# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1504 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1505 --- ## [Stannous fluoride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stannous-fluoride/624386)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stannous-fluoride/624386 "2012-06-12T21:35:30Z")
It’s getting harder and harder for me to find toothpaste that doesn’t have stannous fluoride in it. Everything used to be sodium fluoride, and I didn’t notice the change until the last time I bought toothpaste and gagged… --- ## [Reasonable HVAC repair costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-hvac-repair-costs/624841)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-hvac-repair-costs/624841 "2012-06-12T20:33:33Z")
This is going to be a bit vague, but I’m hoping it might be useful. We are having a technician look at our condo’s heating and air-conditioning unit tomorrow. It needs to pass an inspection, but also will need some wor… --- ## [If child abuse is a common damageing occurence why aren't kids educated about abuse.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-child-abuse-is-a-common-damageing-occurence-why-arent-kids-educated-about-abuse/624445)
**Author:** [@Doppey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doppey)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-child-abuse-is-a-common-damageing-occurence-why-arent-kids-educated-about-abuse/624445 "2012-06-12T20:03:08Z")
In the U.S. 1 in 7 children are abused with estimated 3.3 million children abused annually, this being only the reported cases. As a child abuse survivor of sexual, physical, pschycological, and emotional abuse I was nev… --- ## [Suggestions for superpowers and eco-terrorism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-superpowers-and-eco-terrorism/624675)
**Author:** [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-superpowers-and-eco-terrorism/624675 "2012-06-12T19:46:06Z")
I’m working on a story about a group of people with various abilities use them to try to prevent deforestation, save endangered species, prevent pollution, and generally try to prevent humans from impacting the environme… --- ## [Talking to your unborn baby- about what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-your-unborn-baby-about-what/624828)
**Author:** [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-your-unborn-baby-about-what/624828 "2012-06-12T18:22:49Z")
I’m 31 weeks pregnant. I can feel the baby kicking. I’ve read from various books and websites that I am supposed to talk to her. The only thing I can think of to say to her is to comment on her kicking. It feels real… --- ## [If someone says they're not good enough for you, they're probably right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-says-theyre-not-good-enough-for-you-theyre-probably-right/624739)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-says-theyre-not-good-enough-for-you-theyre-probably-right/624739 "2012-06-12T18:03:59Z")
Any truth to this? Examples, anecdotes? --- ## [Another tablet-selection thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tablet-selection-thread/624918)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tablet-selection-thread/624918 "2012-06-12T17:56:09Z")
There was another thread about someone choosing a table, which I unsuccessfully tried to hijack. I figured instead I’d start a new thread on the subject. I’m going to be going to Boston for a few weeks to take a class.… --- ## [Medical question -- sternum soreness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-sternum-soreness/624884)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-sternum-soreness/624884 "2012-06-12T17:53:35Z")
I had open heart surgery at the end of 2008 with good healing and I’m generally healthy 50 year old male. In the past few weeks, I have started to have soreness in my upper sternum that feels like a muscle pull when I mo… --- ## [Must everything be useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-everything-be-useful/624839)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-everything-be-useful/624839 "2012-06-12T14:33:31Z")
OK, my title is a rhetorical question mostly. Today, I took some of my pottery pieces to a local farmer’s/artist’s market that will be opening next week. We tagged and priced everything, talking about each piece in tur… --- ## [Dealing with angry people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-angry-people/624257)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-angry-people/624257 "2012-06-12T13:42:51Z")
I used to have a coworker who would throw the kind of tantrums you expect of a 5 year old; yelling and cursing for a quarter of an hour. She would do this in a law office (clients weren’t around). She once threw a tantru… --- ## [Are you better off than your parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-better-off-than-your-parents/624566)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-better-off-than-your-parents/624566 "2012-06-12T12:59:40Z")
Reading the thread about economical situations while growing up, I thought I’d poll the electorate on how you compare to your parents at a similar age. Poll forthcoming. --- ## [Growing up were you poor, working class, middle class, rich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-up-were-you-poor-working-class-middle-class-rich/624536)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-up-were-you-poor-working-class-middle-class-rich/624536 "2012-06-12T10:32:02Z")
Inspired by the thread Hollywood’s idea of being poor over at Cafe Society. It seems people’s idea of what growing up poor means can vary incredibly. Me, I grew up poor. I lived with my grandparents (my mother died when… --- ## [Do you usually go to bed the same time as your significant other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-go-to-bed-the-same-time-as-your-significant-other/624692)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-usually-go-to-bed-the-same-time-as-your-significant-other/624692 "2012-06-12T07:00:04Z")
So I was talking to three different people this week and was surprised to learn that none of them ever goes to bed when their spouse goes to bed. They usually stay up way beyond them, sometimes for hours. And this isn’t… --- ## [Why do so many doctors not listen to patients at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-doctors-not-listen-to-patients-at-all/624478)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2012, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-doctors-not-listen-to-patients-at-all/624478 "2012-06-12T05:50:45Z")
If there is one trend I have noticed over my life it is that many doctors might as well not even ask their patients questions, because it certainly has no bearing on anything anyway so everything would be more efficient … --- ## [Cats with hyperthyroidism - options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-with-hyperthyroidism-options/609851)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-with-hyperthyroidism-options/609851 "2012-06-11T21:21:51Z")
Well, it looks like my Mojo has a diagnosis - hyperthyroidism. I’ll be picking up his new meds at the vet tomorrow, but he’s such a bad pill-taker that I’m hoping there are other options. I’ve done a little research, and… --- ## [Future Antiques](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-antiques/624830)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-antiques/624830 "2012-06-11T21:06:32Z")
