# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=144 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 145 --- ## [What is this car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/983070)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/983070 "2023-04-24T17:36:36Z")
​​​ (1) Phillips Run,Drip & Bubble Company - YouTube It appears to have design elements from late 60s/early 70s Mopars and Camaros. --- ## [Has anyone had any first-hand knowledge of a domestic dog eating its puppies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-any-first-hand-knowledge-of-a-domestic-dog-eating-its-puppies/983115)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-had-any-first-hand-knowledge-of-a-domestic-dog-eating-its-puppies/983115 "2023-04-24T16:14:31Z")
I saw a blurb on this recently, and while I’m not doubting that it happens, I’m pretty sure I personally have never heard of this actually having happened with any of the dogs I’ve been around or dog owners I have known … --- ## [The affordable-housing crisis -- is more supply really the answer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-affordable-housing-crisis-is-more-supply-really-the-answer/980836)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-affordable-housing-crisis-is-more-supply-really-the-answer/980836 "2023-04-24T08:49:43Z")
The affordable-housing crisis in the Western world’s most expensive cities is routinely framed as a “housing shortage” that can be fixed by increasing supply. I’m skeptical. First, has increasing supply actually worked … --- ## [Could Hitler have succeeded in World War II if…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hitler-have-succeeded-in-world-war-ii-if/981666)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hitler-have-succeeded-in-world-war-ii-if/981666 "2023-04-24T01:44:13Z")
Instead of devoting so much in the way of resources to murdering Jews, he had focused everything they had on the war? I’m watching the trial of Adolf Eichmann film (it’s on Netflix if you’re interested), and I’m thinkin… --- ## [Did Trump actually get COVID or was that whole thing a big scam or show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-actually-get-covid-or-was-that-whole-thing-a-big-scam-or-show/983054)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-actually-get-covid-or-was-that-whole-thing-a-big-scam-or-show/983054 "2023-04-23T21:54:45Z")
My wife and I still discuss this from time to time. That whole episode just seems too “perfect” and convenient (eg Trump the egocentric idiot gets covid, goes to hospital for a day or so, emerges like a Phoenix from the … --- ## [Devoted son or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devoted-son-or-something-else/983045)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devoted-son-or-something-else/983045 "2023-04-23T17:11:37Z")
Disclaimer first - I don’t need advice. This situation doesn’t affect me at all, other than idle curiosity, or nosiness, or whatever you want to call it. OK? The individual in question (G) is my husband’s 70-something c… --- ## [Period underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-underwear/982199)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-underwear/982199 "2023-04-23T12:34:30Z")
Okay, y’all, I’m talking about menstruation here. You don’t have to read it if you don’t want to. I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with period underwear. Have you used them? Did they work? I have so… --- ## [Are men going bald at a younger age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-going-bald-at-a-younger-age/982943)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-going-bald-at-a-younger-age/982943 "2023-04-23T04:06:55Z")
It seems like I am seeing more and more young men who are bald or balding. Especially sports announcers. Is it my imagination, or are men going bald at a younger age than they used to? And if so, why? --- ## [I have found the cure for my toenail fungus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-cure-for-my-toenail-fungus/981795)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-cure-for-my-toenail-fungus/981795 "2023-04-22T20:53:54Z")
A podiatrist called my toenail fungus severe. I’ve had most of my toenails removed twice and, both times, they’ve grown back and turned fungus-y very quickly. In January I started applying a good layer of iodine to every… --- ## [Based on Dominion, Should \*Sullivan\* Be Overturned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/based-on-dominion-should-sullivan-be-overturned/982946)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/based-on-dominion-should-sullivan-be-overturned/982946 "2023-04-22T18:05:42Z")
Not being lawyerly, what are the arguments for and against overturning Sullivan, given any crackpot media can say anything and mainstream media can cover that. Should anything change? Source: --- ## [Should Carnut Move to Bellingham, WA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-carnut-move-to-bellingham-wa/982153)
