# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=156 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 157 --- ## [What valid conclusions can be drawn about a given generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-valid-conclusions-can-be-drawn-about-a-given-generation/978634)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-valid-conclusions-can-be-drawn-about-a-given-generation/978634 "2023-01-24T18:02:54Z")
In the recent thread “Have Baby Boomers Wrecked the Planet?” a fair amount of commentary relies on the notion that we can speak of (for instance) the “Boomer” generation as being typified by certain characteristics and a… --- ## [I love my hearing aids and happily wear them. I'm the only person I know who does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-hearing-aids-and-happily-wear-them-im-the-only-person-i-know-who-does/961342)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-hearing-aids-and-happily-wear-them-im-the-only-person-i-know-who-does/961342 "2023-01-24T07:37:26Z")
I’ve worn hearing aids since 2010. When the audiologist first put them in my ears, I was astounded! THIS is what most people are hearing all the time?? The birds, the wind in the trees-- beautiful… but also every HVAC so… --- ## [Health insurance/care frustration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-care-frustration/978376)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-care-frustration/978376 "2023-01-24T06:01:52Z")
OK, so I had to go part time in 2022 because of my husband’s Parkinson’s. I needed to be home much more. I opted not sign up for the ACA because I was pretty healthy and only had a couple of years to go. So, as I should … --- ## [Cats - Dental Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-dental-work/978460)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-dental-work/978460 "2023-01-24T00:13:28Z")
My vet keeps pushing dental care for my cat. . . never done that before. The price for feline dental cleaning is a couple thousand dollars. Not something I would usually do. What are some experiences that you guys have… --- ## [Is your best friend an animal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-best-friend-an-animal/978612)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-best-friend-an-animal/978612 "2023-01-23T22:12:36Z")
I’ve had a few human best friends over the years, but now my best friend is a cat. Can we really form as close a platonic relationship with a pet, as with a human? Yes, I believe we can and often do. Human/pet relations… --- ## [Inventions we don’t need](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-we-don-t-need/975313)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-we-don-t-need/975313 "2023-01-23T20:16:22Z")
I’ve come up with 3, so far. Fentanyl. Sure, it has its benefits. It helped my dad through his las painful hours of life. But it’s just too cheap, and too powerful. Wing suits. The videos are thrilling, but do we reall… --- ## [I need some 3D design tutorials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-3d-design-tutorials/978422)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-3d-design-tutorials/978422 "2023-01-23T13:44:42Z")
and I need them to aimed at beginners. Like, whatever the 3D version of Hello World is, I need to start there. That’s the TLDR version of this post. To expand a bit. For a few years now, I’ve had a 3D printer that I re… --- ## [Is it really remarkable to have people close to you in your phone book with their actual full name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-remarkable-to-have-people-close-to-you-in-your-phone-book-with-their-actual-full-name/978450)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-remarkable-to-have-people-close-to-you-in-your-phone-book-with-their-actual-full-name/978450 "2023-01-23T05:31:44Z")
Recently I looked at a Twitter post https://twitter.com/wrefinnej/status/1355610126254804994?lang=en (don’t recollect from where, but the person linking posted that as an example of something remarkable) It seems th… --- ## [Most truck-heavy highways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-truck-heavy-highways/978520)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-truck-heavy-highways/978520 "2023-01-23T04:27:12Z")
Living on the East Coast I travel I-95 a lot. There’s certainly a lot of trucks on I-95, but there’s also a ton of “normal” traffic as well. I thought there were a lot of trucks on 95 but I recently took a drive from Lo… --- ## [Outrage Fatigue - Can anyone relate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrage-fatigue-can-anyone-relate/978410)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrage-fatigue-can-anyone-relate/978410 "2023-01-22T19:55:12Z")
I’m posting to ask if anyone else can relate to how I’m feeling at the beginning of 2023? When trump was elected, I and others were out in front on this board and elsewhere, constantly citing his outrageous statements a… --- ## [Annoying Ad Trope? (Not an actual employee.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-trope-not-an-actual-employee/978597)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-trope-not-an-actual-employee/978597 "2023-01-22T17:00:15Z")
There have been a bunch of recent Canadian ads all using the same trope: eccentric, enthusiastic employee impersonator dealing with customer, then revealed to not actually be working at the store being advertised. The a… --- ## [Fictosexuals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictosexuals/978408)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictosexuals/978408 "2023-01-22T16:25:28Z")
Hi SD, I never heard this term before, but it describes people who are in love with/marry fictional characters. In real life. I just read how this 38-year-old from Japan, Akihiko Kondo, married a fictional, computeriz… --- ## [What are the costs in a simple land sale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-costs-in-a-simple-land-sale/978467)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-costs-in-a-simple-land-sale/978467 "2023-01-21T23:38:45Z")
Speaking as the seller here. No land contract, a simple you give me $X and you now own the land. No realtor hired. I’m assuming the following Attorney fees to draw up the deed, purchase agreement, etc. Any property … --- ## [Heat pump, or stick with gas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-pump-or-stick-with-gas/971716)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-pump-or-stick-with-gas/971716 "2023-01-20T23:20:59Z")
My HVAC system is nearing 20 years old. I was already thinking about replacing it soon, and the AC broke down in the middle of that recent heat wave in California was a wake up call that it should probably be replaced s… --- ## [Personal Heroes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-heroes/978306)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-heroes/978306 "2023-01-20T10:58:59Z")
Inspired by MLK Day, I have been contemplating on personal heroes. For me, those are people who work for a moral and noble goal, are effective, and do so over the course of a lifetime without the diminishment of their ac… --- ## [Ways life is better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-life-is-better/978423)
