# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1659 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1660 --- ## [Reputable Online Pen Dealers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-online-pen-dealers/597575)
**Author:** [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-online-pen-dealers/597575 "2011-09-27T19:45:59Z")
I’ve finally gotten sick of dealing with my Cross pens. The last straw is paying $6 per refill plus overseas shipping costs and having the plastic threads fail well before the ink runs out. I’d bop down to a stationer or… --- ## [Do you own a sewing machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-sewing-machine/596985)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-sewing-machine/596985 "2011-09-27T19:20:23Z")
(poll will be up once I figure out how to create one!) I’m not a particularly crafty person, and in an exchange with another person who I didn’t think was particularly crafty, she advised me in all seriousness to get ou… --- ## [Am I being too selfish? (Pregnancy/Family Dynamic Related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-too-selfish-pregnancy-family-dynamic-related/594462)
**Author:** [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-too-selfish-pregnancy-family-dynamic-related/594462 "2011-09-27T19:01:47Z")
I am having some family relations trouble, and I am hoping that turning to the dope will offer me some perspective. First, a little background: My relationship with my mother-in-law has always been a bit strained. She… --- ## [Would you have trouble being friends with someone involved in multi-level marketing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-trouble-being-friends-with-someone-involved-in-multi-level-marketing/597228)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-trouble-being-friends-with-someone-involved-in-multi-level-marketing/597228 "2011-09-27T18:54:39Z")
I’ve recently become acquainted with a couple who are big into a very popular multi-level marketing company. From all appearances, they’re some of the few who are extremely successful at it. A little Google snooping come… --- ## [What's your opinion on the tactics used by the more extreme anti-abortion crowd.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-tactics-used-by-the-more-extreme-anti-abortion-crowd/597383)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-the-tactics-used-by-the-more-extreme-anti-abortion-crowd/597383 "2011-09-27T18:51:30Z")
This idea has been brought up in a couple of threads. I’m not talking about the pro-life crowd, but the anti-abortion people who picket clinics, pass out literature, claim all women regret abortions but no women regrets… --- ## [Current mp3 players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-mp3-players/597773)
**Author:** [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-mp3-players/597773 "2011-09-27T18:49:10Z")
My iPod Nano is D-E-D, dead. I’m wondering if, beyond the hype, iPods are still the best thing out there. It’s so hard to filter out reviews for products that are a number of years old pr put out by horribly biased web… --- ## [Why in my bad headaches, does it throb badly over only one eye?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-my-bad-headaches-does-it-throb-badly-over-only-one-eye/597613)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-my-bad-headaches-does-it-throb-badly-over-only-one-eye/597613 "2011-09-27T18:28:57Z")
See subject. Thanks. --- ## [Do you have a Facebook account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-facebook-account/597714)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-facebook-account/597714 "2011-09-27T15:40:26Z")
Pretty easy question. I did, back in 2009 and really disliked it (seemed like just inane, useless updates). There was also some family drama that really turned me off. I thought about creating a new profile to see the… --- ## [Pregnancy question - What in the world is going on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-question-what-in-the-world-is-going-on-here/597669)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-question-what-in-the-world-is-going-on-here/597669 "2011-09-27T15:15:18Z")
First let me say I did call my doctor and left a message and I expect a callback sometime in the next hour or so. I am about 32 weeks into pregnancy that has so far been pretty straightforward but for the past couple of… --- ## [Applied for a job online. Should/when do I follow up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applied-for-a-job-online-should-when-do-i-follow-up/597734)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applied-for-a-job-online-should-when-do-i-follow-up/597734 "2011-09-27T14:17:12Z")
On the 15th I submitted my resume and an email cover letter, complete with a link to my online portfolio (as requested), to a company in response to a job posting that matched my skills (writing and editing) and experien… --- ## [Wedding advice needed: Tipping the vendors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-advice-needed-tipping-the-vendors/597462)
