# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1775 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1776 --- ## [Hearts don't start beating differently for no reason, right? right??!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearts-dont-start-beating-differently-for-no-reason-right-right/575151)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearts-dont-start-beating-differently-for-no-reason-right-right/575151 "2011-03-20T11:02:09Z")
This thread is inspired by a non-diagnosis given by my doctor. I love my doctor, she has been great… but when I started having heart flutters over a month ago and a rapid heartbeat (90-100bpm) every day all day (even sl… --- ## [I'm All For Women's Right's, But I Think...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-for-womens-rights-but-i-think/573997)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-all-for-womens-rights-but-i-think/573997 "2011-03-20T05:32:39Z")
I was watching an old episode of Designing Women and Suzanne says OK without getting too serious about this…Ladies please finish the sentence I’m all for women’s right but I think the man should…XXX What would you re… --- ## [Is is ok to bug people about RSVP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-is-ok-to-bug-people-about-rsvp/575264)
**Author:** [@Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-is-ok-to-bug-people-about-rsvp/575264 "2011-03-20T01:56:10Z")
My daughter’s 5th birthday party will be in one week and we gave invitations out 2.5 weeks ago. This is the first year that she’s been able to name specific kids from nursery school that she likes, so this will be her fi… --- ## [Did this driver do anything wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-driver-do-anything-wrong/574929)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-driver-do-anything-wrong/574929 "2011-03-20T00:04:36Z")
The scene: A stoplight-controlled intersection on a heavily-traveled road. Three lanes of traffic plus a left-turn-only lane. On the right, no more than about 30 feet before the intersection (maybe less), there’s a driv… --- ## [The Experience Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-experience-engine/575293)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-experience-engine/575293 "2011-03-19T23:46:57Z")
Someone creates a machine that can (through the power of whatever scientific or magical mumbo-jumbo you want to imagine) put you into the mind of anyone in history to experience anything they experienced. You will see w… --- ## [Men's Restroom Etiquette Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-restroom-etiquette-poll/575090)
**Author:** [@curious11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious11)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-restroom-etiquette-poll/575090 "2011-03-19T23:30:21Z")
You’re a guy, or pretending you’re a guy, and you go into the men’s room to take care of a #1 condition, and all the urinals are in use, and you decide to use a stall instead, do you… close and lock the stall door, or le… --- ## [Create a charity question/poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-charity-question-poll/575203)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-charity-question-poll/575203 "2011-03-19T23:28:30Z")
Ok, hypothetical situation since I dont have this but I have always wondered about this. Lets just say I want to create my own “Save the world foundation” to which people donate money. Rather than spend that money on d… --- ## [Baby questions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-questions/575031)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-questions/575031 "2011-03-19T21:22:34Z")
I am experiencing for the first time the joys of fatherhood. Our daughter Elisabetta is now six months, and things are more or less OK for now - keeping fingers crossed. I have a few questions for the more experienced pa… --- ## [A Perfect Constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-constitution/574418)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfect-constitution/574418 "2011-03-19T20:47:06Z")
This one comes courtesy of a man named John Rawls. It’s your job, perhaps along with a few others, to write up a new constitution. Cool, huh? Well, you better be careful, because as soon as you, every one else among yo… --- ## [Which DSLR should I buy my wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dslr-should-i-buy-my-wife/574202)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dslr-should-i-buy-my-wife/574202 "2011-03-19T18:27:54Z")
My wife has an interest in photography as a hobby, but all we have is a point-and-shoot digital and our iPhones. Our anniversary is in July, and I’d like to save up and buy her a DSLR, but I don’t know what to get her. … --- ## [Settle a family argument: Which went to the moon first, Apollo 8 or Apollo 11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settle-a-family-argument-which-went-to-the-moon-first-apollo-8-or-apollo-11/575234)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/settle-a-family-argument-which-went-to-the-moon-first-apollo-8-or-apollo-11/575234 "2011-03-19T18:16:13Z")
