# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1583 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1584 --- ## [Facebook to force Timeline. A step too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-to-force-timeline-a-step-too-far/610594)
**Author:** [@FixMyIgnorance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FixMyIgnorance)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-to-force-timeline-a-step-too-far/610594 "2012-01-28T02:25:06Z")
This is about the recent switch to the current Facebook format to the new Timeline format. The main difference is that the Timeline makes it much easier to access posts/pictures from all previous years, whereas now if yo… --- ## [Suggestions for Sales Literature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-sales-literature/610925)
**Author:** [@Mgalindo13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mgalindo13)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-sales-literature/610925 "2012-01-28T02:20:08Z")
Recently I have been asked to take on a role in sales at my company. I have spent the last decade in marketing/public relations and previous to that I worked in IT. I’m excited about the opportunity, but I have next to… --- ## [\[Creating an\] Evil Genius](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-an-evil-genius/610869)
**Author:** [@DeeZee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeeZee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-an-evil-genius/610869 "2012-01-28T02:06:55Z")
I saw a baby on you tube doing a perfect evil genius laugh and got thinking. I’ve no qualms about human experimentation. What would be the best way to go about creating an evil genius? I have access to potential test su… --- ## [Do Internet Discussions Ever Change Your Mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-internet-discussions-ever-change-your-mind/610850)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-internet-discussions-ever-change-your-mind/610850 "2012-01-28T01:44:01Z")
On other boards (and perhaps here) every now and then somebody dismisses a hot discussion as being “only the internet, no-one listens or changes their mind, same old etc…” Others then agree or the conversation just dies. … --- ## [Lawyers, historians, anybody with a brain? (Don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-historians-anybody-with-a-brain-dont-need-answer-fast/610661)
**Author:** [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-historians-anybody-with-a-brain-dont-need-answer-fast/610661 "2012-01-28T01:05:37Z")
The following was posted by a recognized doofus in a discussion that started out being about business registration and taxes, that sort of thing. I know it’s pretty far out there, but I thought I’d throw it out here, in… --- ## [How to best train a new co-worker (tech training)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-train-a-new-co-worker-tech-training/608986)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-train-a-new-co-worker-tech-training/608986 "2012-01-28T00:28:47Z")
I work at an electronics repair warehouse, been here for almost two years, recently, the department manager has started handing me some more managerial tasks, although nothing’s been put down on paper, I get the feeling … --- ## [Is there any reason to have Twitter if you are not a celeb stalker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-reason-to-have-twitter-if-you-are-not-a-celeb-stalker/610792 "2012-01-28T00:07:03Z")
I’ve been trying to figure this out because I feel like my wife and I are the only people in the world under the age of 40 without Twitter accounts. Are we missing something? Best as I can tell most people use it to st… --- ## [DAE think Bill Gates could put his money to better use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dae-think-bill-gates-could-put-his-money-to-better-use/610807)
**Author:** [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dae-think-bill-gates-could-put-his-money-to-better-use/610807 "2012-01-27T23:19:18Z")
The recent headline Bill Dates Donates $750 Million to help fight AIDS, TB, Malaria, got me thinking. Does anyone else think that better could be done with this kind of money? Maybe it’s not PC to say, but while saving l… --- ## [WTF was going on with Norse mythology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-going-on-with-norse-mythology/610597)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-going-on-with-norse-mythology/610597 "2012-01-27T22:29:32Z")
So I’m a big Norse mythology fan and also kinda into studying proto-indoeuropean language and religion. And it’s obvious, to me that is, that something weird was up with Norse mythology, at least in the form as its been … --- ## [Does your laptop have a Pointstick...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-laptop-have-a-pointstick/610480)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-laptop-have-a-pointstick/610480 "2012-01-27T21:25:54Z")
If so, do you use it? I have a new Dell work laptop with the pointstick (the button in the keyboard that works as a mouse). I HATE it! I remember these damn things from the 90s and thought they went away with trackpad… --- ## [Totally unneccesary business email replies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-unneccesary-business-email-replies/610895)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-unneccesary-business-email-replies/610895 "2012-01-27T21:21:17Z")
I’d think that the only time you REALLY need to reply to a business email is if you are either A) answering a question B) asking a follow-up question C) confirming/revising/rejecting/providing important info D) ackno… --- ## [Help Learning C++ (for a C programmer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-learning-c-for-a-c-programmer/609907)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-learning-c-for-a-c-programmer/609907 "2012-01-27T21:20:31Z")
I’m no stranger learning new languages, having learned 4\* of completely different paradigms in half a year, as well as several frameworks, but I’m having trouble with C++. I know the answer is “do something in it” 99% of… --- ## [Your Stephen King Time Travel Portal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stephen-king-time-travel-portal/610861)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-stephen-king-time-travel-portal/610861 "2012-01-27T21:20:02Z")
I am reading 11/23/63 (no spoilers, please–I am avoiding the thread on the book, as I am still reading it!). The hero encounters a time portal, taking him back always to the same May afternoon in 1958; he can come and g… --- ## [Your Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Famous People's if you know any](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-alcoholic-beverage-choice-and-famous-peoples-if-you-know-any/610355 "2012-01-27T20:34:17Z")
I’ve been mostly a beer lover since high school days. I still love beer (Beck,s or the likes) but as beer messes with my stomach so much I’ve been switching over to hard drinks: either whisky shooters or martini (I’m not… --- ## [Hey, dudes! Let's get the British Empire back together!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dudes-lets-get-the-british-empire-back-together/610616)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dudes-lets-get-the-british-empire-back-together/610616 "2012-01-27T19:37:18Z")