**Author:** [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-advice-needed-tipping-the-vendors/597462 "2011-09-27T13:17:42Z")
I’ll be getting married in two weeks, which is super exciting, but my guy & I need a bit of advice on tipping. We have, currently, only two kinds of vendors. A photographer who is family & giving us a family rate, and t… --- ## [Physical therapists - help with case review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-therapists-help-with-case-review/597561)
**Author:** [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-therapists-help-with-case-review/597561 "2011-09-27T13:10:57Z")
I am applying for a reviewer position and they sent me this case study to work on. I have a good idea what I would recommend but I wanted to throw it out there to all you wonderful PTs. Any opinions, input, etc. will b… --- ## [Who is Worth Following on Twitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-worth-following-on-twitter/596710)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-worth-following-on-twitter/596710 "2011-09-27T10:38:14Z")
Twitter can provide a feed of the day’s news, or a quick comic remark. Some groups make too many posts (NPR) so I dropped them. Some are not funny (Colbert). I do enjoy the NZ Spokesbird (@Spokesbird). Rachel Maddow and … --- ## [What is the most painful thing you can think of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-painful-thing-you-can-think-of/596230)
**Author:** [@Igrapeape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Igrapeape)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-painful-thing-you-can-think-of/596230 "2011-09-27T07:24:45Z")
I’m curious what you think is the most painful thing which can be done to our body is. At first I started out putting medical procedure, but I can remember a few times which weren’t medical procedures, like while in ser… --- ## [Please, a little help from PTs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-little-help-from-pts/597595)
**Author:** [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-a-little-help-from-pts/597595 "2011-09-27T05:32:19Z")
Physical therapists - help with case review (I had this in General Discussion cuz it dealt with objective data but Colibri says it goes here instead. But it never got moved so I am re-posting it because I really really… --- ## [People who consume violent movies and games, are you still sensitive to media of real violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-consume-violent-movies-and-games-are-you-still-sensitive-to-media-of-real-violence/597461)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-consume-violent-movies-and-games-are-you-still-sensitive-to-media-of-real-violence/597461 "2011-09-27T00:06:54Z")
I’m about to leave to go play Gears of war 3 with a friend. He thought it would be nice to send me a video of two Mexican men being beheaded; one with a chainsaw and the other with a knife. I very stupidly watched it. A… --- ## [How does this computer system stack up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-computer-system-stack-up/597539)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-computer-system-stack-up/597539 "2011-09-26T23:58:03Z")
This will be the house work horse, but I also need it for gaming (Mainly Civilization V). I would appreciate knowledgeable Dopers thoughts about the system as a whole: Specs: Processor: Intel Core i7 2600 3.4ghz 8mb R… --- ## [Legal issues of self-defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-issues-of-self-defense/593479)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-issues-of-self-defense/593479 "2011-09-26T22:00:17Z")
I know, you are not my lawyer, I am not your client, blah blah blah. I am imagining scenarios that haven’t happened to me and simply trying to think about the ramifications if they ever did Here in Wisconsin a bill leg… --- ## [Do you like state fairs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-state-fairs/597440)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-state-fairs/597440 "2011-09-26T20:45:35Z")
Yesterday I attended the Puyallup Fair, a huge fair located near Tacoma, for the whole day. I spent most of the time looking at student’s art projects, hobby collections, livestock and other animals, and eating tons of … --- ## [long-time lurker, new poster needs advice about careers and life and stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-new-poster-needs-advice-about-careers-and-life-and-stuff/593669)
**Author:** [@Amanda\_the\_Wuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amanda_the_Wuss)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-time-lurker-new-poster-needs-advice-about-careers-and-life-and-stuff/593669 "2011-09-26T19:21:53Z")
Hi everyone. I’ve lurked the Dope on and off for several years, but only now worked up the courage to post. I hope this post isn’t going to come across as whiny or immature, but I need advice and I’ve always been amaze… --- ## [Are you closer to the parent of the same gender, or the opposite one.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-closer-to-the-parent-of-the-same-gender-or-the-opposite-one/597239)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-closer-to-the-parent-of-the-same-gender-or-the-opposite-one/597239 "2011-09-26T17:57:38Z")