Tonight, I played with my family a game of Bezzerwizzer, a fun, although occasionally very easy, trivia board game. My mother received the question of “Which manned spacecraft was the first to go to the moon?” She answer… --- ## [STDs and the obligation to disclose status prior to sex.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stds-and-the-obligation-to-disclose-status-prior-to-sex/575085)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stds-and-the-obligation-to-disclose-status-prior-to-sex/575085 "2011-03-19T18:13:59Z")
No big setup. Straightforward. IN whch of the following scenarious do you believe it is absolutely mandatory to disclose to your potential sexual partner that you have the STD in question? Assume, for the purposes of … --- ## [Using T-Mobile As A Hotspot For My Laptop - Good Alternative To Cable Internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-t-mobile-as-a-hotspot-for-my-laptop-good-alternative-to-cable-internet/572682)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-t-mobile-as-a-hotspot-for-my-laptop-good-alternative-to-cable-internet/572682 "2011-03-19T18:01:52Z")
I am about to upgrade my cell phone. One idea is to get a new T-Mobile phone with all the bells and whistles, pay the extra $15/mo to get the phone to be my own “hotspot” and drop my Cox Cable internet service ($29/mo f… --- ## [Baby Doc returns to Haiti](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898 "2011-03-19T15:05:30Z")
This can’t be good. Recipe for disaster. Haiti is rudderless, with a great deal of discontent against a givernment that’s gotten millions upon millions in aid and yet somehow failed to pass it all on to the people that … --- ## [Should a disabled person get first use of the handicapped bathroom stall when there's a line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-disabled-person-get-first-use-of-the-handicapped-bathroom-stall-when-theres-a-line/575019)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-disabled-person-get-first-use-of-the-handicapped-bathroom-stall-when-theres-a-line/575019 "2011-03-19T14:10:31Z")
This only happened once when I was wearing the cast on my arm. I went into the public bathroom and there was a line. When the person came out of the one hanicapped stall, I was seven people back, but the next person on l… --- ## [Best anti-fog treatment for ski goggles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anti-fog-treatment-for-ski-goggles/280745)
**Author:** [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anti-fog-treatment-for-ski-goggles/280745 "2011-03-19T13:25:09Z")
What do you find to be the best anti-fog treatment for ski goggles? (I use double lens, high flow through, fan blown googles, and use the Smith anti-fog cloth application, but they gradually fog up when it is below -30 … --- ## [How light/heavy a sleeper are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-light-heavy-a-sleeper-are-you/575146)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-light-heavy-a-sleeper-are-you/575146 "2011-03-19T12:56:02Z")
How light/heavy a sleeper are you? Extremely light: almost any noise or disturbance wakes you, even very soft ones. Light: soft noises/disturbances wake you, like a person walking past your room in shoes or your bedmat… --- ## [Which credit card should I pay off first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-credit-card-should-i-pay-off-first/575069)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-credit-card-should-i-pay-off-first/575069 "2011-03-19T11:41:13Z")
Which of these two credit cards should I pay off first? Card A: $1,200 total credit limit; $953 balance; 14.9% Interest until October, at which point it goes up unless I can renegotiate it lower, which I should be able … --- ## [When did you first get a cell phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-get-a-cell-phone/574813)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-get-a-cell-phone/574813 "2011-03-19T07:16:58Z")
I was reading the “Things that date movies” thread and wondering about this. I graduated from college in 1999 and it was still relatively rare in my circle of friends for someone to have a cell phone at that time. I got … --- ## [Would you transfer your mind into a computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-transfer-your-mind-into-a-computer/575076)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-transfer-your-mind-into-a-computer/575076 "2011-03-19T07:13:01Z")
The science behind the following proposal is still a few weeks off, but pretend for a moment that the future is now. \*\*The Setup:\*\*Today, we know exactly how the brain works as an organ, and we fully understand the natu… --- ## [Tell me about your punk rock parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-punk-rock-parents/575232)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-punk-rock-parents/575232 "2011-03-19T05:04:38Z")
