# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=152 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 153 --- ## [Paypal, Privacy Concerns and Alternatives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-privacy-concerns-and-alternatives/980216)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-privacy-concerns-and-alternatives/980216 "2023-02-24T09:52:17Z")
Hi I apologise is this is the wrong forum but I wasn’t sure! First off I know little to nothing about these things so please be gentle. Basically I write short stories and I would like to commission some art to illustra… --- ## [Using Dual-SIM iPhone while traveling overseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-dual-sim-iphone-while-traveling-overseas/980212)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-dual-sim-iphone-while-traveling-overseas/980212 "2023-02-24T03:22:49Z")
Normally, when I traveled to another country from the USA, I would get a local SIM card (either in advance or at the arrival airport) and swap it with my US-based SIM for the duration of my trip to avoid roaming charges/… --- ## [Methotrexate, and I'm terrified](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methotrexate-and-im-terrified/980171)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methotrexate-and-im-terrified/980171 "2023-02-23T22:58:00Z")
Recently Dx with Psoriatic arthritis and I’m told that before I can get a biologic, the insurance company will insist I try Methotrexate. I see horror stories about it. Anyone use it successfully and without the horrendo… --- ## [Therapy: remote vs in person - experiences and opinions please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapy-remote-vs-in-person-experiences-and-opinions-please/980238)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/therapy-remote-vs-in-person-experiences-and-opinions-please/980238 "2023-02-23T17:09:15Z")
My husband has a stressful job, made occasionally more so by his own reactions to angry/upset/entitled/jerkish people. It’s bad enough that it’s gotten him fired before. I have been his main outlet all these years and i… --- ## [Do women still carry razor blades for protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-still-carry-razor-blades-for-protection/565012)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-still-carry-razor-blades-for-protection/565012 "2023-02-23T14:57:32Z")
I remember years ago black ladies (I guess white ones too) would carry a razor blade for protection. One of those double edge Gillette blades with tape on one side. Either in their bra or tucked into their stockings. Th… --- ## [Us versus other mammals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-versus-other-mammals/979784)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-versus-other-mammals/979784 "2023-02-23T08:22:53Z")
I am of the opinion that there are few if any mammals that I could catch and defeat in hand-to-paw combat without the use of any sort of “tools” whatsoever. Let’s say I am a reasonably fit 25 year old (not in reality) I… --- ## [What's the longest detour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-detour/979985)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-longest-detour/979985 "2023-02-23T03:38:03Z")
I was just up at the Grand Canyon taking winter photos. From the South Rim, you can see the North Rim visitor’s center, around 10 miles away. But, it’s over 200 miles to actually drive from one to the other. Is this the… --- ## [Real or fake photo? (tRump and Putin in 2018)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-or-fake-photo-trump-and-putin-in-2018/980116)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-or-fake-photo-trump-and-putin-in-2018/980116 "2023-02-23T00:57:24Z")
See this (the top photo) on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/117al8r/presidents\_day/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=ios\_app&utm\_name=iossmf Since tRump is around 6’3" and Putin is around 5’7", I wo… --- ## [What is your life worth-Hardcore Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-worth-hardcore-edition/980175)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-life-worth-hardcore-edition/980175 "2023-02-23T00:24:53Z")
Hypothetical: You are kidnapped and find yourself in a room with a chair, a table and a gun sitting on that table. A voice comes over an unseen intercom and says, “We will kill a random person in fifteen minutes, and e… --- ## [The civil rights lawsuit against Kyle Rittenhouse and the Wisconsin city and county of Kenosha {Not Gun Control or 2nd Amendment}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-kyle-rittenhouse-and-the-wisconsin-city-and-county-of-kenosha-not-gun-control-or-2nd-amendment/979218)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-civil-rights-lawsuit-against-kyle-rittenhouse-and-the-wisconsin-city-and-county-of-kenosha-not-gun-control-or-2nd-amendment/979218 "2023-02-22T02:56:17Z")