My wife and I like Antiques Roadshow. Sometimes I find myself wondering what if anything from these days could appear on the 2115 season of the show. So much of today’s stuff is just junk, to tell the truth. What things… --- ## [I am SO Tired all the time. Been there Done that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-tired-all-the-time-been-there-done-that/624090)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-tired-all-the-time-been-there-done-that/624090 "2012-06-11T20:37:35Z")
I’m just so tired. So tired. Bloods look good last we looked. I’m taking all kinds of supplements and am trying ginseng. And I’m on Vit D Rx. I just finished a 3 day course of of Cipro-something for a bladder infect… --- ## [bad idea pregnancies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-idea-pregnancies/620833)
**Author:** [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-idea-pregnancies/620833 "2012-06-11T20:05:27Z")
I wasn’t sure if this should go here or MPSIMS but here goes. I honestly don’t understand why it is that people are so happy when a woman/girl gets pregnant at a really bad time. She can be unemployed and unmarried but… --- ## [Computer speakers suggestions please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-suggestions-please/624792)
**Author:** [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-suggestions-please/624792 "2012-06-11T19:45:49Z")
I have a iMac desktop computer. I occasionally watch movies on it and use it to listen to iTunes in my office. I’m not an audiophile but I want a decent sound. I’m hoping to get a good (or at least serviceable) set speak… --- ## [So...how much 'physical discipline' is too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-physical-discipline-is-too-much/624409)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-physical-discipline-is-too-much/624409 "2012-06-11T17:55:44Z")
The link is to a \ local video caught of a guy ‘coaching’ his step-son in baseball…by hitting him with a belt whenever he doesn’t hold the ball or glove right. On the other hand, I’ve become awa… --- ## [What should I do for this graduation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-for-this-graduation/624824)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-for-this-graduation/624824 "2012-06-11T17:47:48Z")
I have some young men and women who volunteer for our organization. They come from Wildwood, a school for developmentally disabled children. There is a graduation coming up, and I have been invited. I don’t know anyone … --- ## [How many innocents would you kill to save the life of the person you love most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-innocents-would-you-kill-to-save-the-life-of-the-person-you-love-most/624165)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-innocents-would-you-kill-to-save-the-life-of-the-person-you-love-most/624165 "2012-06-11T17:06:17Z")
Yes, it’s one of those long ridiculous hypotheticals again. If you hate these, why are you still reading? Anyway, here’s the sitch: For purposes of today’s silliness, you are a legendary badass. with the combined abilit… --- ## [My parents are about to go into a home. Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-are-about-to-go-into-a-home-help/623216)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-are-about-to-go-into-a-home-help/623216 "2012-06-11T14:39:57Z")
As the subject line states, I expect that my elderly parents, who both have some pretty serious dementia issues going on, will be moved to a nursing facility within a month or so. This leaves me with the task of closing… --- ## [Needs help choosing a name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624220)
**Author:** [@Dpsnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dpsnz)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-help-choosing-a-name/624220 "2012-06-11T14:22:04Z")
Here goes, I was born Khan Richards, have no problem with the surname, and have been sternly advised not to touch it. However I have never been fond of my given names. Through childhood and high school I didn’t go to gr… --- ## [Are contact lenses as bad an idea for my 14 year old son as I think they are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-contact-lenses-as-bad-an-idea-for-my-14-year-old-son-as-i-think-they-are/623996)
**Author:** [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-contact-lenses-as-bad-an-idea-for-my-14-year-old-son-as-i-think-they-are/623996 "2012-06-11T10:26:19Z")
Contact lenses, love 'em or hate 'em? I have no first hand experience with contacts. My mom tried them for two different spurts. First hard lenses, and then again when soft lenses were first introduced. My sister got … --- ## [Evidence that Plato's date of Atlantis was correct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-that-platos-date-of-atlantis-was-correct/624688)
**Author:** [@supery00n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supery00n)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidence-that-platos-date-of-atlantis-was-correct/624688 "2012-06-11T04:19:01Z")
Many people say that Plato’s dating of the war between Atlantis and those who dwelt outside the Pillars of Heracles (Strait of Gibraltar) and the ancient Athenians and Egyptians among others who dwelt within the Pillars … --- ## [Large hard drives -- when will they get cheaper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-hard-drives-when-will-they-get-cheaper/624755)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-hard-drives-when-will-they-get-cheaper/624755 "2012-06-11T02:41:54Z")
So the floods in Thailand put a serious crimp in hard drive manufacturing. Before, we were headed for under-$100US 3TB bare drives, but we don’t have that now at the consumer, retail level. I have a Drobo with 15TB (5 … --- ## [SSN, office visit, report fraud? Need answer by Friday moring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssn-office-visit-report-fraud-need-answer-by-friday-moring/624343)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ssn-office-visit-report-fraud-need-answer-by-friday-moring/624343 "2012-06-11T00:33:52Z")
Hi all. Here is the short story. Helping a young distant relative who has not been 18 yo for very long. The mother has done her best to “raise” a socially stunted kid for lack of a better description (thats a whole noth… --- ## [Recommend me a video card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-video-card/624641)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-video-card/624641 "2012-06-11T00:28:40Z")
I have this motherboard, which the manual claims comes with a PCIE x16 slot for a video card. I’ve been using the onboard video since I got it, but there are a few games I want to play and can’t. Many of them just crash… --- ## [Help me pick a tablet, Ipad, something else??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-tablet-ipad-something-else/624251)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-tablet-ipad-something-else/624251 "2012-06-11T00:14:46Z")
So this newfangled technology just keeps getting ahead of me. I’ve never been an Apple guy before, but they seem nice. OTOH, I don’t know what else might be better. I’m mostly interested in general internet, and photo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1503) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1505)