# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1771 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1772 --- ## [Weight Lifting Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/575768)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-lifting-question/575768 "2011-03-26T18:35:18Z")
I have 2 routines: upper body (bench press, pullups, dips, tri-curls, bi-curls, abs and variants) and lower body (squats, lunges, quad raises, calf raises, lower back and variants). I usually work out for a month and th… --- ## [Rapture Party ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapture-party-ideas/575899)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapture-party-ideas/575899 "2011-03-26T18:00:51Z")
My local atheist group wants to have a Rapture Party on May 21st. Any ideas for fun food, games, etc? --- ## [Confusing items on psychology test. Any psychologists out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-items-on-psychology-test-any-psychologists-out-there/576057)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confusing-items-on-psychology-test-any-psychologists-out-there/576057 "2011-03-26T16:31:19Z")
I recently participated in a study at a nearby university. Among other things I had to fill out a long personality/psychological test. Part of it lists a quality and asks me to rate myself as having that quality on a sc… --- ## [Roller Coasters and Simular Rides: Yes or No?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coasters-and-simular-rides-yes-or-no/63558)
**Author:** [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coasters-and-simular-rides-yes-or-no/63558 "2011-03-26T16:21:54Z")
What are your views on rollar coasters and other simular rides where you go upside down? I happen to hate them and everyone I know loves them, or can at least tolerate them. The last time one of my friends happened to pr… --- ## [Pet fur mitigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-fur-mitigation/576001)
**Author:** [@Curious3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curious3d)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-fur-mitigation/576001 "2011-03-26T05:15:30Z")
I have two long hair cats. Both shed with a vengeance. I clean the house once a week, I vacuum twice a week. At any given moment, If I had a good thunderstorm and the appropriate mad scientist equipment, I could create… --- ## [How much of a raise would you give/share with your SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-raise-would-you-give-share-with-your-so/575452)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-raise-would-you-give-share-with-your-so/575452 "2011-03-26T05:07:25Z")
I’m thinking of a % here. --- ## [Common cure-alls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cure-alls/575571 "2011-03-26T04:41:03Z")
Whenever I have some random aches or illnesses, I check out web md or wikipedia etc. and I often find the same advice: Exercise. Fiber. While I’m sure there are some diseases where exercise and fiber might be harmful … --- ## [What will you live to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-live-to-see/574612)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-you-live-to-see/574612 "2011-03-26T03:50:34Z")
What do you expect to see within your lifetime? Poll forthcoming. --- ## [A bit of philosophy..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-philosophy/576000)
**Author:** [@MatthewGerlach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MatthewGerlach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-philosophy/576000 "2011-03-26T00:34:00Z")
So I was basking in the sun this afternoon with a friend, and we started wondering; to what extent d’you think we need evidence to support our beliefs in different areas of ‘knowledge’… (e.g. reason, perception, languag… --- ## [Did you ever experience the death of somebody you respect but can't stand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-experience-the-death-of-somebody-you-respect-but-cant-stand/575940)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-experience-the-death-of-somebody-you-respect-but-cant-stand/575940 "2011-03-26T00:11:38Z")
This is a much shorter one than it should be- I owe the guy that much at least- but I met a guy many years ago when he was something of a teen prodigy at a book discussion group I went to. This guy definitely demanded y… --- ## [Was this traffic maneuver illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-traffic-maneuver-illegal/575972)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-traffic-maneuver-illegal/575972 "2011-03-25T20:44:58Z")
I left my house about an hour ago this morning heading to work, and at the four-way intersection by my house, I encountered something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before in my life. For traffic traveling north- or south… --- ## [Words you spelled wrong because you only heard them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spelled-wrong-because-you-only-heard-them/575662)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spelled-wrong-because-you-only-heard-them/575662 "2011-03-25T20:34:10Z")
Inverse thread. Naturally this will probably mostly apply to when you were a child and heard the words said out loud before you had a chance to read them. I discussed the “out of bounce” thing in another recent thread … --- ## [False dichotomies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-dichotomies/575685)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-dichotomies/575685 "2011-03-25T19:28:49Z")
Trying to come up with commonly used false dichotomies example Evolution OR Creation more? --- ## [Do Little Girls Really Like Unicorns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-little-girls-really-like-unicorns/575199)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-little-girls-really-like-unicorns/575199 "2011-03-25T19:26:54Z")
I always see on TV shows like the Simpsons and Arthur where the little girls are shown as loving unicorns. Is this true in real life? If you have a little girl or once were a little girl, do you/did you like unicorns? O… --- ## [Thoughts about Ocean City Maryland Vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-ocean-city-maryland-vacation/575735)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-ocean-city-maryland-vacation/575735 "2011-03-25T19:05:19Z")
We’ve decided to go to Ocean City, Maryland, for our family vacation this summer, and I’m looking for any thoughts you guys may have. We’ll have a 6 year old and a couple of 15 year olds, and we’re looking to stay as cl… --- ## [Who would hurt Obama's re-election chances the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-hurt-obamas-re-election-chances-the-most/572784)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-hurt-obamas-re-election-chances-the-most/572784 "2011-03-25T18:20:58Z")
Which of the following hypothetical opponents do you feel would do the most harm to Barack Obama’s chances of getting re-elected in 2012? Smith: A Democrat who is challenging him for the party’s nomination. Smith says t… --- ## [Things to do in DC area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-dc-area/574264)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-dc-area/574264 "2011-03-25T17:06:29Z")
