# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1590 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1591 --- ## [Crappy Products That Simply "Look Like" The Real Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-products-that-simply-look-like-the-real-thing/609409)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crappy-products-that-simply-look-like-the-real-thing/609409 "2012-01-17T17:50:50Z")
Lately I’ve run across products of such shitty quality that all you can really say is they look like a real product. An old-time example would be “American cheese”. Whether you like it or not, you have to agree that it’s… --- ## [Wow I almost died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-almost-died/609757)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-i-almost-died/609757 "2012-01-17T17:44:46Z")
I have had asthma from a young age, I’ve never had an attack bad enough that it required hospitalization. Its normally pretty mild, with occasional flareups. For years I used Primatene Mist rescue inhaler as I found it … --- ## [How do prepaid Credit Cards work? Are they a good idea on the Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-prepaid-credit-cards-work-are-they-a-good-idea-on-the-internet/609373)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-prepaid-credit-cards-work-are-they-a-good-idea-on-the-internet/609373 "2012-01-17T17:12:22Z")
I’ve seen racks of empty credit cards at the grocery stores. I haven’t used one before. I’m guessing you take them to the courtesy booth and pay a certain amount to fill it? Then use it until the money is gone or you r… --- ## [I think I want to become Arduino-savvy. Tell me what I'm getting into.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-want-to-become-arduino-savvy-tell-me-what-im-getting-into/609790)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-want-to-become-arduino-savvy-tell-me-what-im-getting-into/609790 "2012-01-17T16:39:36Z")
I am intriguiged by the Arduino, a cheap programmable computer board that hobbyists and artists have embraced to create gadgets and art projects. I think I might enjoy tinkering with the thing. I am handy and intellegent… --- ## [How do you feel about sharing food/drink with your SO or Close Relative? Grossed Out or No Problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-sharing-food-drink-with-your-so-or-close-relative-grossed-out-or-no-problem/609638)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-sharing-food-drink-with-your-so-or-close-relative-grossed-out-or-no-problem/609638 "2012-01-17T15:55:36Z")
If your So didn’t finish their steak. Would you put it on your plate and finish it off? How about a Can of Soda. Do you have any phobias about passing the can back and forth with your So? How about licking your SO’s … --- ## [Ever operated heavy machinery while drunk or on meds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-operated-heavy-machinery-while-drunk-or-on-meds/609693)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-operated-heavy-machinery-while-drunk-or-on-meds/609693 "2012-01-17T15:03:42Z")
You know how med bottles warn you that pills may impair the ability to operate heavy machinery… Have you ever done so, to see what it would be like? Or doing it while drunk or high?Like hopping on a tractor in an impair… --- ## [What to do? (Work question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-work-question/609580)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-work-question/609580 "2012-01-17T15:03:24Z")
I am currently on maternity leave from my job and scheduled to go back on the 20th of this month. While my job has been pretty wonderful overall they are real sticklers about lateness and PTO. In another thread I asked… --- ## [During dating, when is it a good time to reveal one's issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-dating-when-is-it-a-good-time-to-reveal-ones-issues/609778)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-dating-when-is-it-a-good-time-to-reveal-ones-issues/609778 "2012-01-17T14:32:55Z")
So I’ve met this girl, and we have been seeing each other for about three weeks. I guess we are quite into each other. However, deep down I feel as if I am stringing her along because I am still managing my depression a… --- ## [Taliban Terrorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-terrorists/609383)
**Author:** [@Zep\_Tepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zep_Tepi)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-terrorists/609383 "2012-01-17T05:25:37Z")
Could someone please explain to me that it is fine to kill a Taliban terrorist, in fact you will be praised for it, but you cannot pee on them. That is definitely a no, no. :confused: --- ## [Medical Urban Legend? Bean Inhalation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-urban-legend-bean-inhalation/122014)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-urban-legend-bean-inhalation/122014 "2012-01-16T22:57:08Z")
A nurse who works part-time at my hospital tells this story he swears is true. Maybe you’ve heard this before, but I can’t find a reference to it on Google, so I’m trying y’all… A little boy somehow inhaled a bean up hi… --- ## [Triple Assassination in 1865, Alternate History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-assassination-in-1865-alternate-history/609740)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-assassination-in-1865-alternate-history/609740 "2012-01-16T22:44:10Z")
This comes from the Lincoln Assassination thread in which it assumes that the conspirators were successful in killing Lincoln, Seward, and Johnson. A poster stated: Had this happened, what about American History would… --- ## [Why Are Our DVDs and VCRs Not Working Any More?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-our-dvds-and-vcrs-not-working-any-more/609582)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-our-dvds-and-vcrs-not-working-any-more/609582 "2012-01-16T21:39:43Z")
Over the years we have purchased quite a few DVD players and VCRS. Of late, our DVDs will not play on some DVD players, some DVD players will only play some DVDS, some will not play any DVDs at all. Same with our VCRS … … --- ## [Good, easy-to-implement time/life managment techniques?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-easy-to-implement-time-life-managment-techniques/609652)
**Author:** [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-easy-to-implement-time-life-managment-techniques/609652 "2012-01-16T21:32:43Z")
I’m coming out of several years of being lazy and “going with the flow,” trying to get a jump back in and start working to improve myself and my life. It’s actually looking up; I’m doing better than I have in years at be… --- ## [Synagogue or Temple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synagogue-or-temple/609664)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synagogue-or-temple/609664 "2012-01-16T21:22:40Z")
What term do you use to refer to Jewish places of worship? --- ## [Silly question: Why do people use drugs? (Narcotics & Mary Jane))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-question-why-do-people-use-drugs-narcotics-mary-jane/609645 "2012-01-16T20:58:18Z")