A civil lawsuit, filed in August 2021 in federal court by the Huber family, seeks “to hold the municipalities and law enforcement officers involved in the police response to the protests liable for (Huber’s) death,” This… --- ## [Help me be antisocial. Uhhh, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-be-antisocial-uhhh-please/979785 "2023-02-21T23:29:20Z")
It’s with my Amazon Echo (code name: Alexa) that I want to be antisocial. I’ve recently reactivated my late wife’s Echo, and every time I speak the wake-up word, it responds with\*: Hello. I’d love to learn your voice so … --- ## [Are (new) Kia Souls good cars? Anybody have experience with them? (Plus a car warranty question.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-kia-souls-good-cars-anybody-have-experience-with-them-plus-a-car-warranty-question/840174)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-kia-souls-good-cars-anybody-have-experience-with-them-plus-a-car-warranty-question/840174 "2023-02-21T18:08:57Z")
This a two-part question, but not separate enough to warrant two different threads. First. I’m seriously considering buying a new Kia Soul. I have a 70 mile commute and two hulking teenagers to haul around and, after se… --- ## [Tires for a 2007 RAV4 for most comfortable ride?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tires-for-a-2007-rav4-for-most-comfortable-ride/980099)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tires-for-a-2007-rav4-for-most-comfortable-ride/980099 "2023-02-21T16:58:30Z")
This is an offshoot of my other thread about my 2007 Toyota RAV4. Now that I’ve put in seat extenders and it is more comfortable to drive, I’m more inclined to actually drive it. Unfortunately, my RAV4 has a hard and n… --- ## [Can someplace be a tourist trap if you don't pay money to see it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someplace-be-a-tourist-trap-if-you-dont-pay-money-to-see-it/978768)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someplace-be-a-tourist-trap-if-you-dont-pay-money-to-see-it/978768 "2023-02-21T11:48:25Z")
Is money the one thing that transforms a travel destination that’s merely a waste of time into a bona fide Tourist Trap? I’d like to read some pro and con arguments before submitting my opinion. poll --- ## [Should I learn stenography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-learn-stenography/980073)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-learn-stenography/980073 "2023-02-21T10:26:40Z")
I’m actually a fairly fast and accurate typist with traditional QWERTY (US) and the Hangeul Dubeolsik keyboards, and a middling typist on the Dvorak keyboard. Since I’m not allergic to code switching the fingering on the… --- ## [Killing friends' dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-friends-dreams/973480)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-friends-dreams/973480 "2023-02-21T00:41:48Z")
As a software engineer, I often get friends and colleagues pitch me ideas for things that will supposedly make us rich if I just do all the work. The ideas are always bad\*, and with a lack of understanding of both the m… --- ## [Driving a car while wearing a hard cervical collar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-a-car-while-wearing-a-hard-cervical-collar/980090)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-a-car-while-wearing-a-hard-cervical-collar/980090 "2023-02-20T22:35:03Z")
This is about whether to drive a car while wearing a hard cervical collar after neck surgery. I am now 27 days post surgery, namely anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C4-5. I did also have this surgery on C5-7 fo… --- ## [Will humans one day be able to perform alchemy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-humans-one-day-be-able-to-perform-alchemy/979993)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-humans-one-day-be-able-to-perform-alchemy/979993 "2023-02-20T07:06:08Z")
Obviously alchemy was a scientific dead-end in early modern European times, but is contemporary science advancing towards a place where lead (or some other metal) can be turned into gold? And in a way that will be profit… --- ## [Can we bring back tall boots for men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571 "2023-02-20T03:42:07Z")
I mean riding-style boots into which one tucks one’s trousers. I suppose I could be iconoclastic and simply do it, but I’m too much of a fashion non-icon to make that bold a statement. It’s winter in Chicago, and that … --- ## [I'm really annoyed by pickup truck options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-annoyed-by-pickup-truck-options/979739)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-annoyed-by-pickup-truck-options/979739 "2023-02-20T02:45:00Z")