My friend, his girlfriend, and I are taking a trip to DC next week. We have plans for the obvious things (national mall, national zoo, white house, two or three of the Smithsonians (the ‘main’ one, air & space, possibly … --- ## [Married Dopers, do you keep separate finances from your SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-do-you-keep-separate-finances-from-your-so/575624)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-dopers-do-you-keep-separate-finances-from-your-so/575624 "2011-03-25T16:12:01Z")
I’m not talking about each person having a small account on the side for discretionary spending or as a holdover from pre-marriage times. I’m talking about NO shared bank account. Person A deposits into one bank account … --- ## [What could the Japanese have done to have been better prepared for the tsunami?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-the-japanese-have-done-to-have-been-better-prepared-for-the-tsunami/575441)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-the-japanese-have-done-to-have-been-better-prepared-for-the-tsunami/575441 "2011-03-25T16:10:12Z")
As one of the world’s most technologically advanced nations, situated in the seismological Ring of Fire and constantly preparing for the next big one, Japan’s relative losses (while certainly still a tragedy) are probabl… --- ## [Did you draw with a Spirograph? Would kids today play with one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-draw-with-a-spirograph-would-kids-today-play-with-one/575208)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-draw-with-a-spirograph-would-kids-today-play-with-one/575208 "2011-03-25T15:47:37Z")
I have many happy memories drawing with a spirograph. Like this one. http://www.seriouscraft.com/files/images/spirograph\[1\].jpg Amazing all the patterns you could draw with those plastic circles. http://blogs.msdn.com… --- ## [Five Fingers - awesome or skeevy? Is there a gender divide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-fingers-awesome-or-skeevy-is-there-a-gender-divide/574235)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-fingers-awesome-or-skeevy-is-there-a-gender-divide/574235 "2011-03-25T15:04:23Z")
So I’m pretty weirded out by those Five Fingers shoes, that fit over your feet like a glove and supposedly make you feel like you’re barefoot. Not that I disagree that running barefoot feels better than running with sho… --- ## [Heat Pump vs Gas Furnance and AC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-pump-vs-gas-furnance-and-ac/575726)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-pump-vs-gas-furnance-and-ac/575726 "2011-03-25T14:56:39Z")
It looks like my 20 year old gas furnace is in need of some serious repair, so I need to consider purchasing a new unit. We don’t have central AC right now and while we really only need it about 12 to 14 days out of the… --- ## [Advice on going to Kandahar Afghanistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-going-to-kandahar-afghanistan/575893)
**Author:** [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-going-to-kandahar-afghanistan/575893 "2011-03-25T14:37:13Z")
Thanks to some drastic cost cutting measures by Secretary Gates, the previous position I held has been eliminated. Along with 1700 other white collar DoD Contractors I was scrambling to find something to keep the bills p… --- ## [Did You Know About Osama Bin Laden Before 9-11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-about-osama-bin-laden-before-9-11/575559)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-about-osama-bin-laden-before-9-11/575559 "2011-03-25T13:39:27Z")
Inspired by “Did You Know About WTC Before 9-11” Did you know about Osama Bin Laden before the September 11th terrorist attacks? --- ## [By what age do you need to provide financially for the rest of your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-age-do-you-need-to-provide-financially-for-the-rest-of-your-life/575935)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-age-do-you-need-to-provide-financially-for-the-rest-of-your-life/575935 "2011-03-25T13:22:14Z")
By what age do you think a person needs to be relatively financially secure before it’s too late for them to do anything significant (defined any way you like) about it, barring severe events like lottery-winning? On on… --- ## [Anyone using Windows Phone 7? Whatcha think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-windows-phone-7-whatcha-think/572279)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-windows-phone-7-whatcha-think/572279 "2011-03-25T13:14:22Z")
Mommypants and I are eligible for upgrades next month. I’m pretty sure were gonna go with Android, but I got a chance to play with a Windows Phone 7 device and started second guessing. The tile front screen isn’t very … --- ## [Questions that are always correct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-are-always-correct/575722)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-that-are-always-correct/575722 "2011-03-25T01:06:05Z")
Got this idea from games where you have to answer questions wrongly. Which questions are always answered correctly? I can only think of negatives of questions which have no answer, like “what is NOT the answer to world p… --- ## [Beautiful/striking/or interesting brick structures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-striking-or-interesting-brick-structures/575648)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-striking-or-interesting-brick-structures/575648 "2011-03-25T00:26:03Z")
I have to do a presentation in a couple of weeks at a place where the slogan is “building communities one brick at a time”. The brick is the official logo of the initiative. (I didn’t choose it and don’t particularly l… --- ## [Your favourite features of your childhood home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-features-of-your-childhood-home/574902)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-features-of-your-childhood-home/574902 "2011-03-25T00:09:40Z")
I’m wondering what kind of things, what kind of home improvement stuff, make a home attractive to a kid. Of course, all kids are different, but I would like to get some Doper memories and ideas. All of it have to be thin… --- ## [Military Dopers - How Did You Choose Your Military Branch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-how-did-you-choose-your-military-branch/575754)
**Author:** [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-dopers-how-did-you-choose-your-military-branch/575754 "2011-03-25T00:06:52Z")
I’m a lifelong civilian, and have never been interested in joining the military for a number of reasons. I’m a nonviolent person (don’t conflate this with being a pacifist, I just don’t want to shoot anyone), I like havi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1770) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1772)