# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1573 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1574 --- ## [How do you give advice without chastising people for their bad choices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-give-advice-without-chastising-people-for-their-bad-choices/612422)
**Author:** [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-give-advice-without-chastising-people-for-their-bad-choices/612422 "2012-02-13T18:57:48Z")
How do you give advice without chastising people for their bad choices? People often come to me for advice. I have a lot of life experience (particularly for my age). I am also naturally cautious, flexible and don’t h… --- ## [Why do some people mock the ones who are suicidal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-mock-the-ones-who-are-suicidal/612537)
**Author:** [@voidray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voidray)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-mock-the-ones-who-are-suicidal/612537 "2012-02-13T15:32:02Z")
What is the reason behind the fact that some people mock the ones who feel suicidal and mock the ones who are in depression? Depression and feeling suicidal are medical situations and in relation with chemical situation… --- ## [Pilots: 'Wilco'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-wilco/612538)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-wilco/612538 "2012-02-13T14:20:54Z")
When I learned to fly, I never heard anyone say ‘Wilco’ on the radio. And by never, I mean sometimes. But very, very rarely. At the time it seemed too… I don’t know… Dated? Poseur-ish? Like something you’d hear in … --- ## [Suggestions - Fishing one day in Tampa late-Feb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-fishing-one-day-in-tampa-late-feb/612444)
**Author:** [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-fishing-one-day-in-tampa-late-feb/612444 "2012-02-13T14:14:53Z")
I’m headed to Tampa FL late this month, and will likely have a day free to do some fishing. I need some suggestions on the what/how/where. I’ll have a car, so I don’t mind traveling a little (an hour or so from Clearwa… --- ## [Travel to North Korea but not Cuba?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-to-north-korea-but-not-cuba/607110)
**Author:** [@kaltkalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaltkalt)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-to-north-korea-but-not-cuba/607110 "2012-02-13T13:19:09Z")
As an American, I can legally travel to North Korea but I cannot legally travel to Cuba. I’m only talking about the legality of it, not the practicality of it. The very idea of free people banning themselves from goi… --- ## [If you don't visit a message board for awhile, do you bother catching up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-visit-a-message-board-for-awhile-do-you-bother-catching-up/612560)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-visit-a-message-board-for-awhile-do-you-bother-catching-up/612560 "2012-02-13T13:12:28Z")
This is a general question for all message boards. Sometimes life gets busy and there’s just not time to check message boards for a few days or even weeks. When you finally do return are you anxious to read everything y… --- ## [Is it wasteful to connecting to a fiber optic line using wireless LAN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wasteful-to-connecting-to-a-fiber-optic-line-using-wireless-lan/612692)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-wasteful-to-connecting-to-a-fiber-optic-line-using-wireless-lan/612692 "2012-02-13T10:53:35Z")
Currently, we’re using ADSL broadband, and the network point is in my room, so I am using an Ethernet cable to connect to the modem. We split the bill for the broadband. The landlord of the unit I am staying at is consi… --- ## [When did 68 degrees become the normal room temperature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-68-degrees-become-the-normal-room-temperature/612201)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-68-degrees-become-the-normal-room-temperature/612201 "2012-02-13T07:11:39Z")
I’m sitting here thinking it’s a bit chilly, so I go to the thermostat and it says it’s 68 degrees in this room. When did 68 become the norm? Back in the old days, we had one of those gold-tone round Honeywell thermosta… --- ## [Advice needed: want to buy small transparent LCD panel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-want-to-buy-small-transparent-lcd-panel/612282)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-want-to-buy-small-transparent-lcd-panel/612282 "2012-02-13T06:36:12Z")
I don’t know if such a thing exists but I’m looking for a small (~3"x3") transparent LCD display/panel/thingie through which I can shine a light. I need to be able to control the display via a smallish controller (i.e. … --- ## [The Anxiety is Killing Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anxiety-is-killing-me/612368)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anxiety-is-killing-me/612368 "2012-02-13T05:35:36Z")
I know, another wah wah thread. I apologize. I promise I already feel like shit about myself for how I am. I am an anxious person. A shrink once said I had “Generalized Anxiety Disorder with a touch of Shitty Parent Syn… --- ## [Computer case lighting aesthetic question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-case-lighting-aesthetic-question/612508)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-case-lighting-aesthetic-question/612508 "2012-02-13T04:33:51Z")
This is my new computer case The front has green LEDs. (The side as shown has a green LED fan, but I’m not using it.) The motherboard will be black with light blue accents. Given that, what color cold cathodes should … --- ## [Create your ultimate General Education Curriculum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-your-ultimate-general-education-curriculum/612650)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-your-ultimate-general-education-curriculum/612650 "2012-02-13T03:47:50Z")
A room full of 18 year old college kids and (no more than) 10 classes. What would you teach them: to have meaningful life skills, have a good understanding of the world, be decent people, etc. Try to avoid specialty rela… --- ## [So, you're at the pharmacy and a young person asks you to buy something...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-at-the-pharmacy-and-a-young-person-asks-you-to-buy-something/612155)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-at-the-pharmacy-and-a-young-person-asks-you-to-buy-something/612155 "2012-02-13T01:42:57Z")
This time with a proper poll. Sorry Ellen! I’ll pay attention next time. Again based on the ABC program “What Would You Do?”, which I can’t get enough of. Wish we had it over here because it would be interesting to see t… --- ## [Looking for a straightforward, unbiased online source of political news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-straightforward-unbiased-online-source-of-political-news/612095)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-straightforward-unbiased-online-source-of-political-news/612095 "2012-02-13T01:33:08Z")
Title says it. I am interested in learning more about political current events, and I would like to do so from a source that is non-partisan and has no agenda (if there is such a source). Any ideas? mmm --- ## [Need an idea for a Safety Meeting topic. \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-safety-meeting-topic-blech/612197)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-safety-meeting-topic-blech/612197 "2012-02-12T22:42:48Z")