Inspired by this thread. Let’s go the other way! Brits, forget that Revolution, you win! Let America come home to Mother Britannia! Of course, we’ll have to have a slightly different arrangement this time, no taxatio… --- ## [Israel thinks Iran is bluffing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-thinks-iran-is-bluffing/610838)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-thinks-iran-is-bluffing/610838 "2012-01-27T18:43:09Z")
Israeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt on the widespread assumption that a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would set off a catastrophic set of events like a regional con… --- ## [Parenting advice about a picky eater...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-advice-about-a-picky-eater/610501)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parenting-advice-about-a-picky-eater/610501 "2012-01-27T17:20:31Z")
And the picky eater in question is only ten months old, and I’m not even sure she’s “picky”, it may be her lack of teeth bothering her. Anyway, here is the situation: My daughter is a congenitally slow eater. She’s also… --- ## [What do you do when you need reassurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-need-reassurance/610166)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-need-reassurance/610166 "2012-01-27T16:18:54Z")
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I need the kind of reassurance a child needs. Somebody telling me that yes, I did good, that I am good, good enough, that it will be allright. And they have to make me believe it. Wh… --- ## [Need cat help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cat-help/610596)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-cat-help/610596 "2012-01-27T16:15:54Z")
And yes there arepictures. Saturday night, I adopted a roaming neighborhood cat who followed me home. Took him to the vet, he is about a year old, intact (soon to be rectified), no microchip, but thankfully negative for… --- ## [Doctor prescribed a medicine that is being phased out ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-prescribed-a-medicine-that-is-being-phased-out/610865)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-prescribed-a-medicine-that-is-being-phased-out/610865 "2012-01-27T15:32:50Z")
… by the government and manufacturer because "there is no substantive scientific evidence to support the classification of serratiopeptidase as a medicinal product. " what should i do? should i take it anyway or what? L… --- ## [How can Madonna Badger not kill herself or go insane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-madonna-badger-not-kill-herself-or-go-insane/607687)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-madonna-badger-not-kill-herself-or-go-insane/607687 "2012-01-27T15:01:08Z")
No, not because her name is “Madonna Badger,” though frankly that is grounds for killing oneself or going insane. Those of us on the East Coast have been reading about this ghastly story: All three of her children dea… --- ## [Carbonite and other Off Site Storage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonite-and-other-off-site-storage/610560)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbonite-and-other-off-site-storage/610560 "2012-01-26T01:26:25Z")
Anybody use Carbonite (or a similar backup/storage service?) Anybody like it? Techie questions… A backup service needs to protect me from myself. What if I erase a file or folder. How long before the backup service a… --- ## [How many different prescription meds do you take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-prescription-meds-do-you-take/609535)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-different-prescription-meds-do-you-take/609535 "2012-01-27T06:35:52Z")
Inspired by this thread. The OP of that thread is 50 and takes none. She wonders if she’s an anomaly. I will be 54 in less than a month and don’t take anything either. But now that I think of it, most people in my peer … --- ## [Bible Stories That Can't Be True](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-stories-that-cant-be-true/610580)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bible-stories-that-cant-be-true/610580 "2012-01-27T03:50:32Z")
Here, Cecil discussed the ‘missing day’. What other Bible stories cannot be taken literally? For instance, my current favorite is the angel who prevents Abraham from murdering Isaac. Angels? Really? C’mon, this must be … --- ## [The American Way of Death: what has changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-way-of-death-what-has-changed/610466)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-way-of-death-what-has-changed/610466 "2012-01-27T03:39:30Z")
Wife upsells computers, I upsell stuffed animals. Yeah, that might seem backwards. :wink: Anyway, daughter wants to become a funeral director, and thinks that we think it’s icky. Okay, it is, as I have always preferr… --- ## [How do you define your "age group"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-your-age-group/609735)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-your-age-group/609735 "2012-01-27T02:00:55Z")
When you find out how old somebody else is, how many years difference in your and their ages do you accept as “same age group”? Poll on the way. Anonymous. One vote per Doper. --- ## [How young is too young to leave your child at home alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-young-is-too-young-to-leave-your-child-at-home-alone/610500)
**Author:** [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-young-is-too-young-to-leave-your-child-at-home-alone/610500 "2012-01-27T01:59:34Z")
My daughter is 8. We live in a secure compound with neighbours upstairs 90% of the time. I have left her on her own before to walk to the corner shop and back and last night I left her for 45 minutes to go and look at a … --- ## [Best debate subject of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-debate-subject-of-all-time/610769)
**Author:** [@ballardfam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ballardfam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-debate-subject-of-all-time/610769 "2012-01-27T01:52:07Z")
Not just on this site but of any board. And not the neverending ones like religion vs atheism. Thinking of the kind that is topical. I’ve intermittently posted on various debate boards and have read some great posts/t… --- ## [Pub attire. What does it mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-attire-what-does-it-mean-to-you/610643)
**Author:** [@automagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/automagic)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pub-attire-what-does-it-mean-to-you/610643 "2012-01-27T00:08:09Z")
Say you are invited somewhere and the host requests pub attire, what would you wear? --- ## [Need answer fast! What are good "weaknesses" to tell your boss you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-are-good-weaknesses-to-tell-your-boss-you-have/610600)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-are-good-weaknesses-to-tell-your-boss-you-have/610600 "2012-01-26T23:47:40Z")
Actually, this is to tell my boss so he can tell \*his \*boss. Boss’s boss (call her “A”) has asked for a list of all boss’s direct reports’ strengths and weaknesses. We’re not sure why, but probably A is going to reassign… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1582) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1584)