# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1438 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1439 --- ## [Question for men: Which noun do you prefer to be designated by?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-men-which-noun-do-you-prefer-to-be-designated-by/636108)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-men-which-noun-do-you-prefer-to-be-designated-by/636108 "2012-10-01T15:52:26Z")
If you had to be referred to with a noun that specified your gender as an adult man (if you’re not adult yet, answer as if you were), how would you like to be designated? The option “a male” here refers only to the word… --- ## [Help! Web Site Advice Part One: The Begininning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-web-site-advice-part-one-the-begininning/635882)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-web-site-advice-part-one-the-begininning/635882 "2012-10-01T15:09:05Z")
Konnichiwa dopers, I have a dream. A crazy dream. A stupid dream. After teaching English in Japan for a few years now, I’ve discovered that I love acting the fool as much as I do teaching, of which my assistant teach… --- ## [Question for contractors/consultants - or anyone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-contractors-consultants-or-anyone-else/636081)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-contractors-consultants-or-anyone-else/636081 "2012-10-01T14:31:35Z")
Suppose you were a contractor, a consultant, or something similar (which I will now call C for convenience) - that is to say you did stuff for a company and furthermore you did it for only one company at a time. Suppose… --- ## [Seeking cute answer to a tough question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-cute-answer-to-a-tough-question/635834)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-cute-answer-to-a-tough-question/635834 "2012-10-01T14:02:14Z")
At my company, they’re starting a monthly newsletter. In the newsletter, they will feature one employee every month. Somehow, I was selected as the inaugural featured employee. They gave me a bunch of questions to ans… --- ## [When is it OK to kill someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-kill-someone/636281 "2012-10-01T13:58:07Z")
My neighbor has Christmas lights up. Is it OK for me to kill him now or do I have to wait until Halloween? He’s also sprayed that fake snow on the cactus. Can I shoot him now? If he starts playing Christmas music wit… --- ## [Help me advise and support my partner who is worried sick about her aging, sick parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-advise-and-support-my-partner-who-is-worried-sick-about-her-aging-sick-parents/636370)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-advise-and-support-my-partner-who-is-worried-sick-about-her-aging-sick-parents/636370 "2012-10-01T13:51:20Z")
I’m putting this out there for some advise from strangers, because I find myself rather paralysed as to how to help my partner, without being a totally selfish dick. Background: her parents are 70 and in poor health. He… --- ## [Why hasn't Facebook sued Yammer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-facebook-sued-yammer/635726)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-facebook-sued-yammer/635726 "2012-10-01T11:53:22Z")
Yammer is almost a pixel-perfect replica of Facebook, except it’s marketed as being geared towards business use, allowing employees to come together and… do all the same things they can do on Facebook. While the marketi… --- ## [If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-so-smart-why-aint-you-rich/631568)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-so-smart-why-aint-you-rich/631568 "2012-10-01T06:25:09Z")
Why? --- ## [South Carolina](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina/636347)
**Author:** [@Loveforever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loveforever)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina/636347 "2012-10-01T03:08:34Z")
I want to move from south Carolina to another state, where do you advice me to go ? Most important thing " I do not want it to be a conservative community like here" its very annoying:D --- ## [Real work efficacy of service dogs in helping people with mobility issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-work-efficacy-of-service-dogs-in-helping-people-with-mobility-issues/636328)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-work-efficacy-of-service-dogs-in-helping-people-with-mobility-issues/636328 "2012-10-01T02:46:34Z")
In reading this threadthere are opinions expressed about whether a dog should be grasping items from a Walmart shelf in helping mobility impaired persons to shop. Several years ago for a few months I occasionally assist… --- ## [What repulses you about your partner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-repulses-you-about-your-partner/635937)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-repulses-you-about-your-partner/635937 "2012-09-30T23:37:27Z")
Loud stinky farts? Physical characteristics? --- ## [Cramp - Primary Care Physician has given up - where do we go next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cramp-primary-care-physician-has-given-up-where-do-we-go-next/636190)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cramp-primary-care-physician-has-given-up-where-do-we-go-next/636190 "2012-09-30T22:22:03Z")
Wife has serious cramp. She has run out of quinine which worked perfectly but can no long be aquired. The Primary Care Physician tried something else that didn’t work and now he has thrown up his hands, metaphorically, … --- ## [PSA after prostate removal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-after-prostate-removal/635810)
**Author:** [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-after-prostate-removal/635810 "2012-09-30T11:03:23Z")
I’m not seeking medical advice as such here, but trying to understand what’s going on with a friend. I’ll give as much detail as I have, and thank you in advance for reading it. Friend had a radical prostatectomy twelve… --- ## [How many actually know how the world's economy works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actually-know-how-the-worlds-economy-works/636302)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actually-know-how-the-worlds-economy-works/636302 "2012-09-30T10:30:53Z")
I didn’t put this in GQ because I’m honestly not sure how stupid of a question it is.:slight\_smile: And also I’m open to opinion rather than plain facts. But how many people in the whole world actually know the nitty gr… --- ## [Brands that used to be prestigious, and now are cheap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brands-that-used-to-be-prestigious-and-now-are-cheap/634900)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brands-that-used-to-be-prestigious-and-now-are-cheap/634900 "2012-09-30T08:32:15Z")
What brands used to be top notch but have lost their sparkle? I was thinking about this because I was at Costco and saw some Gloria Vanderbuilt jeans for sale. When I was a teen in the 80s, Gloria Vanderbuilt jeans wer… --- ## [Ask the guy who just served on a jury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-served-on-a-jury/636110)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-served-on-a-jury/636110 "2012-09-30T04:26:33Z")
