643732 "2012-12-14T14:15:00Z")
Why is “meat puppets” slang for breasts? From what I read, that is the case, but I’d think the slang would be “milk puppets”. I’m placing this question in IMHO since I’m basically just stating that it doesn’t make logica… --- ## [Have you marched in a parade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-marched-in-a-parade/640036)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-marched-in-a-parade/640036 "2012-12-14T12:09:16Z")
Me and my immediate family, we’re parade hardy people. Not on purpose. Every time I’ve marched in a parade, it just sorta happened. My BFF in high school’s mom was a seamstress with the ILGWU. One day me and her were han… --- ## [How do I explain to an interviewer that I was fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-explain-to-an-interviewer-that-i-was-fired/641422)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-explain-to-an-interviewer-that-i-was-fired/641422 "2012-12-14T08:13:48Z")
Well, they said “separated”, but it really means the same, I think. I basically made a couple of small procedural errors, but I worked in a casino so we have both onsite and State folks looking over our shoulders. (I ca… --- ## [What do you think when you think of the word "child"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-when-you-think-of-the-word-child/643827)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-when-you-think-of-the-word-child/643827 "2012-12-14T07:14:12Z")
I’m currently writing about the Rights of the Child in Uganda, and looking into the way people in Uganda think of children, and if that might differ from the way eg UNICEF thinks of children. It got me to wondering what… --- ## [I think pre-secondary "graduation" ceremonies are stupid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-pre-secondary-graduation-ceremonies-are-stupid/368781)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-pre-secondary-graduation-ceremonies-are-stupid/368781 "2012-12-14T07:05:44Z")
Inspired by this post… I started thinking of an interaction I had with one of my students when I was teaching: Sam: Hey Mr. Hollow, I’m getting a limo and a white tux for prom. HH: You’re going to a prom? Sam: Yeah, I… --- ## [Need some opinions on my 16 year old cat's health](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-opinions-on-my-16-year-old-cats-health/638355)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-opinions-on-my-16-year-old-cats-health/638355 "2012-12-14T06:29:38Z")
We took our 16 year old cat, Max, in for her check-up last weekend. The results were not good, but they are definitely confusing to us. She has elevated liver enzymes, elevated thyroid levels, elevated kidney enzymes, a … --- ## [How much do you know about Indonesia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-about-indonesia/643764)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-about-indonesia/643764 "2012-12-14T05:07:04Z")
Let’s see how obscure it really is. --- ## [Possibly moving to Kansas City -- tell me about neighborhoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-moving-to-kansas-city-tell-me-about-neighborhoods/643749)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-moving-to-kansas-city-tell-me-about-neighborhoods/643749 "2012-12-14T04:19:51Z")
My wife has a job opportunity in Kansas City, MO, and we’re going to be visting there shortly after the first of the year to look around and see if we want to move there. We currently live just down I-70 in Columbia. I… --- ## [Is a Wheelchair a Turn-off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-wheelchair-a-turn-off/643447)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-wheelchair-a-turn-off/643447 "2012-12-14T03:32:50Z")
Well? Can this question A) be answered by people other than those who have already had personal experience with such matters (had a family member in a chair or had dated a person in a chair), and B) be answered honestly… --- ## [Differences between GPSs? Latest and greatest features?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-between-gpss-latest-and-greatest-features/643637)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/differences-between-gpss-latest-and-greatest-features/643637 "2012-12-14T01:17:41Z")
We’ve used a Garmin for several years and are thinking of upgrading. We’re inclined towards the Garmin for very minor reasons. We know it’s menus and have grown accustomed to her face (okay, so her voice, but still). But… --- ## [What's your go to drink when your stomach isn't feeling well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-drink-when-your-stomach-isnt-feeling-well/643519)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-drink-when-your-stomach-isnt-feeling-well/643519 "2012-12-13T21:26:27Z")
Mine is Sprite or 7-up. My mother always gave it to us when we were little. I don’t know if it actually works or if it’s just the placebo effect. --- ## [So at 00:00:01 on December 21st...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-at-00-00-01-on-december-21st/643742 "2012-12-13T20:18:05Z")
…you are awakened by a giant rumbling in the earth that grows and grows and grows. How many of you would pull up the covers, turn over one last time, and mutter something like “thank god!” ? --- ## [Who's been to the "House on the Rock" in Wisconsin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-been-to-the-house-on-the-rock-in-wisconsin/643640)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-been-to-the-house-on-the-rock-in-wisconsin/643640 "2012-12-13T19:59:13Z")
Next summer, in early July, I’m planning to swing through Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa on a “visit old friends and baseball pilgrimage” combo trip (also “on a motorcycle”, but that’s another story). I’ll be making a vis… --- ## [Cuteness -- the chicken or the egg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-the-chicken-or-the-egg/643717)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuteness-the-chicken-or-the-egg/643717 "2012-12-13T18:41:06Z")
