# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1441 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1442 --- ## [Are teenagers due sexual privacy if any baby they have is going to massively burden their families?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-teenagers-due-sexual-privacy-if-any-baby-they-have-is-going-to-massively-burden-their-families/635604)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-teenagers-due-sexual-privacy-if-any-baby-they-have-is-going-to-massively-burden-their-families/635604 "2012-09-25T13:59:32Z")
In this threadthe scenario is laid out where a smitten teenage girl is basically engaging in humiliating booty calls for a young man she is obsessed with, but who will not be seen with her socially. They are sexually act… --- ## [Things that don't seem gay, but are](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-seem-gay-but-are/634335)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-seem-gay-but-are/634335 "2012-09-25T13:41:49Z")
With the greater acceptance of gay culture in recent years has come much discussion about things men do that might seem “gay,” but are not necessarily indicative of gayness. (Here’s a blog post about some of them, eg: te… --- ## [Are you old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-old/635561)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-old/635561 "2012-09-25T11:47:33Z")
Do you consider yourself old and if so what age are you? --- ## [IT idea - what compensation to ask for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-idea-what-compensation-to-ask-for/635354)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-idea-what-compensation-to-ask-for/635354 "2012-09-25T05:03:02Z")
I’ve got this great software idea that could be a major success, and I’m pitching it to a development company next week. If everything goes to plan, I’m going to work as an employee of the company on the development tea… --- ## [I have the heebie jeebies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-heebie-jeebies/635517)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-the-heebie-jeebies/635517 "2012-09-25T04:28:17Z")
I moved to Oregon recently, left my whole life behind and started something new here. So it’s great and all except that I have a weird case of the skin tickles. More times than I can count throughout the day I have the s… --- ## [Questions for Portlanders - Downtown lodging, dogs, and Keller Auditorium (The Shins!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-portlanders-downtown-lodging-dogs-and-keller-auditorium-the-shins/635742)
**Author:** [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-portlanders-downtown-lodging-dogs-and-keller-auditorium-the-shins/635742 "2012-09-25T03:04:39Z")
It’s the last minute and I’m thinking about making a mid-week trip to Portland to see The Shins. I almost have to, since my boss saw them Saturday in Seattle and was sufficiently blown away to be strongly suggestive that… --- ## [Teachers/Professors: Why do you teach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-professors-why-do-you-teach/635474)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-professors-why-do-you-teach/635474 "2012-09-24T23:45:51Z")
Do you find teaching enjoyable? If so, what makes it enjoyable? --- ## [Would DDT and leaded fuel get banned in today's world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ddt-and-leaded-fuel-get-banned-in-todays-world/635584)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ddt-and-leaded-fuel-get-banned-in-todays-world/635584 "2012-09-24T23:12:06Z")
Just thinking out loud here. As I understand it, DDT was banned because it was discovered that it tended to concentrate in the food chain. Leaded fuels were banned because concentration of airborne lead were steadily r… --- ## [DUI Checkpoints are unconstitutional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-checkpoints-are-unconstitutional/635213)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dui-checkpoints-are-unconstitutional/635213 "2012-09-24T23:01:32Z")
\[Moderator(s): Maybe this goes in GQ, but I don’t normally subscribe to that forum so I put it in IMHO where I tend to throw my NSHO around all the time.\] Okay, so don’t bother posting “I hate 'em” or “I love 'em” resp… --- ## [Would you buy a "gag" toaster that shot toast high into the air?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-gag-toaster-that-shot-toast-high-into-the-air/635271)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-gag-toaster-that-shot-toast-high-into-the-air/635271 "2012-09-24T22:44:08Z")
Imagine a fully-functional good quality toaster that could shoot toast a few feet into the air and be angled to shoot outwards so the toast would land in the general vicinity of the table/plate. Height and angle would be… --- ## [My grown daughter is so lonesome!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grown-daughter-is-so-lonesome/635485)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grown-daughter-is-so-lonesome/635485 "2012-09-24T21:16:06Z")
Her two good friends have both moved away this year. She just broke up with her boyfriend (amicably) because of work schedules. Her roommate is on a different shift and they never see each other because one is always s… --- ## [What's the weirdest thing you hear this week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-you-hear-this-week/635494)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-you-hear-this-week/635494 "2012-09-24T20:54:53Z")
Hands down the most bizarre. I’m standing near the clock in the great room at Grand Central Terminal, awaiting the arrival of an old college pal. The P.A. kicks in and I hear the following: " Attention Building Services… --- ## [What is your favorite European city and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-european-city-and-why/618629)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-european-city-and-why/618629 "2012-09-24T20:44:37Z")
I thinking of traveling and would like to hear Dopers opinions. Thanks. --- ## [famous people you'd like to hit, and what you'd like to use to hit them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youd-like-to-hit-and-what-youd-like-to-use-to-hit-them/635447)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-people-youd-like-to-hit-and-what-youd-like-to-use-to-hit-them/635447 "2012-09-24T19:53:29Z")
Pretty straight-forward. Caveats, no relatives, or people you don’t like in high school. This has to be someone considered in the main stream, someone that most people would recognize. After all, there are enough anno… --- ## [Where to visit ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-visit/635690)
**Author:** [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-visit/635690 "2012-09-24T18:01:48Z")
Where to go depends on what you like. Ideally this will become focused recommendations. … in the US if you like French Impressionist paintings and have seen the Art Institute in Chicago, the Metropolitan in NYC and the… --- ## [\[Would you wear a\] speedo \[?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-a-speedo/635138)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-a-speedo/635138 "2012-09-24T17:09:46Z")
