# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=183 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 184 --- ## [Do you cringe at old posts you've made? I do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cringe-at-old-posts-youve-made-i-do/968246)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-cringe-at-old-posts-youve-made-i-do/968246 "2022-08-05T14:50:55Z")
Was just looking through my old posts since I logged back in for the first time in a while, and…GOD why was I like that? NOTE: Things in quotations are things that I have said, not a vendetta against anyone else. Only m… --- ## [Can anyone explain the US's "one China policy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-uss-one-china-policy/969056)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-the-uss-one-china-policy/969056 "2022-08-05T11:36:07Z")
I mean, I know what it is SUPPOSED to mean, but that explanation is pretty much nonsense, isn’t it? How do we recognize that there is only 1 China and the PRC as the legitimate gov’t, but also have “informal” foreign re… --- ## [Multiple streams of income](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-streams-of-income/968399)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-streams-of-income/968399 "2022-08-05T04:36:40Z")
I see a lot of YouTube videos pop up these days about the importance of having multiple streams of income. I have even heard it mentioned in a few podcasts I listen to. I suppose it is nice if you have the opportunity, … --- ## [Why is Pelosi planning on visiting Taiwan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935 "2022-08-04T20:50:28Z")
All I see are articles about the planned visit, and about China’s threats of vague retaliatory measures if she does, but I haven’t seen a clear reason why she’s going there. With all the tensions with Russia due to the … --- ## [What are your time markers for remembering when things occurred?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-time-markers-for-remembering-when-things-occurred/969049)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-time-markers-for-remembering-when-things-occurred/969049 "2022-08-04T20:30:26Z")
The other day I was trying to remember how long ago we got our Roomba. I was able to recall which apartment we were living in at the time, which places it somewhere between the fall of 2015 and the summer of 2018. Since … --- ## [The ERA and abortion rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-and-abortion-rights/969041)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-and-abortion-rights/969041 "2022-08-04T19:13:27Z")
This might belong in Politics or Great Debates instead of here, but I’m starting it out here, and I let the mods promote it if it deserves. I have a question about the ERA and abortion rights, but to start out, here is … --- ## [Anyone have experience with Google Assistant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-google-assistant/969043)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-google-assistant/969043 "2022-08-04T17:46:35Z")
This all started when I wanted something to replace my ancient Sonos controller and also to provide a digital clock in the bedroom. I am leaning towards Google Assistant because I’m heavily invested in the Google univer… --- ## [The morality of not limiting human contact as much as possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-not-limiting-human-contact-as-much-as-possible/956823)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-not-limiting-human-contact-as-much-as-possible/956823 "2022-08-04T14:49:30Z")
Especially with omicron here. This is a question I’ve been struggling with for a while. Am I a bad person for being in the presence of multiple strangers indoors in public, including a good deal of maskholes? After all,… --- ## [What's the minimum-level miracle it would take you to convince you God exists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-level-miracle-it-would-take-you-to-convince-you-god-exists/968443)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-level-miracle-it-would-take-you-to-convince-you-god-exists/968443 "2022-08-04T12:42:23Z")
If one day the Atlantic Ocean were split in half such that people could walk across on dry land, I’m sure the vast majority of people would acknowledge something un-scientific and unusual had happened. For smaller-level… --- ## [If I spill something in a store, is it my responsibility to clean it up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-spill-something-in-a-store-is-it-my-responsibility-to-clean-it-up/968877)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-spill-something-in-a-store-is-it-my-responsibility-to-clean-it-up/968877 "2022-08-03T23:16:28Z")
Had a weird experience at the convenience store the other day. Went to buy a 50 cent fountain drink, filled it with ice and put some coke in it. Now apparently something was wrong with the plastic cup provided because t… --- ## [Why are spellcheckers \*so\* bad!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-spellcheckers-so-bad/968985)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-spellcheckers-so-bad/968985 "2022-08-03T21:21:07Z")
I was just typing a message about covid and the spellchecker gave me a red underline for “denialists” and “overcounted”. Those are… both clearly words. It suggested “denialist” for the first one, and had no idea for the… --- ## [Does every state/region believe that they have the prettiest sunsets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-state-region-believe-that-they-have-the-prettiest-sunsets/968996)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-state-region-believe-that-they-have-the-prettiest-sunsets/968996 "2022-08-03T20:40:04Z")
Whenever there is a red/pink/purple sunset, my Facebook newsfeed gets filled with (pretty bad) pictures exclaiming how beautiful the sunsets are here. Do they really vary that much from place to place and does everyone r… --- ## [Do you (unwittingly) code-switch when speaking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-unwittingly-code-switch-when-speaking/968703)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-unwittingly-code-switch-when-speaking/968703 "2022-08-03T15:15:59Z")
Code-switching is the practice of mixing different languages, or different varieties of the same language, within a single conversation or situation. My grandparents were Hungarian immigrants to North America. They wou… --- ## [Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-bull-heir-arrested-in-deadly-thai-hit-and-run/633570 "2022-08-03T14:34:13Z")
BANGKOK – A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, poli… --- ## [Just what is a "regular" roll of toilet paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-a-regular-roll-of-toilet-paper/968932)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-a-regular-roll-of-toilet-paper/968932 "2022-08-03T13:34:20Z")
Usually, I buy the cheap single-ply, 1000-sheets-per-roll stuff. But the last time I was at the store, they were out of that, and so I had to buy a 12-pack of double-ply. The packaging prominently states “12 mega-rolls… --- ## [Do you use the word froufrou?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-froufrou/968417)