Are babies cute because they have big eyes, or are big eyes cute because babies have them? Mods: Feel free to move this to GD if appropriate. :stuck\_out\_tongue: --- ## [Have you see a problem with FF 17.0.1/Silverlite/Netflix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-a-problem-with-ff-17-0-1-silverlite-netflix/643927)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-see-a-problem-with-ff-17-0-1-silverlite-netflix/643927 "2012-12-13T18:22:39Z")
Upgraded to FF 17.0.1 and Netflix streaming gives an error no one at Netflix has ever see before: Hit “Play” and the screen has the red bar with Netflix across the top. Middle of the screen has large blue lettering “Than… --- ## [Dentist screwed up, incompetence??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-screwed-up-incompetence/643915)
**Author:** [@lisa7308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisa7308)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dentist-screwed-up-incompetence/643915 "2012-12-13T18:08:43Z")
About 3 months ago my gums were very red and painful, i went to my old dentist and he told me to use a special mouthwash called Peridex. The hygienist couldn’t clean my teeth at my old dentist because my gums were too so… --- ## [Black people: What would you do if someone called you a nigger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-what-would-you-do-if-someone-called-you-a-nigger/382069)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-what-would-you-do-if-someone-called-you-a-nigger/382069 "2012-12-13T16:46:34Z")
Yea, another race thread. There have been a few comments about how some might be reacting too strongly to the slur, so I’d like to know what you personally think you would do/have done. If someone, who was similar to y… --- ## [A Potentially Dumb Question Regarding a Flash Drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-potentially-dumb-question-regarding-a-flash-drive/643666)
**Author:** [@NGC2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NGC2024)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-potentially-dumb-question-regarding-a-flash-drive/643666 "2012-12-13T16:32:29Z")
Greetings. I am generally computer literate, but I have a basic question about removing documents from my work computer using a flash drive (or some other USB storage device). Let’s imagine that I’m contemplating leavi… --- ## [Post-Roman Britain: Why Was The Hypocaust Abandoned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-roman-britain-why-was-the-hypocaust-abandoned/643312)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-roman-britain-why-was-the-hypocaust-abandoned/643312 "2012-12-13T16:01:17Z")
I was watching a BBC clip about Roman Britain, and the Roman villas in Britain were amazing! Many of them were heated by a "hypocaust"this was a system of hollow floors and walls, where fires were kept burning. The hea… --- ## [Sword based exercise DVD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-based-exercise-dvd/643213)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sword-based-exercise-dvd/643213 "2012-12-13T13:14:22Z")
Has anyone had any experience with sword based exercising? I have taken martial arts off and on for most of the last 20 years, and am currently taking TKD, but am interested in weapon training as an adjunct to what I am… --- ## [What Have You Done to Earn Some Extra Money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-done-to-earn-some-extra-money/417448)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-done-to-earn-some-extra-money/417448 "2012-12-13T12:36:26Z")
Please tell me about part-time jobs or work-from-home opportunities that went especially well for you. Is there such as a thing as a job you can do from home for an hour in the evening and earn $50-$100 per week? --- ## [How do you find a real estate lawyer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-a-real-estate-lawyer/643888)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-a-real-estate-lawyer/643888 "2012-12-13T06:43:48Z")
So I didn’t get one when I bought my condo :frowning: Now that I want to sell it, I think I do need one. But how do you find reviews of lawyers? There seem to be review sites for almost everyone else. --- ## [Reasonabaly accessible internet jobs - your experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonabaly-accessible-internet-jobs-your-experiences/643884)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonabaly-accessible-internet-jobs-your-experiences/643884 "2012-12-13T04:50:08Z")
Does anyone here have a reasonably accessible internet job? I’ve given notice on my current job and consequently need\* another one. The most obvious job to get is some kind of internet one, by which I mean one where you … --- ## [Is rudeness ever appropriate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rudeness-ever-appropriate/643721)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-rudeness-ever-appropriate/643721 "2012-12-13T04:47:20Z")
I had to ask my teacher something, but I was afraid that I’d come across as rude if I asked her. I thought to myself, “Rudeness isn’t appropriate in this situation.” It led me to wonder, can rudeness ever be considered a… --- ## [Feeling ashamed, embarrassed, and guilty about being a nice and kind person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-ashamed-embarrassed-and-guilty-about-being-a-nice-and-kind-person/643861)
**Author:** [@taskmgr.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taskmgr.exe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-ashamed-embarrassed-and-guilty-about-being-a-nice-and-kind-person/643861 "2012-12-13T04:17:27Z")
Greetings, I used to feel ashamed (especially this adjective), embarrassed and guilty about being a nice person when I was younger. Being a tough person and an asshole and a sadist was an important thing among my peers … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1393) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1395)