# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1469 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1470 --- ## [Soft Cup/DivaCup logistics question (possible TMI for the fainthearted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-cup-divacup-logistics-question-possible-tmi-for-the-fainthearted/630602)
**Author:** [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-cup-divacup-logistics-question-possible-tmi-for-the-fainthearted/630602 "2012-08-06T12:30:08Z")
I know there are some DivaCup users on the boards, so maybe someone can help me with this. I usually use the Soft Cup (love it, a pro over the DivaCup is that you can have sex with it). However, the Soft Cup is disposab… --- ## [Alternatives to granite countertops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-granite-countertops/628695)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-granite-countertops/628695 "2012-08-06T12:24:54Z")
My wife and I are just starting to think about redoing our kitchen and I’m trying to get some design ideas. While I like the functionality of granite countertops, I don’t really like their look. What other options are … --- ## [Tips on how to stop a 'face eater'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-how-to-stop-a-face-eater/630519)
**Author:** [@Sandstorm13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandstorm13)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-how-to-stop-a-face-eater/630519 "2012-08-06T10:01:21Z")
Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but fuck it I’m going to post it anyways. I’ve been seeing this girl for about a month and everything is going well. Small kisses are fine and short make-out sessions ar… --- ## [Checking my bottom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-my-bottom/630575)
**Author:** [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checking-my-bottom/630575 "2012-08-06T09:28:45Z")
OK, I had a mini-stroke aka TIA. So I was the hospital and the nurse came to run some tests. She had me lay on my side and used a stethoscope on my back, and said she was “checking my lungs”. Then she pulled my underw… --- ## [If I or You ran the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-or-you-ran-the-world/630415)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-or-you-ran-the-world/630415 "2012-08-06T07:34:07Z")
I just read a thread by what seemed to be an idealistic young man who wanted to see the world a better place. I think of myself as a kind hearted, compassionate, fair minded man but I wonder what I would become if I had … --- ## [Recommend a laptop, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-laptop-please/630530)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-laptop-please/630530 "2012-08-06T06:37:33Z")
My laptop of less than a year broke. I plan to order a new one on Amazon because I have $300 in Amazon gift certificates from filling out online surveys. I need one that will allow me to write, has at least a fifteen inc… --- ## [Are there any online chatrooms NOT filled with stupid kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-online-chatrooms-not-filled-with-stupid-kids/628001)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-online-chatrooms-not-filled-with-stupid-kids/628001 "2012-08-06T06:10:16Z")
I am crazy lonely. I have no friends where I’m living now, and I don’t even have that many when I move out of here and go back to school. I do have one person that I routinely text, but she has a life and can’t be devo… --- ## [unfair pay? what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfair-pay-what-would-you-do/630451)
**Author:** [@foopyx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foopyx)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfair-pay-what-would-you-do/630451 "2012-08-06T04:53:26Z")
I drive a company car to the work site everyday and shuttle several coworkers along with me. I pick them up and drop them off at a lot thirty minutes from said work site. The car is left there overnight and I hang onto t… --- ## [Make a community a unique place to live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-community-a-unique-place-to-live/630545)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-community-a-unique-place-to-live/630545 "2012-08-06T02:52:27Z")
My borough (that’s a town to anyone outside of Pennsylvania) has a population of nearly 3,000. We sit between two larger towns where most people go for the larger necessities of life–movies, theatre, malls with departme… --- ## [You're an adult male being attacked in a bar - Your last fight was in Jr High - What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-adult-male-being-attacked-in-a-bar-your-last-fight-was-in-jr-high-what-do-you-do/628939)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-an-adult-male-being-attacked-in-a-bar-your-last-fight-was-in-jr-high-what-do-you-do/628939 "2012-08-06T00:37:20Z")
I’m a large, relatively strong person, but I have no real world martial fighting skills whatsoever other than the old schoolyard standbys of flailing, grabbing and scuffling. If diffusing a fight is impossible and you ar… --- ## [Friend's 14 yr old son acting out. What can he do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-14-yr-old-son-acting-out-what-can-he-do/612326)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-14-yr-old-son-acting-out-what-can-he-do/612326 "2012-08-05T20:59:23Z")
A few days ago Jr. took his skateboard and knocked someone’s mailbox off the post, then was seen by the police doing the same thing a few minutes later. Background: Sr. is a single father. The boy’s mother took off, whe… --- ## [When did you last tread in shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-last-tread-in-shit/629841 "2012-08-05T20:58:59Z")
Poll to follow. When did you last tread in shit? (In an actual, physical, non-metaphorical sense) And if you want to post in the thread, how did you deal with it (i.e. walk it off, wash your shoes, throw them away, et… --- ## [Is short hair on women deeply out of fashion now? \[Exhibit A: female Olympians\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-short-hair-on-women-deeply-out-of-fashion-now-exhibit-a-female-olympians/629945)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-short-hair-on-women-deeply-out-of-fashion-now-exhibit-a-female-olympians/629945 "2012-08-05T20:32:55Z")
I generally have been favorably disposed towards women with short hair. However, to be honest I very rarely see one with a short 'do anymore. None of my high school students has one (going back a number of years), and … --- ## [Would you want a robotic pet cat or dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-a-robotic-pet-cat-or-dog/629277)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-a-robotic-pet-cat-or-dog/629277 "2012-08-05T20:31:35Z")
My premise is that some time in the future, we have perfected the science of robotics, and we can now make a robotic cat or dog that is virtually indistinguishable from a flesh cat or dog, except it is programmable and i… --- ## [What to do in New Orleans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-new-orleans/630424)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-new-orleans/630424 "2012-08-05T20:28:13Z")
My Arena Football team has made it to the bowl game and I am going down to see them win it. The game is Friday night. I’m flying down Wednesday and returning Sunday. I need suggestions on what to see. I’m not a big drin… --- ## [Emotionless Math Teachers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotionless-math-teachers/629918)