I think it’s been long enough now for there to be kids raised by punks on the SDMB… so, tell me about them. Do you think they are doing a good job as parents? Any funny moments or interesting anecdotes? Punk parents a… --- ## [Any ideas on how print publishers can make money in digital media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-on-how-print-publishers-can-make-money-in-digital-media/575187)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-ideas-on-how-print-publishers-can-make-money-in-digital-media/575187 "2011-03-19T01:21:39Z")
Print is suffering with readers going digital. They can’t figure out a way to make money off their websites, and I’m worried for them. I like my content! Do you have any ideas on how newspapers, magazines, books and all … --- ## [Rewards points/frequent flier miles choice - any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewards-points-frequent-flier-miles-choice-any-advice/575176)
**Author:** [@Ace\_Weederman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Weederman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewards-points-frequent-flier-miles-choice-any-advice/575176 "2011-03-19T00:37:33Z")
Calling the great minds of the Dope with insight into frequent flier miles redemption! So the situation is that I have a relative who is very generously giving me her American Express rewards points (about 150K). We’re … --- ## [Words You Think Mean the Opposite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-think-mean-the-opposite/574725)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-think-mean-the-opposite/574725 "2011-03-18T22:36:48Z")
Title says it all. What words does your mind tell you something means even if you know it’s the opposite? For me, it’s dearth. I know it means a lack of something, but my mind always wants to jump to it meaning plenty… --- ## [Corporate Dopers: How do I get a word in edgewise at meetings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-dopers-how-do-i-get-a-word-in-edgewise-at-meetings/575149)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-dopers-how-do-i-get-a-word-in-edgewise-at-meetings/575149 "2011-03-18T22:32:00Z")
In 1on1 conversations I can speak ok, but in meetings at work with multiple people it seems someone has something to say at all times and everyone hasa big ego and wants to run their mouth off. I of course only say thing… --- ## [Do numbers have gender to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-numbers-have-gender-to-you/575153)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-numbers-have-gender-to-you/575153 "2011-03-18T22:21:55Z")
Do numbers have a somewhat inherent gender to you? They do to me. It is somewhat tied to them being even/odd with a bit of variation. 0 – Neutral 1 - Neutral 2 - Male 3 - Female 4 - Very Male 5 - Female 6 - Fema… --- ## [Don't Get Me Wrong But -- Should I Really Donate For Japan Quake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-me-wrong-but-should-i-really-donate-for-japan-quake/574443)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-get-me-wrong-but-should-i-really-donate-for-japan-quake/574443 "2011-03-18T20:14:25Z")
I know and work with a lot of people in Japan. Fortunately after a flurry of messages they’re okay if shaken (eh). So I saw on Google, and got from a number of Japanese trade organizations whose mailing list I’m on, li… --- ## [Gun reccomendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-reccomendations/575125)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-reccomendations/575125 "2011-03-18T19:54:32Z")
Roomie has convinced himself he needs a gun to fend off this dude who claims to be gunning for him. He has put a deposit on a Glock, because he watches too many movies. During the ten day waiting period, he can change h… --- ## [Oahu in July.. need some tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oahu-in-july-need-some-tips/574898)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oahu-in-july-need-some-tips/574898 "2011-03-18T18:27:21Z")
Family (me, wife and three daughters) is headed to Oahu this summer. We’ll be in Waikiki over the July 4 weekend and have our plans there all set. On 7/5 we need to go somewhere else until we fly out on 7/11. Assuming… --- ## [Women Dopers: Ever Expel an IUD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dopers-ever-expel-an-iud/573700)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-dopers-ever-expel-an-iud/573700 "2011-03-18T17:58:19Z")
I’m pretty sure mine is trying to make its way out and it is freaking me the hell out! Here’s what I got… Started out Saturday as some lower belly pain/burning with urination/increased frequency in urination/bloating. B… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1774) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1776)