# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1666 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1667 --- ## [Did any American in the past 50 years ever really think that Jews have horns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-american-in-the-past-50-years-ever-really-think-that-jews-have-horns/595143)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-american-in-the-past-50-years-ever-really-think-that-jews-have-horns/595143 "2011-09-16T10:16:24Z")
I was just watching the (unbelievably excellent) movie Norma Rae (with the unbelievably sexy Sally Field) and there’s a scene where Sally’s character - a working class Southern girl - upon meeting a Jewish guy for the fi… --- ## [Is disillusion inevitable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-disillusion-inevitable/596433)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-disillusion-inevitable/596433 "2011-09-16T08:22:24Z")
I’ve had many experiences in which I started out very positive, excited, pleased with the situation, but then ended up disillusioned with the organization/career/etc. I didn’t end up bitter, but I did start thinking tha… --- ## [Facebook vs. Google+ .. Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-vs-google-opinions/596147)
**Author:** [@Dustin\_Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dustin_Jake)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-vs-google-opinions/596147 "2011-09-16T08:12:43Z")
I’m really enjoying Google’s new social network Google+. Lots of great privacy features and it feels a lot less cluttered and noisy (400+ friends is wayyy too much). Ironically, it feels a lot like Facebook used to abou… --- ## [Big house with no yard or small house with a big yard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-house-with-no-yard-or-small-house-with-a-big-yard/596170)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-house-with-no-yard-or-small-house-with-a-big-yard/596170 "2011-09-16T03:56:21Z")
You’ve moved to a new city and you’re buying a house. This city has only two types of houses that fall squarely into one of these two descriptions: A) a big house with no yard, like just a couple of feet all around, if… --- ## [When do you start feeling at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-start-feeling-at-home/596027)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-start-feeling-at-home/596027 "2011-09-16T03:53:20Z")
Several dopers have moved over the past few years, including me. So, fellow relocated dopers, care to share? Do you feel at home yet? Do you think you will? How long have you been at your new home Male or female? f… --- ## [Poll: Regarding Dio's Banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-regarding-dios-banning/596455)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-regarding-dios-banning/596455 "2011-09-16T03:06:38Z")
Phew boy, I really don’t know if the flak will be heavy for even posting this. Basically, there’s a thread going on in ATMB discussing Diogenes the Cynic’s recent banning. Everyone there is offering up opinions, and so… --- ## [How do I discuss loud neighbors with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-discuss-loud-neighbors-with-them/595927)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-discuss-loud-neighbors-with-them/595927 "2011-09-15T23:06:12Z")
I don’t wanna be the “fun-killer guy”, but it’s pretty damn loud music right now. As in, I can feel the bass through my feet. Do I go down there now and ask if this is gonna be a nightly thing? Talk to my landlord? I wor… --- ## [Okay, we've got flying cars. How shall we regulate them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-weve-got-flying-cars-how-shall-we-regulate-them/596201)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-weve-got-flying-cars-how-shall-we-regulate-them/596201 "2011-09-15T21:48:47Z")
Wise people will just answer the question. Wankers may demand details, which are hidden by the spoiler box below. It’s up to you. \[spoiler\]The other night, while playing poker with one Li Shufu, I was distracted at a c… --- ## [What is your first "I remember where I was when..." event?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-i-remember-where-i-was-when-event/596261)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-first-i-remember-where-i-was-when-event/596261 "2011-09-15T20:31:26Z")
I’m not looking for things that happened to you personally, like the death of a parent or sibling… I’m talking about something that happened that would be known to a large number of people. A significant event for your… --- ## [You're the President on 9/11 - What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-president-on-9-11-what-do-you-do/596232)
