# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1436 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1437 --- ## [Is it really true that child molesters are treated more harshly in prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-true-that-child-molesters-are-treated-more-harshly-in-prison/636435)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-true-that-child-molesters-are-treated-more-harshly-in-prison/636435 "2012-10-04T18:23:11Z")
It’s a well-known conventional wisdom, but is it factual? Or just incidental because of the way group dynamics work in such a case, where, due to the nature of their crimes, they are just a lot lower on the peckering or… --- ## [\[Visiting\] Syria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-syria/636492)
**Author:** [@Nomader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nomader)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-syria/636492 "2012-10-04T17:06:53Z")
I want to visit/work in Syria. What can I do while I am there to make enough to get by? I do not have experience in journalism, photography and I am also not a health care professional who can travel with Doctors Withou… --- ## [How do you decide on conflicting social engagements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-on-conflicting-social-engagements/636667)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-on-conflicting-social-engagements/636667 "2012-10-04T16:11:34Z")
Minor, but something I’m thinking over pretty hard. I have two usual gaming nights on Mondays and Fridays with different groups (and different types of games, of course). The leader of the Monday group just e-mailed us… --- ## [Good customer service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-customer-service/636312)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-customer-service/636312 "2012-10-04T14:26:21Z")
In this thread someone complains about the lack of customer service nowadays. In this thread, let’s hear about when a business has treated you right. Friday I took the day off and ran some errands. I was near a barbec… --- ## [Google Misfires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-misfires/635792 "2012-10-04T13:12:12Z")
Image Search - Google, you lost me to Bing. BING!, for Christ’s sake! It’s just awful. On the Android browser, I can barely use Google Image Search on the full (non-mobile) version. Pictures’ thumbnails continually v… --- ## [Are "Structured Settlements" All That Common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-structured-settlements-all-that-common/636591)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-structured-settlements-all-that-common/636591 "2012-10-04T08:43:50Z")
I just heard a radio ad for a way to get high income on an investment-you buy a “structured settlement” contract. As I understand it, such an investment arises because someone who has been awarded a large amount of mon… --- ## [San Francisco in October?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-in-october/636645)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-in-october/636645 "2012-10-04T08:36:52Z")
My wife and I are planning a long weekend on the west coast in October or early November. Is SF nice in the fall? Is the weather such that it is pleasant to walk around then? Thanks. --- ## [Are low-income parents usually this disinterested in their kid's school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-low-income-parents-usually-this-disinterested-in-their-kids-school/636153)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-low-income-parents-usually-this-disinterested-in-their-kids-school/636153 "2012-10-04T06:58:08Z")
This year, the district lineups and schedules changed and matched our local high school with an “inner-city” school (for lack of a better term). We traveled to play the home team in a low-income part of the city, and th… --- ## [Poll: Mitt Romothra vs. Barack Obazilla?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629)
**Author:** [@trabajabamos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabajabamos)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629 "2012-10-04T04:58:36Z")
For reasons too silly to describe here I was recently thrust into a conversation, the point of which was to suss out the truth of this matter of grave import: If we are ever to successfully cast the current national pol… --- ## [firepit with grill recommendations please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firepit-with-grill-recommendations-please/636266)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firepit-with-grill-recommendations-please/636266 "2012-10-04T04:04:37Z")
I’m looking for a fire pit to put out on the patio. The use is mainly as a fire pit burning wood. I’d also like to do grilling on it occasionally and perhaps charcoal only. Haven’t found many on line and the fire pit wi… --- ## [Poverty tourism, what is the problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poverty-tourism-what-is-the-problem/636565)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poverty-tourism-what-is-the-problem/636565 "2012-10-04T02:05:27Z")
I’ve seen several mentions of this always in a negative light, but possible crass tour marketing aside I’m not seeing the issue. Are people only supposed to set foot in areas of a certain average income or something? Y… --- ## [Baby Shower Gift Suggestions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-shower-gift-suggestions/636356)
**Author:** [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-shower-gift-suggestions/636356 "2012-10-04T01:00:43Z")
So a friend of mine is pregnant and will be giving her boy away for adoption when he is born. She is throwing a joint shower with the adoptive parents later this week. Of course all the gifts are intended to go with the … --- ## [I hate women and children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-women-and-children/635812)
**Author:** [@jgmurray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jgmurray)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-women-and-children/635812 "2012-10-04T00:18:18Z")
I am a deadbeat. it used to be the guy who smoked crack. they are always POLICING me or ripping off my assets. most of the time they PUT them in the way to BLOCK you. --- ## ["No problem", "No Worries", or "No Sweat"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541 "2012-10-03T23:37:21Z")
Which phrase do you usually use instead of “You’re welcome” (especially when responding to a non-literal “Thank you”)? --- ## [What's the deal with spider bites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-spider-bites/636580)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-spider-bites/636580 "2012-10-03T22:40:49Z")
I don’t recall ever having been bitten by your average spider in my life. Maybe I have, I don’t know. And by average I mean, like a yellow sac or anything like that. People around me get bit. My SO gets bites occasional… --- ## [Google Documents Spreadsheet Formula for median?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-documents-spreadsheet-formula-for-median/636536)