I found an online recording of the IQ2US debate, “Is America to Blame for Mexico’s Drug War?” A big part of the debate was the fact that the US is the world’s leader in drug use. Ok, let me ask a silly question, I neve… --- ## [Harry Reid on MTP: Most productive Congress ever?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-reid-on-mtp-most-productive-congress-ever/609725)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-reid-on-mtp-most-productive-congress-ever/609725 "2012-01-16T20:24:55Z")
While watching Meet the Press this past Sunday, I saw Harry Reid being interviewed by David Gregory. In it, Reid proclaimed that last year’s Congress was “the most productive Congress in the history of Congress”. :dubio… --- ## [a cheap date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cheap-date/609689)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cheap-date/609689 "2012-01-16T20:18:59Z")
Are you a cheap date? --- ## [Who's your favourite leader of the USSR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favourite-leader-of-the-ussr/608612)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favourite-leader-of-the-ussr/608612 "2012-01-16T20:05:32Z")
So, here’s your chance to vote for your personal favourite leader of the Soviet Union. Feel free to use whatever criteria you want—base your choice on looks, political skill, economic policy, personal buffoonery, milita… --- ## [What are the meanings and origins of these phrases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-meanings-and-origins-of-these-phrases/609648)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-meanings-and-origins-of-these-phrases/609648 "2012-01-16T17:48:27Z")
“Be true to yourself.” “Be yourself.” (1) What is the meaning of each of these phrases? (2) What is the origin of each of these phrases? (3) Why are these phrases so popular in the mainstream American mass media? I … --- ## [Why does Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger always look unshaven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-steelers-quarterback-ben-roethlisberger-always-look-unshaven/609584)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-steelers-quarterback-ben-roethlisberger-always-look-unshaven/609584 "2012-01-16T14:24:27Z")
Even in his wedding photo. Is it just some aspect of the way his skin photographs, or is he really going around with a 5 o’clock shadow all the time. --- ## [What are your most-viewed threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-most-viewed-threads/609624 "2012-01-16T14:08:21Z")
These are my top 12: Threads Started By: Zeldar Thread / Thread Starter Last Post Replies Views Forum “Deadwood” Actors: Where are they now? ( 1 2) Zeldar 10-26-2011 06:51 AM by sdrinkwater 86 14,865 Cafe Socie… --- ## [Should I donate to Wikipedia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-donate-to-wikipedia/608789)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-donate-to-wikipedia/608789 "2012-01-16T07:51:18Z")
Looks like the most recent donation drive just ended. I’m still thinking about it, though. On one hand, it’s the most complete general database in the world, and it’s been invaluable to me on numerous subjects. On the… --- ## [How to integrate a new dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-integrate-a-new-dog/609597)
**Author:** [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-integrate-a-new-dog/609597 "2012-01-16T07:30:21Z")
My GF and I were at Petsmart yesterday afternoon and adopted a rescue dog. He’s so ugly he’s cute. :slight\_smile: I need to know the best way to integrate the new dog with our existing dogs. The new dog is a neutered ma… --- ## [Which of these two virtual statue designs do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-two-virtual-statue-designs-do-you-prefer/609628)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-two-virtual-statue-designs-do-you-prefer/609628 "2012-01-16T04:01:52Z")
These two statues are parts of a game I play. They may not both be used, you must select one statue to be a part of your play area. Do you prefer the white and gold one (image one) or the blue-green one (image two)? I… --- ## [Let's Talk Tipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-tipping/608124)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-tipping/608124 "2012-01-16T01:52:06Z")
The wife and I are now only about three months away from our East Coast USA tour. As this will be our first time in the US in seven years and the first time this century anywhere on the mainland, we’re out of it as far a… --- ## [What is a "militant" atheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-militant-atheist/609202)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-militant-atheist/609202 "2012-01-16T01:20:34Z")
Discussions of atheism always seem to devolve into spats about how nasty and unpleasant “militant” atheists are. But I don’t think I have seen a good definition of what constitutes militancy in atheism. Hence this poll. … --- ## [Have A Spare $185,000? Create a Top Level Domain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-spare-185-000-create-a-top-level-domain/609588)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-spare-185-000-create-a-top-level-domain/609588 "2012-01-16T00:48:22Z")
From the WSJ Link http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203471004577145132261409846.html What do you think? I think it’s good that the Internet will have non-Latin character domains, though I do understand th… --- ## [Suggest important websites in which to register my unique ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-important-websites-in-which-to-register-my-unique-id/609550)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-important-websites-in-which-to-register-my-unique-id/609550 "2012-01-15T20:02:54Z")
I’m thinking about getting my own website which will have a fairly unique moniker. When I get it, I’d like to register it as my user ID on the more important and significant websites. Twitter comes to mind, but do you … --- ## [Brutal rape and murder in South Africa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brutal-rape-and-murder-in-south-africa/609428)
**Author:** [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brutal-rape-and-murder-in-south-africa/609428 "2012-01-15T18:46:44Z")
I just read the most disturbing news story. My friends are calling for the death penalty for Kotze but I’m confused as to why the men he held at gunpoint and forced to rape his ex-wife are being arrested. What would you… --- ## [Memory foam mattress too hot - solutions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-too-hot-solutions/609608)
**Author:** [@hobscrk777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobscrk777)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memory-foam-mattress-too-hot-solutions/609608 "2012-01-15T17:53:25Z")
I bought a Serta mattress with an attached (i.e. built-in) memory foam topper about a year ago, and I’ve decided that the thing is just too hot to sleep comfortably. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone have an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1589) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1591)