**Author:** [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-carnut-move-to-bellingham-wa/982153 "2023-04-22T01:56:25Z")
In the MPSIMS poll thread, there is a question about which is the best town to live in that lists several decent places. The two that got the most votes are Santa Fe, NM and Bellingham, WA. I’ve thought about moving to … --- ## [Charity or the National Debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-or-the-national-debt/980881)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-or-the-national-debt/980881 "2023-04-21T22:20:59Z")
There was a story in the national papers here a few months ago which I thought raised an interesting question. I can’t recall the exact details but one hundred years ago a very rich man left a fund which after one hundr… --- ## [How Old Do You Feel (In Your Head)? Are You Average?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-feel-in-your-head-are-you-average/981269)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-feel-in-your-head-are-you-average/981269 "2023-04-21T17:36:07Z")
A lot of people feel younger than their chronological age. I was interested in this Atlantic article suggesting average people (over the age of forty) feel 20% younger than their actual age. This is not from asking peo… --- ## [Tell me about your chemical stress test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-chemical-stress-test/618432)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-chemical-stress-test/618432 "2023-04-21T17:18:05Z")
So I’m undergoing workup for gastric bypass in a couple of months. I’ve had some issues with palpitations so my surgeon made me go see a cardiologist. I’ve cut WAY back on caffeine and hardly have any palpitations anym… --- ## [How to get cigarette smell out of hair, fabrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-cigarette-smell-out-of-hair-fabrics/982676)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-cigarette-smell-out-of-hair-fabrics/982676 "2023-04-21T13:38:37Z")
Recently I did a favor for a friend who smokes. She was out of town and I stayed in her house caring for her dogs for four days. I only spent abut four hours actually with her and a lit cigarette, but of course the hou… --- ## [Any studies re: psychopathic behavior when they don't have access to guns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-studies-re-psychopathic-behavior-when-they-dont-have-access-to-guns/982823)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-studies-re-psychopathic-behavior-when-they-dont-have-access-to-guns/982823 "2023-04-21T11:13:36Z")
Have there been any studies in jurisdictions where guns are not legal, and what sort of alternate behavior that psychopaths use to take out rage, frustration, etc., which traditionally would have resulted in gun violence… --- ## [What’s your experience with IPOs? (and will Stripe or Databricks list in 2023?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-experience-with-ipos-and-will-stripe-or-databricks-list-in-2023/982926)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-experience-with-ipos-and-will-stripe-or-databricks-list-in-2023/982926 "2023-04-20T17:00:49Z")
The whole stock market is prone to hype and rumour, but IPOs seem to be at another level. I’ve only had experience of RocketLab, which I briefly saw an 80% return within two weeks of launch, only for it to fall fairly qu… --- ## [About the ultra-rich borrowing against their assets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-ultra-rich-borrowing-against-their-assets/982852)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-ultra-rich-borrowing-against-their-assets/982852 "2023-04-20T12:09:44Z")
I’ve read this description a few times: a rich person (say, Richie Rich) has just about all of their wealth in company shares. The shares are worth, say 40 billion $, and no taxes are owed on the shares until they are so… --- ## [Which U.S. presidential losers would have died in the 4-8 year they would have been president?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidential-losers-would-have-died-in-the-4-8-year-they-would-have-been-president/982862)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-u-s-presidential-losers-would-have-died-in-the-4-8-year-they-would-have-been-president/982862 "2023-04-20T06:23:29Z")
I still think of this Onion article, which nailed the fact that everyone later realized John McCain would have likely lived the 8 years he might have been president. Now, we never know how someone’s life and death mig… --- ## [I Just Wanna Lie Down and Watch TV - Depression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wanna-lie-down-and-watch-tv-depression/982928)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-wanna-lie-down-and-watch-tv-depression/982928 "2023-04-20T02:03:58Z")
