# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1486 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1487 --- ## [Has technology made life dramatically better for the deaf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-technology-made-life-dramatically-better-for-the-deaf/627769)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-technology-made-life-dramatically-better-for-the-deaf/627769 "2012-07-11T08:41:38Z")
Inspired by this thread, I’m curious - has the current level of technology made life dramatically better for the deaf? --- ## [How to tell the difference between "normal" anxiety or depression and something more serious.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-normal-anxiety-or-depression-and-something-more-serious/627625)
**Author:** [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-normal-anxiety-or-depression-and-something-more-serious/627625 "2012-07-11T06:14:06Z")
Warning: somewhat long story ahead. I figure the back story is relevant to what’s going on now. I apologize in advance though if I made this too long, too detailed. For those who don’t want to read the whole thing- I’ve … --- ## [Are redheads sexy: males and females](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-redheads-sexy-males-and-females/625486)
**Author:** [@Irish\_ArcAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irish_ArcAngel)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-redheads-sexy-males-and-females/625486 "2012-07-11T05:58:09Z")
What do you think of natural red, strawberry blond, copper, or auburn hair on light skin. Does ethnic background matter EX: Irish, American, Russian, Norway,… --- ## [Mental Excercise on Self Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-excercise-on-self-defense/627392)
**Author:** [@stw004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stw004)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-excercise-on-self-defense/627392 "2012-07-11T05:04:54Z")
It’s 1875, Dodge City, KS. You shoot and kill an unarmed man in the streets. When the Sheriff rides up, you calmly explain, “Well, we got into a fist fight and I was losing real bad so I had to shoot him.” Do you hang? --- ## ["I'm not making any money on this sale" - is this ever true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-making-any-money-on-this-sale-is-this-ever-true/627508)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-making-any-money-on-this-sale-is-this-ever-true/627508 "2012-07-11T04:38:50Z")
At some point during bargaining the seller will pull out this line or a variant, I’m selling this at a loss. I know it’s not true most of the time, but is it ever true? Should I believe him? --- ## [Women who hate having their breast fondled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-hate-having-their-breast-fondled/237890)
**Author:** [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-hate-having-their-breast-fondled/237890 "2012-07-11T00:29:22Z")
I know that this is a very awkward question, and I also understand that I am \*\* really\*\* pushing my luck with this one, but this will be the last question I will ask pertaining to these type of issues. Admin If you find … --- ## [Housewarming gifts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housewarming-gifts/627810)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housewarming-gifts/627810 "2012-07-10T23:35:40Z")
My girlfriend and I have recently moved in together (yay!) – we moved out of our respective apartments and into a 3rd location. We’re both mature adults (in our 50’s), so as you can imagine we both came with well-furnis… --- ## [By what age did you consider yourself "grown up"? Second try.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-age-did-you-consider-yourself-grown-up-second-try/626079)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-age-did-you-consider-yourself-grown-up-second-try/626079 "2012-07-10T21:33:08Z")
With my miserable failure in selecting appropriate options in the previous thread At what age did you consider yourself “grown up”? and with nobody (that I have seen) trying for a better group, here’s an effort for a mor… --- ## [Did you ever write a letter to your favorite celebrity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-write-a-letter-to-your-favorite-celebrity/623901)
**Author:** [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-write-a-letter-to-your-favorite-celebrity/623901 "2012-07-10T21:08:04Z")
I just recently started a thread about celebrity encounters,so I thought now I’d tackle a slightly similar subject.The question I’m asking all of you is,did you ever have the courage to actually contact the person you mo… --- ## [Things other people do with computers that annoy the crap out of you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-do-with-computers-that-annoy-the-crap-out-of-you/623697)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-other-people-do-with-computers-that-annoy-the-crap-out-of-you/623697 "2012-07-10T16:45:36Z")
We have have our own little preferences, settings, shortcuts, quirks, foibles etc… when we use computers. All of ours make sense…everyone else’s is stupid and infuriating. :stuck\_out\_tongue: For me: Having your laptop… --- ## [Why did buying a car used to take so long? (or did it?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-buying-a-car-used-to-take-so-long-or-did-it/627699)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-buying-a-car-used-to-take-so-long-or-did-it/627699 "2012-07-10T15:16:01Z")
When I was a little kid back in the 80s, my father used to have a near-obsession with buying new cars. Every year or two at most, he’d trade in whatever car we had and got something else. These weren’t expensive, fancy… --- ## [What Is Your Taxonomic Classification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-taxonomic-classification/627506 "2012-07-10T13:35:06Z")
Once upon a time “biological anthropologists” used what was known as taxonomic classifications to classify the various human races physically, not just as white or Asian or black but more specificially as for example for… --- ## [Most unethical business you've worked for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unethical-business-youve-worked-for/623091)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unethical-business-youve-worked-for/623091 "2012-07-10T10:50:14Z")
I wanna hear some stories about businesses doing fucked up things to their customers and/or employees. I’ve posted that my last employer wanted us to run through stop signs. Well, that was a drop in the bucket compared … --- ## [Anyone have a cardiac catheterization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-cardiac-catheterization/626322)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-cardiac-catheterization/626322 "2012-07-10T09:32:34Z")
In preparation for next month’s aortic valve replacement, I have to go in Friday to have my heart catheterized. I’ve read up on it and understand the procedure, but am a little uneasy about having something run up throug… --- ## [Help! Urgent...\[sick cat\] edited title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254)
**Author:** [@JustineNcio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustineNcio)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-urgent-sick-cat-edited-title/627254 "2012-07-10T04:48:10Z")
I know it’s kind of odd coming in here w/this question but it’s the 4th of July and no business is opened…so here’s my dilemma: 8 yr old cat, sudden vomit/diarrhea after dinner (yesterday night); never been sick before; … --- ## [Political Advertising On TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-advertising-on-tv/627705)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-advertising-on-tv/627705 "2012-07-10T02:51:22Z")