**Author:** [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-the-president-on-9-11-what-do-you-do/596232 "2011-09-15T20:30:58Z")
Ok. You’re the President of the United States. The White House Chief of Staff approaches you and whispers in your ear “A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack.” and then he steps back. Sitting there,… --- ## [Our country/the world would be much different if \_\_\_\_\_ were still alive today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-country-the-world-would-be-much-different-if-_____-were-still-alive-today/595950)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-country-the-world-would-be-much-different-if-_____-were-still-alive-today/595950 "2011-09-15T19:50:22Z")
Reasonably alive, I mean. John Lennon might still plausibly be around today: FDR, not so much. And though I don’t necessarily like him all that much, I think the past ten years would have been a bit different at least in… --- ## [Is "Dyke" derogatory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dyke-derogatory/593108)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dyke-derogatory/593108 "2011-09-15T18:46:15Z")
Before you tell me to, I searched and the internet can’t quite seem to agree, and half the hits are Yahoo answers, so yeah. Besides, taking the internet’s answer deprives me of all of your wit and charm! Perhaps this ca… --- ## [Have you switched power suppliers? Are you satisfied? What does one need to know before switching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-switched-power-suppliers-are-you-satisfied-what-does-one-need-to-know-before-switching/596243)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-switched-power-suppliers-are-you-satisfied-what-does-one-need-to-know-before-switching/596243 "2011-09-15T18:30:48Z")
So power in Pennsylvania has been deregulated, huzzah! There appears to be more than a few duped souls who switched to “variable” rates. How, I don’t know, since it’s fairly clearly spelled out on this website, http://ww… --- ## [What Was the Pre 9-11 Days Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-pre-9-11-days-like/595999)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-pre-9-11-days-like/595999 "2011-09-15T17:22:57Z")
Sometimes I reflect that the decade between the end of the Cold War and 9-11 were by probably the most peaceful days America had known since before World War I. So I’m asking what were the attitudes of people like in tho… --- ## [Have you been to the Panama Canal? Cruise recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-panama-canal-cruise-recommendations/596092)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-to-the-panama-canal-cruise-recommendations/596092 "2011-09-15T17:00:22Z")
I would love to travel on the Panama Canal, just once. Not just see the start of it, but actually traverse it. Looking on line there are approximately a gajillion or two options for doing this; obviously some of them… --- ## [Gift for a Baptism/Christening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-for-a-baptism-christening/423612)
**Author:** [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-for-a-baptism-christening/423612 "2011-09-15T14:59:55Z")
OK, I’m one of those SDMB atheists, and my wife’s not a whole lot more religious. We were invited by our closest ‘couple’ friends to the baptism of their baby, Marnie (female). What do we bring? About how much should … --- ## [Cat peeing everywhere (please help/ideas?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-peeing-everywhere-please-help-ideas/596099)
**Author:** [@Blisters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blisters)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-peeing-everywhere-please-help-ideas/596099 "2011-09-15T13:00:40Z")
I’m sorry if this is jumbled…I am trying to write this quickly. I know lots of folks on the SD are cat lovers, and nearly all of you are probably smarter than me! Any advice is appreciated. Too, I’m sorry if this is in t… --- ## [Medi-Dopers: How does one know when to go to the doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medi-dopers-how-does-one-know-when-to-go-to-the-doctor/595427)
**Author:** [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medi-dopers-how-does-one-know-when-to-go-to-the-doctor/595427 "2011-09-15T10:53:22Z")
I’ve been thinking about starting this thread for a while, but recent circumstances have prompted me to do so now. On Friday, I found out that my father has to have open heart surgery ASAP (possibly tomorrow; they’re doi… --- ## [How would you advise a novice computer user not to get phished](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-advise-a-novice-computer-user-not-to-get-phished/595690)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-advise-a-novice-computer-user-not-to-get-phished/595690 "2011-09-15T10:17:18Z")
So. Pretend you’re writing an email to a 70-year-old relative who’s had email for a while but doesn’t use the web much. They’ve heard that they can get their identity stolen by emails but don’t really know much about it.… --- ## [You are forced to become either Hasidic or Amish. Which do you choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-forced-to-become-either-hasidic-or-amish-which-do-you-choose/595906)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-forced-to-become-either-hasidic-or-amish-which-do-you-choose/595906 "2011-09-15T02:29:34Z")