This thread is aimed at persons who have one person they have considered Mother since childhood and another they have considered Father. I don’t really care about the marital status of those two people, or whether they w… --- ## [Please recommend me a shaving kit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-me-a-shaving-kit/597263)
**Author:** [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-me-a-shaving-kit/597263 "2011-09-26T16:57:38Z")
Finally sick of my lame Gillette twin-atra-whatever and the rising price of its replacement blades, I’d like to switch over to a classic shaving kit: safety razor, blades, brush, mug, soap. What’s your favorite? I know … --- ## [Whitehouse.gov's We The People leads to 15,000+ sig petition to change TSA.Will the policy change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-govs-we-the-people-leads-to-15-000-sig-petition-to-change-tsa-will-the-policy-change/597451)
**Author:** [@Novealphtang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novealphtang)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitehouse-govs-we-the-people-leads-to-15-000-sig-petition-to-change-tsa-will-the-policy-change/597451 "2011-09-26T16:43:09Z")
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/abolish-tsa-and-use-its-monstrous-budget-fund-more-sophisticated-less-intrusive-counter-terrorism/c7L94bFB Interestingly,ultra liberal Village Voice is the only major new… --- ## [Dogs in the office — are there limits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-the-office-are-there-limits/597109)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-the-office-are-there-limits/597109 "2011-09-26T16:29:23Z")
So everybody knows that people bringing their dogs into the office makes the workplace a hip, fun, relaxed, enjoyable, stress-free, life-affirming, good-looking, Heaven-on-Earth. This is due in no small part to the irref… --- ## [Wife hates it when I LIE to door-to-door salesmen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-hates-it-when-i-lie-to-door-to-door-salesmen/597330)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-hates-it-when-i-lie-to-door-to-door-salesmen/597330 "2011-09-26T16:15:35Z")
Like most people I really, really hate door-to-door salespeople. So much so that I have come up with several stock lies to dispose of them as quickly as possible. My most recent one is to tell the home-remodeling salesp… --- ## [Vancouver or Victoria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-or-victoria/597460)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vancouver-or-victoria/597460 "2011-09-26T15:28:06Z")
Heading to Seattle is a little while for a long weekend. Would have liked a few more days but that’s the way it is. Considering a short side trip up to Canada and was planning Vancouver initially. But Victoria was recomm… --- ## [How do you know when you're being fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youre-being-fired/597590)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-when-youre-being-fired/597590 "2011-09-26T15:15:17Z")
Ok, here’s the situation. I work at this sales job where you’re expected to meet monthly quotas. If you don’t make it, the president calls you into his office where he asks you to sign a paper in which you agree to work… --- ## [Resume Email Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-email-help/597635)
**Author:** [@TurningJapanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TurningJapanese)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-email-help/597635 "2011-09-26T08:17:24Z")
Help please? I was recently laid off and I’m getting my resume together. I haven’t sent out a resume in years so I am at a loss on some of the newer etiquette. My problem is my email… example… say my name is Jane Q Pub… --- ## [Is it unprofessional to say, "Whats up?" when answering a phone call from your boss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unprofessional-to-say-whats-up-when-answering-a-phone-call-from-your-boss/597229)
**Author:** [@K-MAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K-MAN)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unprofessional-to-say-whats-up-when-answering-a-phone-call-from-your-boss/597229 "2011-09-26T04:40:03Z")
Quick question, do you think it’s unprofessional to say, “Whats up?” when answering a phone call from your boss, that you know well. This has been a debate of others, and would like to know your Humble Opinion… --- ## [Person who doesn't get "the system"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-who-doesnt-get-the-system/597373)
**Author:** [@Igrapeape](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Igrapeape)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-who-doesnt-get-the-system/597373 "2011-09-26T03:40:22Z")
Reading the Amway thread, I wonder if you have ever met someone who just didn’t understand how “the system” works. I’d call a large portion of people on this site above to well above average in intelligence. As I’ve to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1658) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1660)