Would u ever wear a speedo on a beach if the rest of the beach was doing so? Lets say someone paid u to put it on? --- ## [Waiting for an interim security clearance!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-an-interim-security-clearance/635433)
**Author:** [@dontknowmmm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dontknowmmm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-an-interim-security-clearance/635433 "2012-09-24T15:46:29Z")
I recently accepted a job offer from DEA with contingent upon eligibility. I submitted my E-qip on 08/19/2012 and had my fingerprint process on 08/22/2012. I had an interview with a contract investigator on 09/07/2012 an… --- ## [Dumber than shit or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumber-than-shit-or-not/635346)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumber-than-shit-or-not/635346 "2012-09-24T14:01:20Z")
I’m not up to setting up an actual poll but I’d like input on this. IMO this has got to peg 11 on the dumber than shit meter. One of our vehicles needed an oil change. It also needed to be check out because some of the … --- ## [Does this barber shave himself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-barber-shave-himself/635014)
**Author:** [@Che\_G.Anonymous\_Capitalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Che_G.Anonymous_Capitalist)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-barber-shave-himself/635014 "2012-09-24T13:47:48Z")
If a barber shaves all and only those who do not shave themselves, does the barber shave himself? --- ## [Blind equality in inheritance to siblings or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-equality-in-inheritance-to-siblings-or-not/635435)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-equality-in-inheritance-to-siblings-or-not/635435 "2012-09-24T12:53:50Z")
This is not a real situation, I in fact expect no inheritance because my rents’ have nothing to leave. Lets say a parent has two children who are very different. One is a very successful business owner with a more than … --- ## [Which modes of fashion do you view as "inappropriate" for the public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modes-of-fashion-do-you-view-as-inappropriate-for-the-public/635303)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modes-of-fashion-do-you-view-as-inappropriate-for-the-public/635303 "2012-09-24T12:29:51Z")
And why? It is multiple choice. Do you think there are some things that just should not be worn in public and are frankly inappropriate? --- ## [Should I Let My Kid Work For The Neighbor For Next To Nothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-kid-work-for-the-neighbor-for-next-to-nothing/635611)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-my-kid-work-for-the-neighbor-for-next-to-nothing/635611 "2012-09-24T12:26:36Z")
So here’s the situation: My 13 year-old son has been going to the neighbor’s house quite frequently and for long hours to stay with an elderly, terminally ill lady. He doesn’t do much actual work while he’s there- fetc… --- ## [One of my favorite iOS 6 features](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-favorite-ios-6-features/635344)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-favorite-ios-6-features/635344 "2012-09-24T11:14:05Z")
The “Do Not Disturb” feature! Finally, I can disable incoming calls completely yet still make outgoing calls and use it as a pocket sized computer I hate talking on the phone, and I hate receiving phone calls, finally … --- ## [Was Czar Nicholas II a Bad Guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-czar-nicholas-ii-a-bad-guy/634786)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-czar-nicholas-ii-a-bad-guy/634786 "2012-09-24T04:16:02Z")
I’m not well-versed in Russian history, so help me out here. Was Czar Nicholas II a Bad Guy? In the couple of documentaries I’ve seen over the years, he came off as not such a bad sort; just horribly out of touch. He … --- ## [Do You Ever Get This Feeling Before You Fall Asleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-get-this-feeling-before-you-fall-asleep/634567)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-get-this-feeling-before-you-fall-asleep/634567 "2012-09-24T01:08:48Z")
Okay, so I have never heard anybody describe this before in my life, which leads me to think that I must be the only one this happens to. Ever since I was a little girl, I occasionally get this feeling when I’m laying i… --- ## [17 year old has pregnancy scare, tell the parents or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-has-pregnancy-scare-tell-the-parents-or-not/635077)
**Author:** [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-has-pregnancy-scare-tell-the-parents-or-not/635077 "2012-09-24T00:00:00Z")
TLDR version-A good friend of my daughter is having sex with a similar aged boy (17, 18) I know all of the parents involved, on a friendly social basis, but we are not that close. She had a pregnancy scare last month. Sh… --- ## [Cost of martial arts/taekwondo classes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-martial-arts-taekwondo-classes/635622)
**Author:** [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-martial-arts-taekwondo-classes/635622 "2012-09-23T22:04:32Z")
My six-year-old son has been asking to take taekwondo for almost a year now, but due to other activities (church choir, soccer, baseball, Tiger Cubs - not all at once), we haven’t looked at it seriously until now. One of… --- ## [Favorite Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-season/634982)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-season/634982 "2012-09-23T18:03:41Z")
So, which is your favorite season? Feel free to elaborate if you feel the urge. --- ## [Cost-sharing question: Fairest way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-sharing-question-fairest-way/635451)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-sharing-question-fairest-way/635451 "2012-09-23T17:31:13Z")
I’m currently booking business trips to FL and TX the same week. I will be flying from OR to FL, then to TX, then back to OR. My clients in each state are going to reimburse my travel expenses. The question is, what’s t… --- ## [Dog Eats T-bone whole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392)
**Author:** [@ANGELOMORACE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ANGELOMORACE)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392 "2012-09-23T17:30:17Z")
My 10 month old 60lb mixed breed inhaled,no chewing a large pork chop t-bone, next morning normal bowel movement and has not had a normal since, just diarhea since, seems very happy and energetic, eating and drinking fin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1440) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1442)