First off, yes, I know I am depressed. I’m under treatment for it. Five days a week, all I do is go to work, go home, watch TV, sleep, wake up, go to work. And on the weekends? I lay down and watch TV. And sleep. T… --- ## [Any weather geeks out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weather-geeks-out-there/980377)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weather-geeks-out-there/980377 "2023-04-20T00:24:57Z")
I’ve been watching the recent winter storms in impacting the western US, especially California. The GOES Image Viewer lets you pick which animation you want to watch, and the Global Wind Map shows the circulation at diff… --- ## [Questions regarding Kant's concept of the Noumenon and Phenomenon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-kants-concept-of-the-noumenon-and-phenomenon/982932)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-regarding-kants-concept-of-the-noumenon-and-phenomenon/982932 "2023-04-19T22:45:19Z")
How does Kant’s view of how we perceive knowledge measure up to scientific scrutiny? What did Kant get right and what did he get wrong is his mechanism ? The majority of online websites I’ve looked at find no fault with … --- ## [My mom got sent a brushing scam. Does she need to do anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-got-sent-a-brushing-scam-does-she-need-to-do-anything/982878)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-got-sent-a-brushing-scam-does-she-need-to-do-anything/982878 "2023-04-19T22:45:08Z")
My mother just got a package she wasn’t expecting. After calling me to confirm that it wasn’t the birthday present I had told her not to open yet, she opened it and found a very ugly, very cheap outfit (as in clothes). … --- ## [Streaking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaking/982805)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaking/982805 "2023-04-19T14:53:17Z")
This weekend I got pulled down a rabbit hole which included Ray Stevens’ The Streak. It’s made me curious. How big a phenomenon was streaking? Was it just a weird 70s’ thing? Has anyone here seen a streaker? Been one? --- ## [Another landlord tenant issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-landlord-tenant-issue/982804)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-landlord-tenant-issue/982804 "2023-04-18T18:14:34Z")
I know, YANAL etc. Our son and DIL own a rental property that they are trying to sell. The tenant was in arrears to the tune $3000. They went court and the tenant agreed to pay the back rent. As of today AM, the payment … --- ## [Poll on Grammaticality vs. Acceptability of a Pair of Sentences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-on-grammaticality-vs-acceptability-of-a-pair-of-sentences/982581)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-on-grammaticality-vs-acceptability-of-a-pair-of-sentences/982581 "2023-04-18T17:23:39Z")
Considering the following two sentences… I’ve played football for 2 years. I’ve been playing football for 2 years. … would you say that : poll --- ## [Inheritance question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inheritance-question/976999)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inheritance-question/976999 "2023-04-18T16:02:14Z")
Here’s the bare bones of the situation: Dad recently passed away, leaving 3 adult children; sib1, sib2, and myself. Decades ago sib2 accused Dad of sexual abuse, sued him in civil court, lost, and was disinherited. Now… --- ## [Considering a trip to Estonia-any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-trip-to-estonia-any-advice/982712)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-a-trip-to-estonia-any-advice/982712 "2023-04-18T11:12:27Z")
I’ve wanted to take an international trip for a while and Estonia in particular (for reasons I can’t explain) has lately really interested me. Has anyone been there? --- ## [What level of math should one study to understand relativity and quantum physics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-math-should-one-study-to-understand-relativity-and-quantum-physics/982595)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-level-of-math-should-one-study-to-understand-relativity-and-quantum-physics/982595 "2023-04-17T19:41:35Z")
I want to get a better understanding of relativity and quantum physics. Not just what we know, but how we know what we know. In other words being able to understand the math behind things like why don’t have a theory o… --- ## [As a Zoomer I find old chat boards fascinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-zoomer-i-find-old-chat-boards-fascinating/982742)
**Author:** [@dm03](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dm03)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-zoomer-i-find-old-chat-boards-fascinating/982742 "2023-04-17T19:31:26Z")
This one is no different. I have known about it since I was 14. I am now 19, what I always find interesting (and somewhat eerie) is looking back and what people were talking about and specifically nostalgic about when I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=145)