I live in Nevada, considered a “swing state” and we are already getting lots of ads from Obama and Romney on TV…it is only going to get worse as the election nears. A few questions: If you were in charge of placing t… --- ## [Strange anxieties as I grow older--common or uncommon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-anxieties-as-i-grow-older-common-or-uncommon/627739)
**Author:** [@greenslime1951](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenslime1951)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-anxieties-as-i-grow-older-common-or-uncommon/627739 "2012-07-10T02:37:39Z")
Specifically, I seem to have developed a fear of heights and a rather severe claustrophobia. The thing that seems so strange is when I was younger, I used to fly all sorts of places with my dad in our small plane, I rout… --- ## [Please rate my attractiveness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-rate-my-attractiveness/627755)
**Author:** [@justme222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justme222)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-rate-my-attractiveness/627755 "2012-07-10T02:10:46Z")
Please rate my attractiveness on a scale of 1-10 or 1-100, whichever you prefer. Ratings relative to yourself and ratings relative to all of society accepted, but please specify which type of rating you are providing. … --- ## [Why go for casual or directionless therapy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-go-for-casual-or-directionless-therapy/627404)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-go-for-casual-or-directionless-therapy/627404 "2012-07-10T02:07:28Z")
First of all I’m not anti-therapy, blah blah etc offer void in Tennessee I’ve read people talk about going to therapy not to really treat any particular problem or with any direction or goal in mind, just to talk basica… --- ## [How do you pronounce the name Sanasaryan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-sanasaryan/627730)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-name-sanasaryan/627730 "2012-07-10T01:54:27Z")
It is an Indian name, I believe. I think “sah-NAH-sah-rye-an.” Sound right? --- ## [Should obesity be accepted, or should it be viewed as a disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obesity-be-accepted-or-should-it-be-viewed-as-a-disease/627362)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-obesity-be-accepted-or-should-it-be-viewed-as-a-disease/627362 "2012-07-10T01:35:05Z")
By accepted I mean saying “beauty comes in all shapes and sizes from very small to very large”, accepting obesity as an alternative to being thin or medium sized, etc? Or should it be viewed as a disease, something medic… --- ## [Snakes - do the make sense as a pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-do-the-make-sense-as-a-pet/627584)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakes-do-the-make-sense-as-a-pet/627584 "2012-07-10T01:20:29Z")
I was going to make this a poll, but only two choices seemed liken waste of time, so tell us your opinion now! I don’t think snakes should be permitted to be imported into this country, period. So the Burmese python, t… --- ## [Critique this food nutritionally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-this-food-nutritionally/627693)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-this-food-nutritionally/627693 "2012-07-09T23:28:07Z")
ETA: I ask because if I’m eating almost the same thing every day, but there’s something wrong with what I’m eating nutritionally speaking, then I’m causing myself problems even if I “lose weight.”) Breakfast: Apple or b… --- ## [Ie "slut shaming" more a verb or a noun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-slut-shaming-more-a-verb-or-a-noun/627651)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-slut-shaming-more-a-verb-or-a-noun/627651 "2012-07-09T23:18:06Z")
Per the wiki. Slut shaming Is this term more a verb or a noun? --- ## [Television advertising rates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-advertising-rates/627718)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-advertising-rates/627718 "2012-07-09T21:33:51Z")
It is my understanding that the model for charging for television advertising rates is still unchanged, meaning that the higher the neilsen ratings for a particular program at a particular time slot will command a much h… --- ## [European Union rules that used software licenses are transferable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-union-rules-that-used-software-licenses-are-transferable/627271)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-union-rules-that-used-software-licenses-are-transferable/627271 "2012-07-09T20:57:19Z")
Ruling here So now in the EU, it’s apparently legal to redistribute downloaded software licenses. So if an EU citizen say, buys a downloadable game they can sell the license to somebody else if they abdicate use of it, … --- ## [Poll: Pole: Pohl: What percentage of your current salary do you think you will eventually make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-pole-pohl-what-percentage-of-your-current-salary-do-you-think-you-will-eventually-make/627564)
**Author:** [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-pole-pohl-what-percentage-of-your-current-salary-do-you-think-you-will-eventually-make/627564 "2012-07-09T20:44:50Z")
Title says it all. And please reply with your age. I’m too lazy to do age ranges in the options (where’s that two-dimensional polling feature already?), and I think the results will be interesting even without age rang… --- ## [Best "Light" Alarm Clock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-light-alarm-clock/627731)
**Author:** [@NojNoj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NojNoj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-light-alarm-clock/627731 "2012-07-09T20:21:11Z")
I had a chance to try a Philip “Wake to Light” alarm clock, and while I liked the waking to light part, the rest of the device wasn’t so good. In particular, the display can’t be dimmed to totally dark, so even at lowes… --- ## [Death Match](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-match/627641)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-match/627641 "2012-07-09T19:51:39Z")
I am seventy two years of age; I am physically handicapped and in general poor health.I can’t walk without a cane and I want to fist fight to the death with a republican who has handicaps similar to mine. I should mentio… --- ## [My Cat Found a Baby Bunny in My Backyard...What to Do? (Need Answer Fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-found-a-baby-bunny-in-my-backyard-what-to-do-need-answer-fast/627650)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-found-a-baby-bunny-in-my-backyard-what-to-do-need-answer-fast/627650 "2012-07-09T19:39:42Z")
My cats are indoor/outdoor cats. While in the great outdoors today one of my cats flushed out a baby bunny. It suddenly showed up on my back patio. This thing is teeeeny tiny, not much bigger than a tube of chap stick. M… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1485) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1487)