# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=181 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 182 --- ## [What is a good thrift store to donate used items to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-thrift-store-to-donate-used-items-to/969213)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-thrift-store-to-donate-used-items-to/969213 "2022-08-16T18:55:03Z")
I know Goodwill is the most popular, but I’ve heard stories of them exploiting their disabled workers. And they’ve jacked their prices up which kind of sucks for all the people who shop there for items. Is Salvation arm… --- ## [Man commits suicide in front of the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-commits-suicide-in-front-of-the-capitol/969653)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-commits-suicide-in-front-of-the-capitol/969653 "2022-08-16T18:04:47Z")
Is it really any mystery what this is about? --- ## [Psychedelics and Depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychedelics-and-depression/969259)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychedelics-and-depression/969259 "2022-08-16T17:27:59Z")
I have been seeing more and more about using LSD and other similar drugs to treat depression. I am very optimistic about it. As someone who has never experienced depression, I can’t say that I can relate to the depressio… --- ## [Your experience: stents or sacroiliac joint shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-stents-or-sacroiliac-joint-shot/968426)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-stents-or-sacroiliac-joint-shot/968426 "2022-08-16T17:04:16Z")
I am definitely getting the second, and may get the first during an angiogram. I am borderline phobic about invasive medical procedures, and maybe it’s not even borderline. Anything more advanced than a simple shot and … --- ## [Customers Ending up as Matches on Online Dating Sites - Should I Be Concerned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-ending-up-as-matches-on-online-dating-sites-should-i-be-concerned/969688)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/customers-ending-up-as-matches-on-online-dating-sites-should-i-be-concerned/969688 "2022-08-16T03:44:44Z")
Yesterday, I attended my first Meetup event and it went well. I ended up striking conversations with several persons who all seemed interested in getting to know me. That was the self-esteem boost that I needed after a r… --- ## [How does a professor build his esteem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-professor-build-his-esteem/969647)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-professor-build-his-esteem/969647 "2022-08-15T19:34:01Z")
Is this primarily a lifetime of building? Or is it usually centered around some successful period in their career? --- ## [Please recommend a doorbell that does this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-doorbell-that-does-this/969624)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-doorbell-that-does-this/969624 "2022-08-15T19:14:27Z")
My doorbell, which is just the same one from the 1980’s, has broken. Probably just wiring or I should get a new one, but I thought I should get a camera one since those are all the rage. I would like a doorbell that: … --- ## [Worst business decisions ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-business-decisions-ever/968928)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-business-decisions-ever/968928 "2022-08-15T18:46:49Z")
Semi-sequel to “Worst advertising campaigns ever”. What are the worst business decisions you’ve ever seen? Blockbuster passing on Netflix has to be up there. --- ## [5k dog/human race/obstacle course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5k-dog-human-race-obstacle-course/969638)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5k-dog-human-race-obstacle-course/969638 "2022-08-15T18:00:39Z")
Anyone ever see or compete in one of these (are they even a thing?)? My gf saw mention of a 5k race/obstacle course for people and dogs being held today. She signed up and is in a noon heat. Neither one of us ever hear… --- ## [How confidential is a search warrant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-confidential-is-a-search-warrant/969372)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-confidential-is-a-search-warrant/969372 "2022-08-15T16:56:17Z")
The FBI executed a search warrant to search President Trump’s offices at his Mar-a-Lago residence. I presume that a search warrant isn’t subject to Freedom of Information requests, otherwise the press would be reportin… --- ## [Question regarding French liason after 'pas'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-french-liason-after-pas/969464)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-french-liason-after-pas/969464 "2022-08-15T12:34:52Z")
My inclination is to pronoune pas like ‘paz’ before 1.n’est pas habitué 2. n’est pas historique 3,…pas hésiter 4. …pas habituellement I’d like to know if it’s correct to liaise ‘pas’ in the above examples. I’ve sear… --- ## [Seeking a Stellarium competitor / replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-stellarium-competitor-replacement/968983)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-stellarium-competitor-replacement/968983 "2022-08-14T21:21:50Z")
I needed a map or software to identify individual stars. Someone recommended Stellarium and I’ve been using it. I specify a known star that’s near to one I need a name for. It shows me a view zoomed way out with only … --- ## [What is a reasonable number (of sexual partners)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-reasonable-number-of-sexual-partners/969083)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-reasonable-number-of-sexual-partners/969083 "2022-08-14T20:57:00Z")
A similar thread was created back in 2005, but I think times may have changed somewhat over the past 17 years. In conducting research for some other threads about the PUA movement and INCELS, I came across a number of v… --- ## [What are Swedish suburbs like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-swedish-suburbs-like/969625 "2022-08-14T18:54:20Z")
What are Swedish suburbs like? Do they have reputations more like the Americans or French? What’s transportation like? Do house have basement? --- ## [New Ford Bronco '21 vs. New Land Rover Defender '20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ford-bronco-21-vs-new-land-rover-defender-20/916161)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ford-bronco-21-vs-new-land-rover-defender-20/916161 "2022-08-14T07:25:12Z")