**Author:** [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-documents-spreadsheet-formula-for-median/636536 "2012-10-03T21:14:20Z")
Hello all! See the subject, basically. Is there a formula for a Google spreadsheet that calculates the mean of a given range of cells? Don’t need anything complicated, this is a simple project. There are HARMEAN, GEOM… --- ## [Techniques for getting women riled up for sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techniques-for-getting-women-riled-up-for-sex/635877)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techniques-for-getting-women-riled-up-for-sex/635877 "2012-10-03T20:53:05Z")
In most relationships men want sex more than women (of course, there are exceptions to this rule). My typical relationship starts off passionate but fades, in a sexual sense, pretty quickly. I’d like to figure out how t… --- ## [Disinheriting one child in a will.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinheriting-one-child-in-a-will/636457)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disinheriting-one-child-in-a-will/636457 "2012-10-03T20:42:45Z")
Sort of a hypothetical here: Jane (a single parent) has four children who are all now adults. One of the children (we’ll call her Mary) has (for reasons unknown) cut contact with her and all of the other family members… --- ## [What day of the week were you born on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-were-you-born-on/635729 "2012-10-03T20:29:15Z")
Pretty obvious. If you don’t know, you can find out here. --- ## [Do you agree with Starving Artist in the Joe Paterno Pit thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-starving-artist-in-the-joe-paterno-pit-thread/636608)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-starving-artist-in-the-joe-paterno-pit-thread/636608 "2012-10-03T18:55:25Z")
There’s an 11 month old thread currently ongoing in the BBQ Pit titled It’s time to officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State football program In it, Starving Artist has spent, at current count, 560 replies discussi… --- ## [Inquests After The Titanic Sinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquests-after-the-titanic-sinking/636559)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquests-after-the-titanic-sinking/636559 "2012-10-03T18:45:00Z")
After the tragedy, an American senator (Alden Smith of Michigan) sponsored an American inquest into the sinking. His investigation was denounced as stupid by the British press-his questioning of the ship’s officers was c… --- ## [Question for women: Which noun do you prefer to be designated by?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-women-which-noun-do-you-prefer-to-be-designated-by/636103)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-women-which-noun-do-you-prefer-to-be-designated-by/636103 "2012-10-03T17:55:02Z")
If you had to be referred to with a noun that specified your gender as an adult woman (if you’re not adult yet, answer as if you were), how would you like to be designated? The option “a female” here refers only to the … --- ## [Travel to France with a kosher coworker - WWYD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-to-france-with-a-kosher-coworker-wwyd/636497)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-to-france-with-a-kosher-coworker-wwyd/636497 "2012-10-03T17:22:12Z")
True story, but question inspired by this thread. My previous job was at a startup where a significant portion of the engineering department were Orthodox Jews. They kept pretty strict kosher rules. It made any sort o… --- ## [Economics Qestion: Difference Between Written-Off Debt and Depreciation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-qestion-difference-between-written-off-debt-and-depreciation/636582)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-qestion-difference-between-written-off-debt-and-depreciation/636582 "2012-10-03T15:03:25Z")
The world is in recession today…largely because of unpaid/non-performing debt. For example, Greece owes a substantial amount of money, and cannot service its debt. Until this debt is rescheduled (or written off), it will… --- ## [What's a good job for a person with little to no impulse control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-job-for-a-person-with-little-to-no-impulse-control/636519)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-job-for-a-person-with-little-to-no-impulse-control/636519 "2012-10-03T15:02:32Z")
What is a good job for a person with little to no impulse control? Is there such a thing? Maybe something with lots of constant distraction? I don’t know. The problem is not just that one impulsively decides to do thing… --- ## [Thoughts on a time clock system that rounds to the nearest 15 minute increment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-a-time-clock-system-that-rounds-to-the-nearest-15-minute-increment/636215)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-a-time-clock-system-that-rounds-to-the-nearest-15-minute-increment/636215 "2012-10-03T14:19:47Z")
My employer uses such a system and I kinda hate it. There are reasons this type of system was created in the first place, and also reasons why it’s not a more commonly used way of tracking labor hours and minutes. The w… --- ## [Receptionist/Administrator other way's of saying 'who's calling'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receptionist-administrator-other-ways-of-saying-whos-calling/636577)
**Author:** [@Luk3112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luk3112)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receptionist-administrator-other-ways-of-saying-whos-calling/636577 "2012-10-03T13:50:01Z")
All the time I have people calling who are very poor at English and often respond to ‘can I ask who’s calling’ with the person they are trying to reach. This happens a couple times a week I probably take about 50 calls … --- ## [How prevalent is doctor/nurse-assisted euthanasia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prevalent-is-doctor-nurse-assisted-euthanasia/636477)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prevalent-is-doctor-nurse-assisted-euthanasia/636477 "2012-10-03T13:47:41Z")
This is a taboo subject so no way are we going to have accurate numbers. I am hoping a poll will give us some baseline as I suspect it is far more common than most people realize. Anyway, do you know anyone who has used… --- ## [The copy-box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-copy-box/636376)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-copy-box/636376 "2012-10-03T13:38:34Z")
This is based on an idea for a story I’ve had recently, but imagine a plain wooden box which is 10cm x 10cm x 10cm. The top hinges open and anything you place inside is immediately duplicated as soon as you close the lid… --- ## [Lowest speed limit on an Interstate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-speed-limit-on-an-interstate/636272)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lowest-speed-limit-on-an-interstate/636272 "2012-10-03T13:17:07Z")
I just got back from O’ahu, and on a section of H1 (one of Hawaii’s three Interstates) the speed limit is 35 MPH. I think this might be the lowest permanent speed limit on any Interstate (I certainly have never seen lowe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1435) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1437)