**Author:** [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-the-word-froufrou/968417 "2022-08-03T11:51:35Z")
Hubby’s from the east coast and I’m from the west coast. I use the word froufrou / frou-frou / frou frou quite often, but he still finds it weird. I don’t think this is a east coast / west coast thing, but I could be wr… --- ## [Talk to me about vacationing in Vancouver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-vacationing-in-vancouver/963982)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-vacationing-in-vancouver/963982 "2022-08-03T04:03:03Z")
I recently discovered that JetBlue is adding a non-stop flight from Boston to Vancouver, and I’ve always heard good things about it, so I’m thinking about sneaking in a week vacation this summer, probably late July. I’ve… --- ## [When did we all agree that "DELIVERED" means "LEFT SITTING ON THE GROUND NEAR YOUR HOUSE?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-all-agree-that-delivered-means-left-sitting-on-the-ground-near-your-house/928272)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-all-agree-that-delivered-means-left-sitting-on-the-ground-near-your-house/928272 "2022-08-03T03:37:41Z")
This was triggered by a heart-string-tugging Christmas-themed USPS commercial with a postal worker carefully places a box on a patio table outside someone’s home before walking away. It struck me that they are PORTRAYIN… --- ## [Replacement door latch with 5/16" square drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-door-latch-with-5-16-square-drive/968938)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-door-latch-with-5-16-square-drive/968938 "2022-08-02T23:15:20Z")
I have a broken door latch. A part similar to this one, where the handle has a square protrusion that fits through the square hole. The square drive is 5/16" on a side. Neither the handle nor the latch have any brand ma… --- ## [Atlantic City (and maybe Las Vegas, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-city-and-maybe-las-vegas-etc/968267)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-city-and-maybe-las-vegas-etc/968267 "2022-08-02T18:14:01Z")
Someone mentioned AC in another thread. I assumed it was a country, but when I looked up postal code abbreviations, there was no AC. It turned out that AC is Atlantic City. I’d never heard it abbreviated before. That… --- ## [Does today's unanimous Senate approval of a permanent DST bill mean it's a fait accompli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-todays-unanimous-senate-approval-of-a-permanent-dst-bill-mean-its-a-fait-accompli/961145)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-todays-unanimous-senate-approval-of-a-permanent-dst-bill-mean-its-a-fait-accompli/961145 "2022-08-02T17:03:24Z")
\[Note to mods: I really tried to think of the correct forum for this post, but I really couldn’t decide. So I placed it here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you can think of a better forum.\] Today the Senate unanimous… --- ## [Of the "Big 4" American Fighter Plane Types of the 80's-90's, who was the loser overall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-the-big-4-american-fighter-plane-types-of-the-80s-90s-who-was-the-loser-overall/968818)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-the-big-4-american-fighter-plane-types-of-the-80s-90s-who-was-the-loser-overall/968818 "2022-08-02T12:28:21Z")
The big four fighters that were all introduced to the US Air Force or US Navy inventories starting in the 1970’s and almost all of them are still seeing active use in the US military inventories to this day. I’m speakin… --- ## [Give me your DNA testing and opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-dna-testing-and-opinions/968866)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-dna-testing-and-opinions/968866 "2022-08-01T21:13:25Z")
I’m doing some personal genealogy lately and am considering submitting a DNA test. Have you ever done one of these? Which one? How do the distinct DNA tests differ from each other? Did you discover anything useful? How r… --- ## [Do any penguins live in the northern hemisphere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-penguins-live-in-the-northern-hemisphere/968794)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-penguins-live-in-the-northern-hemisphere/968794 "2022-08-01T09:24:33Z")
I stumbled into an online argument about it. Some were saying no, some were saying yes. The ‘yes’ camp were saying there were some living on the Galapagos Islands and some of the islands extend north of the equator - but… --- ## [Stuff you discovered about being older…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-discovered-about-being-older/967702)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-discovered-about-being-older/967702 "2022-08-01T06:28:00Z")
…that no one told you about. Now that I’m over 50, some of my personal observations have gradually become more apparent. Here’s one that is very common for me: I see someone in a public place (street, gym, mall, drivi… --- ## [A fractious nut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fractious-nut/968816)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fractious-nut/968816 "2022-08-01T04:10:41Z")
On a possibly rusty bolt – anyway it’s stuck beyond my ability to budge it. This is on a Fiskars extendable-handle lopper, and I want to change the blade, that got the front corner snapped off. The problem is that the h… --- ## [What computer icon most needs reworking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-icon-most-needs-reworking/968260)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-icon-most-needs-reworking/968260 "2022-08-01T01:34:14Z")
This morning I was signing some forms in Adobe Acrobat, and I noticed that the icon I clicked on to do so was a fountain pen nib. Made me wonder, how many computer users under 40 have ever even SEEN a fountain pen? Of … --- ## [Judaism rewards and punishments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-rewards-and-punishments/968545)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-rewards-and-punishments/968545 "2022-07-31T23:32:02Z")
In other thread, @Keeve states: This is not my understanding – I thought there wasn’t really an afterlife in Judaism and that virtue was basically its own reward. Can someone elaborate? @Keeve also states: Two ques… --- ## [Has anyone gotten Metro 5G home internet, how is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-metro-5g-home-internet-how-is-it/968890)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-metro-5g-home-internet-how-is-it/968890 "2022-07-31T21:03:21Z")
I’m currently paying $80/month for Spectrum but I get about 200Mbps on that. Metro PCS is offering 5G at home internet for $50. I need a VPN to work remotely, so whatever download speed I get, you can basically cut down… --- ## [How Could Denmark 'Also' Be A Monarchy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-denmark-also-be-a-monarchy/968640)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-denmark-also-be-a-monarchy/968640 "2022-07-31T10:07:52Z")
I just know, two facts. Denmark is clearly one of the most liberal countries, culturally and politically, in the world. Here is the Wikipedia article. I’m not going to read the whole article for you or to you. But I thin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=184)