My current SUV is 6 years old with about 50,000 miles. Next year, I’ll be ready for something new. I’m looking at the recently re-introduced: '21 Ford Bronco and '20 Land Rover Defender I would only consider the 4 do… --- ## [What makes you go to a social event you don’t want to go to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-go-to-a-social-event-you-don-t-want-to-go-to/969528)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-go-to-a-social-event-you-don-t-want-to-go-to/969528 "2022-08-14T01:40:10Z")
One of my managers is having a wedding ceremony and reception (although I believe the actual official thing already happened) and has invited the entire team. I like them well enough, and the feeling is apparently mutual… --- ## [If you had $1,000,000.00 to invest…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-1-000-000-00-to-invest/949737)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-1-000-000-00-to-invest/949737 "2022-08-13T22:54:09Z")
…where/in what would you do so? --- ## [Does the cancel culture need to extend this far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cancel-culture-need-to-extend-this-far/969311)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-cancel-culture-need-to-extend-this-far/969311 "2022-08-12T23:05:35Z")
Longtime assistant football coach at University of Oklahoma resigned recently for apparently saying the N-word aloud when reading it from a player’s Ipad who was supposed to be taking notes during film study. Former p… --- ## [Cops threatening a business with a search warrant ! (Is it common practice in reality or just on TV shows ?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-threatening-a-business-with-a-search-warrant-is-it-common-practice-in-reality-or-just-on-tv-shows/969532)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-threatening-a-business-with-a-search-warrant-is-it-common-practice-in-reality-or-just-on-tv-shows/969532 "2022-08-12T20:19:18Z")
A lot of times in crime shows like Law and Order, the detectives would go to a business and ask them some information related to a crime. If the business refuses to divulge the information, the detectives would threaten … --- ## [Where do you look when walking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-look-when-walking/969198 "2022-08-12T17:03:07Z")
When I’m out walking I usually look at the ground about 12-20 feet in front of me. I don’t do it for any reason in particular; it’s just my default way of walking. But recently I’ve started wondering if maybe I ought to… --- ## [Has the colonoscopy dietary change window shortened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-colonoscopy-dietary-change-window-shortened/969483)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-colonoscopy-dietary-change-window-shortened/969483 "2022-08-12T15:39:06Z")
Memory is a funny thing, but I seem to recall that when I had my first one 11 years ago, there was about a five-day window for dietary changes, leading up to the day before the procedure, when you were only to have clear… --- ## [Do you support the FBI search at Mar-A-Lago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-the-fbi-search-at-mar-a-lago/969439)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-support-the-fbi-search-at-mar-a-lago/969439 "2022-08-12T15:36:56Z")
Let’s see how the SDMB feels about this news event. Feel free to civilly discuss after voting. poll --- ## [When you hear, "Where Is Everybody?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-where-is-everybody/969514)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-where-is-everybody/969514 "2022-08-12T14:03:08Z")
Do you think of Enrico Fermi or The Twilight Zone? --- ## [Should I take money from 401(k) or take cash advance from credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-money-from-401-k-or-take-cash-advance-from-credit-card/969405)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-money-from-401-k-or-take-cash-advance-from-credit-card/969405 "2022-08-11T23:29:18Z")
I’m in a bit of a financial bind now, having been unemployed for over a year. Severance has run out and unemployment has run out. I have two main options for paying my mortgage next month - draw money from my 401k or a c… --- ## [Thoughts About Insulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-insulation/969486)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-insulation/969486 "2022-08-11T23:18:04Z")
Ok. It will be a miracle if I can post this coherently… My house has a hip roof, so it slopes up on all 4 sides. The main part of the attic is a finished room. So this creates sort of a cube inside a pyramid. There is a… --- ## [Need a flat outdoor surface 20 inch X 26 inch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-flat-outdoor-surface-20-inch-x-26-inch/969387)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-flat-outdoor-surface-20-inch-x-26-inch/969387 "2022-08-11T16:16:29Z")
I’m currently using a piece of plywood to cover a shallow trough and setting flower pots on it; like a small table top. The weather has taken a toll on this piece of wood so I’d like to replace it. Its 20 X 26inch recta… --- ## [Bottle refund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-refund/969382)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-refund/969382 "2022-08-11T15:39:54Z")
I was looking at the back of my soda bottle, and saw the Recycle symbol, and underneath was CA CRV and then list of states that offer 5 or 10 cent refund. Since I’ve never seen Walmart, Aldi’s, Save a lot redeem bottles … --- ## [Life Changing Decisions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-decisions/969380)
**Author:** [@pinkypromise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkypromise)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-changing-decisions/969380 "2022-08-11T13:37:55Z")
:speech\_balloon:What is the one thing you would have done differently that would have changed your path in life? --- ## [Side hustle ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-hustle-ideas/969438)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-hustle-ideas/969438 "2022-08-10T20:27:07Z")
I have a job in corporate IT. I have been working from home since Covid hit, and will be for the foreseeable future. I find myself with a lot of free time during the day (shhh…) I’m trying to think of some ideas for how … --- ## [Life under Attila the Hun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-under-attila-the-hun/969255)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-under-attila-the-hun/969255 "2022-08-10T16:32:21Z")
Granted if you’re in charge, when Attila and the Huns show up, it could get real ugly. But if you were a peasant digging in the dirt and kicking up taxes etc., would it be more a case of “meet the new boss, same as the o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=182)