OK, I’m a truck guy. Not a Brodozer guy, not a compensation for small penis guy. I do a lot of stuff with my truck. I’ve personally loaded pallets into the bed, I routinely go to the landscaping place and have them load … --- ## [Tiger Woods tampon joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-tampon-joke/980053)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-tampon-joke/980053 "2023-02-19T23:39:09Z")
What in the heck does handing a competitor a tampon mean? --- ## [A flyswatter and its merits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flyswatter-and-its-merits/979906)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-flyswatter-and-its-merits/979906 "2023-02-19T19:21:24Z")
Can you actually whack a flying insect in mid-air, with the average flyswatter and expect to rid yourself of said pestilence? Or is it an excercise in futility? (I’m kinda grossed out by smashing it on a surface.) --- ## [What's the deal with "He Gets Us"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-he-gets-us/974046 "2023-02-19T16:49:49Z")
Lately I’ve been seeing cheap ads (black and white photographs with voiceover) about this…group on primetime television. The most recent was the last episode of Quantum Leap. As far as I can tell, their purposes, to the… --- ## [Tesla steering and also Beta self-driving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-steering-and-also-beta-self-driving/979968)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-steering-and-also-beta-self-driving/979968 "2023-02-19T03:09:44Z")
Is Tesla steering mechanical, or drive-by-wire? Specifically, if self-driving turns the car, does the steering wheel turn? Also IMHO anything called Beta should not be allowed on public streets. You wouldn’t beta test t… --- ## [Permanent denture questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-denture-questions/979937)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permanent-denture-questions/979937 "2023-02-19T00:22:28Z")
I didn’t want to hijack this, but I had a couple of related questions. Until this thread I don’t recall ever hearing of permanent fixed dentures. What are they like? Do you ever take them out for cleaning or anything? A… --- ## [Should I rent a Tesla 3? (Need answer fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-tesla-3-need-answer-fast/980006)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-rent-a-tesla-3-need-answer-fast/980006 "2023-02-18T20:48:45Z")
I’m taking a four-day trip to Baltimore in April, and when I went to book our rental car, Hertz offered a Model 3 as one of the less expensive options. So I took it. But now I’m wondering if it might be more trouble tha… --- ## [Is Japan the worst highly developed country to live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japan-the-worst-highly-developed-country-to-live-in/954329)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-japan-the-worst-highly-developed-country-to-live-in/954329 "2023-02-18T15:08:12Z")
Japanese has a word, Karoshi, for overworking to death A survey by the Japanese ministry of health, labour and welfare said that 30-40% of men can’t sleep due to work stress and that 40% of men and women sleep less than… --- ## [Doper Parents (USA Dopers, Public Schools): Do Your Kids' School Textbooks Contain Anything You Disagree With?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-usa-dopers-public-schools-do-your-kids-school-textbooks-contain-anything-you-disagree-with/979582)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-usa-dopers-public-schools-do-your-kids-school-textbooks-contain-anything-you-disagree-with/979582 "2023-02-18T13:06:00Z")
I’m not and have never been a parent, so I have no iron in this fire. But I’m curious: it seems pretty apparent to me that one battleground of the left/right culture wars is what is written in school textbooks. I’m curio… --- ## [Do more people these days believe in literal demons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-more-people-these-days-believe-in-literal-demons/979714)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-more-people-these-days-believe-in-literal-demons/979714 "2023-02-17T23:51:56Z")
Maybe this is a social media thing, but it has come to my attention recently that a lot of people seem to think demons literally exist. In my youth I had a Jehovah’s Witness friend who stated that demons were a literal … --- ## [Is anyone else seeing a delay in getting their W-2s or 1099s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-seeing-a-delay-in-getting-their-w-2s-or-1099s/979558)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-seeing-a-delay-in-getting-their-w-2s-or-1099s/979558 "2023-02-17T23:21:47Z")
I am. I know they’re supposed to be mailed out by January 31st, but I have yet to receive one. Anyone else? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=153)