# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1411 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1412 --- ## [Is there a good reason for NOT legalizing marijuana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-reason-for-not-legalizing-marijuana/640938)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-reason-for-not-legalizing-marijuana/640938 "2012-11-19T16:26:05Z")
I can’t think of one. Not trying to start an argument or debate. It’s a serious question. Move to another forum if necessary. --- ## [Public nudity as a gateway drug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-nudity-as-a-gateway-drug/641488)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-nudity-as-a-gateway-drug/641488 "2012-11-19T16:20:08Z")
There’s some new initiative in San Francisco to ban public nudity with certain exceptions, which I guess must mean it’s currently legal in most contexts. So I’m wondering: Assuming public nudity were legal everywhere, … --- ## [If you have to work on Thanksgiving day, do you think it is unfair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-to-work-on-thanksgiving-day-do-you-think-it-is-unfair/640912)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-to-work-on-thanksgiving-day-do-you-think-it-is-unfair/640912 "2012-11-19T15:22:56Z")
With the creep of Black Friday into Thanksgiving day (I believe Walmart and Target are both opening their stores on Thursday evening around 8:00 pm) with slashed prices to bring in shoppers, many people are going to have… --- ## [Advice on getting in to vet school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-getting-in-to-vet-school/641433)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-getting-in-to-vet-school/641433 "2012-11-19T13:05:35Z")
My 16 year old son is looking at vet school down the road. I’ve heard that the schools expect the students to have 1000 hours of working with animals in various settings before they apply. Is that true? That seems … --- ## [How are Europeans dealing with their declining influence in the world and bleak future prospects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-europeans-dealing-with-their-declining-influence-in-the-world-and-bleak-future-prospects/641272)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-europeans-dealing-with-their-declining-influence-in-the-world-and-bleak-future-prospects/641272 "2012-11-19T12:28:05Z")
I like Europe as a whole and I love some of the individual countries. However, the future of the continent looks bleak at best from where I sit the U.S. Some countries like France and Germany are treading water OK for no… --- ## [So what's the deal with the "Galactic Alignment"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-deal-with-the-galactic-alignment/623399)
**Author:** [@garbonzo607](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garbonzo607)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-deal-with-the-galactic-alignment/623399 "2012-11-19T06:30:16Z")
I’ve always believed the Galactic Alignment was fact, but it seems there is conflicting views on the matter on the internet. This site deems it as fact: While a 2009 NASA webpage says it is junk: http://www.nasa.gov/t… --- ## [When you want your kids to do something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-want-your-kids-to-do-something/636940)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-want-your-kids-to-do-something/636940 "2012-11-19T04:26:16Z")
do you ask them or tell them? I always ask, or I will say I need you to do such and such today. If I need it done right away I will say I need it done now, otherwise it’s more of a ‘as long as it gets done sometime tod… --- ## [Do you respond to insincere greetings? Are they effective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-respond-to-insincere-greetings-are-they-effective/641432)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-respond-to-insincere-greetings-are-they-effective/641432 "2012-11-19T03:52:12Z")
Many retail businesses obviously instruct their employees to greet you as you walk in the door. Not a bad idea I guess, but in many cases, if not most, the greetings are mechanical and made without the employee even loo… --- ## [Why do/did you steal stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-did-you-steal-stuff/640508)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-did-you-steal-stuff/640508 "2012-11-19T03:28:59Z")
I’ve got teenagers with sticky fingers. I want them to knock it off but I know enough about parenting to know that punishment and commands are largely ineffective. What I need to do is get inside their heads and have t… --- ## [Parents: How long have you wanted kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-how-long-have-you-wanted-kids/641005)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-how-long-have-you-wanted-kids/641005 "2012-11-19T02:48:44Z")
I’m a 23-year-old male in a serious relationship with a 21-year-old female. We are both college students, and both have fairly busy lives. She wants to have kids some day (not any time soon) and says that she’s always wa… --- ## [My beloved flatbed scanner died. Likely cause? User fixable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beloved-flatbed-scanner-died-likely-cause-user-fixable/641446)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-beloved-flatbed-scanner-died-likely-cause-user-fixable/641446 "2012-11-19T01:46:28Z")
My beloved, faithful 10 year-old home/office Microtek flatbed scanner just decided to stop working a couple of weeks ago. Whenever I turned on my computer it would awaken with a whizz and a rumble and a glowing scanner l… --- ## [How much extra would you/the U.S. pay for good service and worker wages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-extra-would-you-the-u-s-pay-for-good-service-and-worker-wages/641131)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-extra-would-you-the-u-s-pay-for-good-service-and-worker-wages/641131 "2012-11-19T00:54:54Z")
Many CEOs, especially of chain restaurants, have made statements and taken actions in response to the election last week, including announcing price hikes, layoffs, and limitation of hours, saying it’s due to Obamacare a… --- ## [Pick Your Adoptive Parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-adoptive-parents/641327)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-adoptive-parents/641327 "2012-11-18T20:58:36Z")
I am certain most of us are/were quite happy with the parents we got, but assuming you were a baby and could pick anyone - alive or dead, real or fictional - as your adoptive parents, who would you choose? Would you go … --- ## [Ask the Synesthetes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-synesthetes/371992)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-synesthetes/371992 "2006-09-09T06:29:57Z")
I’m starting this thread at FormerMarineGuy’s request. I know there are other synesthetes on the board, so please feel free to help answer questions, too. Most of us only have one form, so it’s not as though I’m a well-r… --- ## [sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex/640983)