Imagine that you MUST choose between living the rest of your life as either a Hasidic Jew or an Amish person. And you truly have to be fully into the religion, following it to the strictest commonly-accepted terms as exi… --- ## [Who has produced the greatest value of products by their own labors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-produced-the-greatest-value-of-products-by-their-own-labors/596279)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-produced-the-greatest-value-of-products-by-their-own-labors/596279 "2011-09-15T01:29:55Z")
I have just started reading Stradivari’s Genius and was surprised to discover that 600 or more of his instruments still survive. Assuming that they are all worth millions of dollars, he must have made over $1 billion wo… --- ## [Anyone else distressed about the 9/11 anniversary stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-distressed-about-the-9-11-anniversary-stuff/595668)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-distressed-about-the-9-11-anniversary-stuff/595668 "2011-09-14T23:00:14Z")
Yes, it was a tragedy. Many people died, and their loved ones still miss them. I understand that. But I still don’t think we need to wallow in the subject. At least, I don’t need it. I don’t want to hear the life st… --- ## [Ask a Juror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-juror/596323)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-juror/596323 "2011-09-14T21:55:06Z")
Just finished serving on a not-very-exciting two day personal injury lawsuit. I’m allowed to talk about anything, so ask away. --- ## [How to develop good speaking skills.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-develop-good-speaking-skills/596225)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-develop-good-speaking-skills/596225 "2011-09-14T20:00:55Z")
About three years ago this thread would have been about public speaking skills, but now it’s not. The reason being that public speaking is all about overcoming your fear of speaking in front of an audience, and I have fi… --- ## [Subaru owners: current gas mileage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subaru-owners-current-gas-mileage/594035)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subaru-owners-current-gas-mileage/594035 "2011-09-14T19:48:49Z")
I drive a 2008 Subaru Impreza 2.5i with manual. Back in June while being serviced, the dealer reset the computer, per a factory update. Ever since, the gas mileage has suffered. I used to routinely get 32mpg during th… --- ## [Are you a pet owner or a pet parent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-pet-owner-or-a-pet-parent/595874)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-pet-owner-or-a-pet-parent/595874 "2011-09-14T18:54:53Z")
There are a few pet food commercials that have replaced the words ‘pet owner’ with ‘pet parent’. I think this is because you’d pay 20 dollars for a 7 lb bag children kibble without batting an eye-- pet kibble, not so muc… --- ## [How much do your bio kids look like you? How closely do you resemble your bio parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-your-bio-kids-look-like-you-how-closely-do-you-resemble-your-bio-parents/595429)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-your-bio-kids-look-like-you-how-closely-do-you-resemble-your-bio-parents/595429 "2011-09-14T18:23:26Z")
Suggested, oddly enough, by the current thread aboutJurassic Park and the discussion therein about Ian Malcolm’s child. Feel free to contribute whether you or your child is is biracial or not. (It’s not like the word r… --- ## [South of Chicago - striking distance to the Museum of Science and Industry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-of-chicago-striking-distance-to-the-museum-of-science-and-industry/596233)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-of-chicago-striking-distance-to-the-museum-of-science-and-industry/596233 "2011-09-14T18:12:10Z")
Before I leave St. Louis, I want to hit the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. I don’t want to go actually into the city; the museum is all I want to do. I’d like to find a decent hotel area (Hampton Inn, Holida… --- ## [New: Google Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-flight/596222)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-google-flight/596222 "2011-09-14T17:46:24Z")
I think this is the right forum (travel?), but happened to see that Google has just started their new Google Flight today. Here is an article that explains it more in depth, but so far, I tried a few things and it seems… --- ## [What side is your vehicle's gas cap on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-is-your-vehicles-gas-cap-on/595619)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-side-is-your-vehicles-gas-cap-on/595619 "2011-09-14T17:36:44Z")
Poll forthcoming. Left on my Honda SI. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1665) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1667)