**Author:** [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotionless-math-teachers/629918 "2012-08-05T18:13:58Z")
Throughout high school and especially college, I noticed a common denominator among most of my math teachers and their personalities, or lack thereof. Many of them seemed unable to show any emotion except when describin… --- ## [Would you / do you use a location-tracking service ( = Google Latitude)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-do-you-use-a-location-tracking-service-google-latitude/630509)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-do-you-use-a-location-tracking-service-google-latitude/630509 "2012-08-05T15:28:51Z")
My hubby and myself use Google Latitude continuously. Each of us can know where the other is at any moment, on a map, within the precision of our phones’ GPS units. It keeps us from having to text silly stuff such as “… --- ## [Water softeners, filters and salt free alternatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-softeners-filters-and-salt-free-alternatives/556236)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-softeners-filters-and-salt-free-alternatives/556236 "2012-08-05T14:03:20Z")
Scale is our biggest water problem, more so since we’ve had a tankless water heater installed and the scale bits continually clog the aerators in all faucets. We draw from a well, have no odor or discoloration issues goi… --- ## [Loved Ones You've Never Argued With](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-ones-youve-never-argued-with/630114)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loved-ones-youve-never-argued-with/630114 "2012-08-05T13:27:06Z")
I was just thinking about this randomly, and it occurred to me that my Aunt and I, as close as we are and have been for 29 years, have never gotten into an argument. I don’t even think we’ve ever been mad at each other.… --- ## [Anyone else pissed that MSNBC is airing the Olympics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-pissed-that-msnbc-is-airing-the-olympics/630128)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-pissed-that-msnbc-is-airing-the-olympics/630128 "2012-08-05T13:26:42Z")
Ok, I know I’m supposed to get all excited for the Olympics (I mean, this year’s Opening Ceremonies did get record viewership on T.V.; like 44 million, so somebody’s getting excited) but I find myself just getting pissed… --- ## [What's your first thought when you see this photo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368)
**Author:** [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-first-thought-when-you-see-this-photo/630368 "2012-08-05T05:30:51Z")
Photo of man and girl running I’m curious whether anyone else had the same (horrifying) thought when they saw this photo. I’m also curious whether other people would be horrified or heartwarmed by the idea. --- ## [Does Scientology Have a High Dropout Rate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-scientology-have-a-high-dropout-rate/630266)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-scientology-have-a-high-dropout-rate/630266 "2012-08-05T05:29:03Z")
I wonder what happens to intelligent people who go through the whole insane “Bridge” process, then realize they have been had? Suppose you are a lonely college student-you decide to join the COS. You take the "courses… --- ## [How to prevent theft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prevent-theft/630466)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_know\_how](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_know_how)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prevent-theft/630466 "2012-08-05T04:30:14Z")
I have an engraved stone that I plan on placing in the Memorial Garden of my church grounds. How can I make this stone secure (approx 7" tall and 12" wide & 4" deep). I , of course, don’t want it picked up and walked o… --- ## [If you could fix the U.S. presidential election, would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-fix-the-u-s-presidential-election-would-you/630423)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-fix-the-u-s-presidential-election-would-you/630423 "2012-08-05T02:56:42Z")
This question stems from an argument I had with a friend several months back. I said I would not, for two main reasons: (1) I thought it was obnoxious to presume that my research and opinions superseded everyone else’s.… --- ## ["I'll never forget where I was when I heard that..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-forget-where-i-was-when-i-heard-that/629831)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-forget-where-i-was-when-i-heard-that/629831 "2012-08-05T02:33:11Z")
Now that i’m coming up on my 30th birthday and i’m old enough to be nostalgiac about things, i’ve been thinking about the major world events that have defined my life. My father, who was born in Boston in 1950, told me t… --- ## [Build-A-Kid Inc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-kid-inc/630178)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/build-a-kid-inc/630178 "2012-08-05T01:10:57Z")
In this hypothetical future, the only way to have children is to have them designed by genetic engineers. You start by filling out a simple form as to what you want your child to be like, but you must answer all questio… --- ## [How do you do the Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-the-dope/630131)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-the-dope/630131 "2012-08-04T23:42:13Z")
The Straight Dope that is. Do you have a routine for checking forums? Do you subscribe to threads? Do you often search for terms that interest you? What are your thoughts on “vanity searches”? What method works best for … --- ## [Android Tablets - and the Nexus 7 specifically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tablets-and-the-nexus-7-specifically/628081)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tablets-and-the-nexus-7-specifically/628081 "2012-08-04T19:51:58Z")
The google Nexus 7 tablet looks like it’s going to be the first successful general purpose android 7" tablet (considering the kindle somewhat specialized). It basically destroys the Kindle at the same price point. It ha… --- ## [Once and for all: the possessive is "its" AND "it's" = "it is"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-and-for-all-the-possessive-is-its-and-its-it-is/630337)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-and-for-all-the-possessive-is-its-and-its-it-is/630337 "2012-08-04T19:05:15Z")
It’s seems like “it’s” SHOULD be the possessive, because so many possessives have apostrophes, but nope-- it ain’t so. “The tree waved in the breeze, and the wind sang in ITS branches.” This is correct. “It’s,” on the … --- ## [Pot my experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-my-experience/630196)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-my-experience/630196 "2012-08-04T18:48:19Z")
I quit smoking pot about 24 years ago. I was a daily but light smoker from about 14 to 40. Three days ago I decided to take a few hits and see if it could get my creative juices flowing. I am still spaced out, drug out, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1468) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1470)