**Author:** [@lets\_dance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lets_dance)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex/640983 "2012-11-18T16:36:11Z")
wut age is usually the time when people lose their viginity? --- ## [Is the Internet still (seen as) a luxury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-internet-still-seen-as-a-luxury/640935)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-internet-still-seen-as-a-luxury/640935 "2012-11-18T12:16:19Z")
Discussion elsewhere has gotten me thinking about this. More and more, the Internet is an important, if not vital, part of daily life. Yet it is still seen in many quarters, justifiably or not, as an optional luxury. W… --- ## [I want to hear from you if you've had experience with Quicken Loans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-hear-from-you-if-youve-had-experience-with-quicken-loans/641281)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-hear-from-you-if-youve-had-experience-with-quicken-loans/641281 "2012-11-18T06:59:10Z")
Quicken Loans called me this evening. Long conversation about how they have a partnership with my current mortgage company and they can waive a $500 application fee, and do all the paperwork via phone and email, blah, b… --- ## [Hiring New Staff - How to Determine Who to Hire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-new-staff-how-to-determine-who-to-hire/640853)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-new-staff-how-to-determine-who-to-hire/640853 "2012-11-18T01:33:05Z")
I work for a small employer that is wanting to hire a new person for one of our shops. The manager/boss admits she’s made some poor decisions (that is, incredibly bad) in the past. Since the people I’ve recommended hav… --- ## [Looking for some solid Karaoke software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-solid-karaoke-software/641248)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-solid-karaoke-software/641248 "2012-11-18T01:25:18Z")
Preferably freeware of course, tho not too picky as long as it isn’t $300 or something. Should be high-quality and allow filtering out the original vocals so I can replace them with mine, natch. --- ## [Prenuptual Agreements...for or against.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prenuptual-agreements-for-or-against/638990)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prenuptual-agreements-for-or-against/638990 "2012-11-17T21:41:36Z")
After being dumped, I am completely for it. Perhaps I will change my mind with some convincing. A prenup says to me that the other person should love me for me, and I should love her for who she is. Let’s leave material … --- ## [Buy/Sell/Trade Forums on Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-sell-trade-forums-on-facebook/641337)
**Author:** [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-sell-trade-forums-on-facebook/641337 "2012-11-17T20:21:50Z")
I’m in one of the grey zones for Craigslist. My local area is equidistant to three major Craigslist markets, so to fill the gap, a Facebook-based buy/sell/trade group has cropped up. It has fairly high traffic. I desp… --- ## [What's it cost to charge an electric car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-cost-to-charge-an-electric-car/641315)
**Author:** [@Pacific420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pacific420)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-cost-to-charge-an-electric-car/641315 "2012-11-17T20:05:10Z")
I’m curious, all the talk about electric cars, sure you’re not paying for gas but what does it add to your electric bill to charge them up? --- ## [Do your property tax payments go to a named person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-property-tax-payments-go-to-a-named-person/641212)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-property-tax-payments-go-to-a-named-person/641212 "2012-11-17T19:41:27Z")
I just paid my property taxes and it really pisses me off that I have to make out the check to Harry E. Hagen, Treasurer-Tax Collector. What’s to stop this Harry Hagen fucker to cash a bunch of checks and run off to so… --- ## [Kind of a sticky question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-a-sticky-question/640973)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kind-of-a-sticky-question/640973 "2012-11-17T19:32:37Z")
I don’t even know how to frame this question properly, so I’ll be as general as possible at first and then answer as many questions as need be in the follow ups. I was doing some tidying up around the house and was chan… --- ## [Horrible Recurring Adult Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-recurring-adult-nightmares/620332)
**Author:** [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-recurring-adult-nightmares/620332 "2012-11-17T18:03:45Z")
Anyone who’s going to tell me to talk to a physician, I already have. Anyone who’s going to tell me to talk to a psychologist, I already am. Now with that out of the way, I am having my ass kicked by these nightmares. I … --- ## [Anyone have a Lytro?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-lytro/641321)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-lytro/641321 "2012-11-17T17:24:35Z")
It looks like a really interesting gadget - but I’d like to hear some opinions from the people who have one before I lay out that kind of cash. So - what do you think of yours? --- ## [Kiplinger's list of the 10 worst majors (for your career)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiplingers-list-of-the-10-worst-majors-for-your-career/640562)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiplingers-list-of-the-10-worst-majors-for-your-career/640562 "2012-11-17T16:27:52Z")
This sort of thing is one of the many reasons why I wish the internet had been around when I was a teen. If you don’t want to go to the site, I’ll spoiler the list: --- ## [Dead skunks in the middle of the road—why so many?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-skunks-in-the-middle-of-the-road-why-so-many/641156)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-skunks-in-the-middle-of-the-road-why-so-many/641156 "2012-11-17T15:26:58Z")
Driving along the other morning I saw one dead skunk and then another fifty feet further on. My wife said, “They must have been playing.” A little later I said, “That was the fifth dead skunk in the past mile.” She as… --- ## [Do you keep dead people on your phone's contact list?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-dead-people-on-your-phones-contact-list/641242)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-dead-people-on-your-phones-contact-list/641242 "2012-11-17T12:34:20Z")
My GF thinks it’s creepy that I keep 2 of my deceased friends, who died way too early (one in his early 20’s and one in his late 30’s), on my mobile phone’s contact list. I don’t know why I do, since I regularly delete … --- ## [Hawaii - things to do and see on the big island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-things-to-do-and-see-on-the-big-island/641040)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-things-to-do-and-see-on-the-big-island/641040 "2012-11-17T11:09:10Z")
Friends and I will be on the big island in Hawaii for 9 days soon. While I’m sure we will be visiting some beaches, lounging in the sun isn’t our favorite kind of activity. So far, high on the list of possibilities are… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1412)