**Author:** [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-life-is-better/978423 "2023-01-19T20:45:31Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the thread about outrage fatigue, so I am opening a new one. Everything that people are saying in that thread are completely true; there are a lot of problems, and many of them seem to be getting … --- ## [Why is the answer to "the most annoying math puzzle" not 8?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-answer-to-the-most-annoying-math-puzzle-not-8/977874)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-answer-to-the-most-annoying-math-puzzle-not-8/977874 "2023-01-19T19:08:24Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of the excellent maths YouTube channel numberphile, but this one has me confused: In this video Tim Hartford poses this problem as an example of a cognitive reflection problem (as i… --- ## [Are women overall likelier to believe psychics, fortune-telling, prophets/prophetesses etc. than men, and if so, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-overall-likelier-to-believe-psychics-fortune-telling-prophets-prophetesses-etc-than-men-and-if-so-why/978090)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-women-overall-likelier-to-believe-psychics-fortune-telling-prophets-prophetesses-etc-than-men-and-if-so-why/978090 "2023-01-19T16:23:26Z")
I’m trying to phrase this thread carefully because I don’t intend it to come across as misogynistic in any way. I’ve noticed that the vast majority of the clientele of palm-readers, fortune-tellers, psychics, soothsayer… --- ## [Tell me about slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-slippers/978358 "2023-01-19T07:59:29Z")
Continuing the discussion from A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers: Did anyone read this and think “Good point.” Or is everyone thinking “Hey, I know something … --- ## [Opinions on Fidelity Robo Investing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-fidelity-robo-investing/978403)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-fidelity-robo-investing/978403 "2023-01-18T22:00:44Z")
Title says it all. I’ve been reading about the Fidelity Robo Investing, and it sounds good. I know there are a few financial experts here, and I assume there are some well-read lay people, so I wondered what everyone thi… --- ## [Removing address from mail before discarding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-address-from-mail-before-discarding/978040)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-address-from-mail-before-discarding/978040 "2023-01-18T20:34:24Z")
Do you routinely remove your name and address from items you receive in the mail prior to discarding them? I do this for things like credit card offers, medical correspondence and other things that might be considered pe… --- ## [Spin-off: Artists sneeking subversive elements into their art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spin-off-artists-sneeking-subversive-elements-into-their-art/978372)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spin-off-artists-sneeking-subversive-elements-into-their-art/978372 "2023-01-18T20:23:21Z")
A spin-off of the MLK-Statue thread: any examples of (ideally subversive) or weird elements in art that are not always clear or easy to detect? Like here: --- ## [How do I search for lists on Twitter? None of what I've Googled works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-lists-on-twitter-none-of-what-ive-googled-works/978369)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-for-lists-on-twitter-none-of-what-ive-googled-works/978369 "2023-01-18T16:42:07Z")
For the life of me I can’t figure how to search for lists made by others on Twitter. This fucking app is so unintuitive. I know I’ve done it before, because I have lists saved from others, but I can find no way to sear… --- ## [Too Drunk To Tesla?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-drunk-to-tesla/978058)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-drunk-to-tesla/978058 "2023-01-18T13:48:57Z")
I’m … well … sort of dying … from a rare heart condition called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (Non-Tropical Eosinophilic Endomyocardial Fibrosis). It’s a form of low-output heart failure, meaning: my extremities don’t swel… --- ## [What Products Have Better Uses Than Their Intended Function?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-have-better-uses-than-their-intended-function/978215)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-products-have-better-uses-than-their-intended-function/978215 "2023-01-18T11:09:09Z")
People claim you can use vinegar or baking soda for many things. But what product do you think is more useful than its usual use? --- ## [So I have a second interview soon. There is much to consider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-second-interview-soon-there-is-much-to-consider/978329)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-a-second-interview-soon-there-is-much-to-consider/978329 "2023-01-17T23:36:10Z")
Background: I have been adjunct faculty in English at a college in CA for quite some time; FT jobs in higher ed are scarce and enrollment is declining. I started an ABA accredited paralegal degree program over a year … --- ## [Buying a car from a rental company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-car-from-a-rental-company/978224)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-car-from-a-rental-company/978224 "2023-01-17T20:36:20Z")
My cousin had her car stolen (again) and is thinking about buying a used one from a rental company like Enterprise. I guess they retire them at about 40,000 miles. Cousin might drive 5000 miles a year. Neither she or I … --- ## [Magazines with Unusual Publication Schedules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-with-unusual-publication-schedules/977645)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-with-unusual-publication-schedules/977645 "2023-01-17T19:52:20Z")
I’ve recently come across an issue of Star Clippers dated November 2022 - March 2024. Now, that’s a publication schedule I’d never heard of. Actually, it does not even make much sense to me. A 16-month cycle seems almos… --- ## [A Few Questions About Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-vegas/978263)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-vegas/978263 "2023-01-17T19:28:01Z")
Myself and Mrs. Cups are going on an actual vacation! One of our stops is going to be a couple days in Vegas. I’ve been to Vegas a handful of times, but it’s been a while and the things we’re planning on doing are new t… --- ## [Ugg boots \[discourse padding\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugg-boots-discourse-padding/978341)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugg-boots-discourse-padding/978341 "2023-01-17T17:09:38Z")
I bought a pair of Ugg boots in the early-'90s. Still have them. They’ve always slipped a bit, so that’s why I don’t wear then a lot and why they’ve lasted so long. Gotta figure out a way to tighten them up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=157)