Many of us get called for jury duty. Quite a few less actually get called to be on a jury. I imagine that many dopers have been on a jury, but I haven’t seen a thread about it lately. I spent the last four days serving… --- ## [Would Joseph Kennedy have been a good President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-joseph-kennedy-have-been-a-good-president/636243)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-joseph-kennedy-have-been-a-good-president/636243 "2012-09-30T03:24:52Z")
It’s always been my understanding that Joseph Kennedy was the one “meant” by his father to be President, but his death forced JFK to step up. Do we know enough about the older Kennedy to guess what kind of President he w… --- ## [Thoughts on the new iOS6 Podcast App](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-new-ios6-podcast-app/636021)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-new-ios6-podcast-app/636021 "2012-09-29T19:21:22Z")
I think it blows. Really, really blows. Let’s see, it’s slow and sluggish. To see available past episodes of a podcast, I have to Subscribe to it. Not so bad, but if I pick one from a few years ago to listen to, I st… --- ## [Documenting workplace comments without whining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documenting-workplace-comments-without-whining/636064)
**Author:** [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documenting-workplace-comments-without-whining/636064 "2012-09-29T17:29:52Z")
Dopers, my 29-year old daughter seeks your help. She is trying to come up with a professional-sounding letter to the store manager to start documenting a problem. She is trying to do this without sounding like a whiny… --- ## [Has anyone here ever been on high dose steroids? whiney pitiful thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-on-high-dose-steroids-whiney-pitiful-thread/77910)
**Author:** [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-on-high-dose-steroids-whiney-pitiful-thread/77910 "2012-09-29T17:19:52Z")
I’ve had a taste of what it’s like to be on the other side of the stethescope for the last 2 weeks. After being treated for a month for a cellulitis of the hand that I got when a psychotic patient dug her nasty fingernai… --- ## [Public transportation: Should cities provide Free Ride zones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation-should-cities-provide-free-ride-zones/636139)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation-should-cities-provide-free-ride-zones/636139 "2012-09-29T16:07:56Z")
After 40 years, Seattle is ending its downtown Free Ride zone in an effort to save money. I’ve used the free bus service very infrequently. When I take the bus it’s from the Park & Ride into downtown, which is not free… --- ## [Returning to Windows programming - Is .NET the way to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-to-windows-programming-is-net-the-way-to-go/635624)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/returning-to-windows-programming-is-net-the-way-to-go/635624 "2012-09-29T14:02:58Z")
I played with Visual Studio as a kid and made a few programs, then stopped for a decade. I want to get back into it as a hobbyist. In the intervening time, Microsoft released the .NET framework. As far as I can tell, it… --- ## [Sample LSAT question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sample-lsat-question/529421)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sample-lsat-question/529421 "2012-09-29T13:44:41Z")
I like doing logic/reasoning tests just to help keep me sane. However, sometimes I think the question writers themselves get it wrong. In any case, what do you think about this question? While traveling to Japan, a low-… --- ## [Why do so many Pentecostal women look like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-pentecostal-women-look-like-this/256488)
**Author:** [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-pentecostal-women-look-like-this/256488 "2012-09-29T07:18:48Z")
First off: I realize I’m treading on dangerous ground here, so this can go straight to the Pit if anyone feels it neccessary. Secondly, I don’t know if Pentecostals are even heard of outside the Midwest. Another big ris… --- ## [If a terrorist group nuked Gaza and the West Strip, would there be more peace in the Middle East?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-terrorist-group-nuked-gaza-and-the-west-strip-would-there-be-more-peace-in-the-middle-east/636210)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-terrorist-group-nuked-gaza-and-the-west-strip-would-there-be-more-peace-in-the-middle-east/636210 "2012-09-29T05:18:05Z")
Hypothetical question, don’t need answer fast: If a third-party terrorist group unconnected to either the Jews or the Arabs (let’s just say the Illuminati) detonated a series of nukes – stolen from Soviet, Chinese, Ameri… --- ## [Are day traders parasites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-day-traders-parasites/633278)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-day-traders-parasites/633278 "2012-09-29T02:58:23Z")
My brother has been a full-time day trader for the past twelve years or so. Whatever HFT algorithm he’s found, it seems to work well; he’s been quite successful at it. As he lives in the Pacific time zone, his day star… --- ## [Progressive Reinforcement Training for dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-reinforcement-training-for-dogs/636053)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-reinforcement-training-for-dogs/636053 "2012-09-29T00:17:56Z")
Any opinions on this??? Apparently it uses no ‘physical or psychological intimidation.’ I have a friend (seriously!) who really believes in it, but he’s also into some various woo stuff, too, so I’m inclined to immedia… --- ## [Bitches or Females: Which do you least like to be called](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-or-females-which-do-you-least-like-to-be-called/635765)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitches-or-females-which-do-you-least-like-to-be-called/635765 "2012-09-28T20:55:05Z")
Could it be that someone who always refers women as Females be more misogynistic than someone who just calls them bitches. --- ## [Hong Kong Billionaire offers $70 million to marry his marry his beautiful daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hong-kong-billionaire-offers-70-million-to-marry-his-marry-his-beautiful-daughter/635977)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hong-kong-billionaire-offers-70-million-to-marry-his-marry-his-beautiful-daughter/635977 "2012-09-28T20:46:53Z")
The only problem for the would-be groom is; the daughter’s homosexuality. --- ## [is gray hair less attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gray-hair-less-attractive/635336)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gray-hair-less-attractive/635336 "2012-09-28T20:35:23Z")
I am only 51 but have enough gray hair that it makes me feel old. also, I think people in our culture get less respect if their hair is gray. my Mom told me this was her experience so she colored her hair right up until … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1437) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1439)