We have monthly safety meetings where I work. (Hey, an office building can be a dangerou place). We rotate between who gives them and the topics are usually things like winter driving tips, back safety, the dangers of … --- ## [Afterlife: yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-yea-or-nay/612385)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afterlife-yea-or-nay/612385 "2012-02-12T20:50:22Z")
Whether you are a theist or atheist and firm in your believe or disbelief, or agnostic and unsure, would you like to know right now and definitively whether you will be conscious, in some form or fashion, after you die? … --- ## [Traveling for pleasure: How big a part of it is to try food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-for-pleasure-how-big-a-part-of-it-is-to-try-food/612465)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-for-pleasure-how-big-a-part-of-it-is-to-try-food/612465 "2012-02-12T20:21:17Z")
Poll coming up. Inspired by a discussion in another thread, this is my first poll and I am not an expert but I tried to make the questions non-leading and unbiased. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Benefits of dating someone who looks like yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-dating-someone-who-looks-like-yourself/611995)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benefits-of-dating-someone-who-looks-like-yourself/611995 "2012-02-12T19:52:48Z")
Almost exclusively dating someone who has similar hair color, skin color, weight, and height. People who date in such fashion always fascinate me. Even more so, that this is very common. This something I cannot ever im… --- ## [How do you afford to go on vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-afford-to-go-on-vacation/579119)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-afford-to-go-on-vacation/579119 "2012-02-12T19:34:12Z")
(Note: This is for people who are making ends meet and are even saving but by no means rich or even well-off.) I mean it. I know it’s a weird question, but here’s my issue. We make a decent salary between the two of us.… --- ## [No child left behind waived. What might my kid expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-child-left-behind-waived-what-might-my-kid-expect/612415)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-child-left-behind-waived-what-might-my-kid-expect/612415 "2012-02-12T18:54:33Z")
So Minnesota is one of the states that just got waived from having to comply with the no child left behind law. My son happens to be halfway through kindergarten at a MN public school. It’s a pretty good school in a Mi… --- ## [Kim Jong Un Dead or What's going On?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-dead-or-whats-going-on/612593)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-dead-or-whats-going-on/612593 "2012-02-12T18:51:20Z")
What is exactly going on? What do you think is going on? Kim Jong Un-Dead --- ## [Favority itunes U. podcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favority-itunes-u-podcasts/612617)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favority-itunes-u-podcasts/612617 "2012-02-12T18:49:58Z")
I had previously asked for podcast recommendations and found many many great series that were recommended. Now I am looking for itunes U recommendations. What are the best classes, individual lectures, etc. that you ha… --- ## [Is there a term for this typing brain glitch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-typing-brain-glitch/575748)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-typing-brain-glitch/575748 "2012-02-12T14:25:06Z")
I type fairly fast – about 90wpm with error correction. In the course of online chatting, I will often find myself making typing errors that are…well, neither missed keys nor grammatical in nature, but more representativ… --- ## [Tell me about any European cruises you've done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-any-european-cruises-youve-done/612578)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-any-european-cruises-youve-done/612578 "2012-02-12T06:34:05Z")
Backstory: it’s our 25th anniversary this year, and my wife would like to do something like a European river cruise. We’re really open to anything from Scandinavian to Baltic to Mediterranean and points in the vague vic… --- ## [You're transported back 100 years. Become famous doing nothing illegal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-transported-back-100-years-become-famous-doing-nothing-illegal/612061 "2012-02-12T05:57:53Z")
You’re transported back to 1912 armed with no physical items other than some basic period dress. No one knows (except for you) that you’re a time traveller, but you’re free to try and convince anyone who will listen to y… --- ## [For "Message Board Old-Timers" -- How many years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-message-board-old-timers-how-many-years/609281)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-message-board-old-timers-how-many-years/609281 "2012-02-12T02:35:09Z")
In How long have you been a “Message Board” person? which gathered 55 replies between 01-08-2012, 08:51 AM and 01-10-2012, 12:01 PM, 68 individuals (35.42% of those who voted) checked the “Over 16 years” option. It seem… --- ## [Matt Dillon vs. Rooster Cogburn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-dillon-vs-rooster-cogburn/612495)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-dillon-vs-rooster-cogburn/612495 "2012-02-11T22:52:48Z")
Duel of the Marshals. My money is on Rooster. Cogburn would shoot Dillon in the back with the Navy Colt, first chance he got. --- ## [Explain Los Angeles geography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-los-angeles-geography/612212)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-los-angeles-geography/612212 "2012-02-11T22:49:21Z")
I’ve never been to L.A. but I constantly hear references to its’ various areas and neighborhoods in movies, on TV, in music, and in podcasts, and I have no idea what they’re talking about. I assume “the Hills” are Bever… --- ## [What hats look best on short-haired women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-look-best-on-short-haired-women/611040)
**Author:** [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-look-best-on-short-haired-women/611040 "2012-02-11T21:34:06Z")
So I cut off most of my hair when we had 108-degree days this summer… it was a great idea then, but now that it’s getting colder, I can’t decide on the best way to keep my head warm. Tell me what sort of looks you like … --- ## [What's the best problem solving technique you've learned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-problem-solving-technique-youve-learned/612209)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-problem-solving-technique-youve-learned/612209 "2012-02-11T21:13:11Z")
I’m a computer science major, and I do research in AI/Machine learning. I think the biggest thing I learned from these fields is the notion of a subproblem\*. Oh sure, I understood it in theory before, but I realized when… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1572) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1574)