# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1838 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1839 --- ## [Nonbelievers:Would You Disown Your Child if He/She Was Religious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-would-you-disown-your-child-if-he-she-was-religious/562098)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-would-you-disown-your-child-if-he-she-was-religious/562098 "2010-12-01T14:13:04Z")
If your child (either real or hypothetical) became religious later in his/her life would you disown him/her? Would you only disown your child if your child was a religious fundamentalist or if they were verbally abusive … --- ## [Getting published in computer science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-published-in-computer-science/562384)
**Author:** [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-published-in-computer-science/562384 "2010-12-01T10:33:52Z")
Hi all, My goal in the next twelve months is to get at least two papers published in the field of computer science so that I’ll then have a better shot at getting into the PhD programme. (I’ll also be writing my thesis,… --- ## [Winter long distance driving routes E-W](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-long-distance-driving-routes-e-w/562099)
**Author:** [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-long-distance-driving-routes-e-w/562099 "2010-12-01T05:46:43Z")
So we’re planning on taking a road trip back west over the holidays but haven’t lived in this part of the country long enough to know what the “commute” is like. So: Springfield MO to the Bay. We were thinking of doing I… --- ## [Is catching a Trailways bus in NYC at the Port Authority nicer than it is at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-catching-a-trailways-bus-in-nyc-at-the-port-authority-nicer-than-it-is-at-home/562286)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-catching-a-trailways-bus-in-nyc-at-the-port-authority-nicer-than-it-is-at-home/562286 "2010-12-01T02:41:19Z")
That’s kind of a weird question, I know, and makes me look like an insufferable snob. See, I want to go on one of the weekend retreats they have at the Zen Mountain Monastery, which is at Mount Tremper, NY. I don’t liv… --- ## [Do you like gift cards/certificates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gift-cards-certificates/562200)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gift-cards-certificates/562200 "2010-12-01T01:05:18Z")
A thread in CS discusses a commercial wherein people are ungrateful when they receive gift cards. How do you feel about them? I prefer to receive gifts that someone has put thought into. An appropriate gift card fits … --- ## [Advice for social network web dev software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-social-network-web-dev-software/562227)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-social-network-web-dev-software/562227 "2010-11-30T23:46:38Z")
I’m well-invested in traditional media. In one particular subject, I’ve written 3 books and about 50 articles, and created all or part of several websites. I’m looking at ways to move into new media, using the material I… --- ## [I found a tree stand near my house. What should I do with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-tree-stand-near-my-house-what-should-i-do-with-it/562103)
**Author:** [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-tree-stand-near-my-house-what-should-i-do-with-it/562103 "2010-11-30T23:26:49Z")
I live in a fairly suburban area, but my yard butts up against some wooded land belonging to the University. There are houses all along the fence line to the west, where my house is, and a hospital to the south (up the … --- ## [Costa Rica: Vacation-Planning Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-rica-vacation-planning-help/562274)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costa-rica-vacation-planning-help/562274 "2010-11-30T23:19:56Z")
My wife and I are traveling to Costa Rica in April for a week with our 13-yr-old nature/adventure lover son and 10-yr-old beach/animal lover daughter. We fly in and out of Liberia and will stay in Tamarindo for the firs… --- ## [a cat question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-question/561421)
**Author:** [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-question/561421 "2010-11-30T23:12:46Z")
As if there aren’t enough. My friend has 3 cats, 2 of whom go outside. They are fine. The one that doesn’t has rough spots on him, especially his head, they itch. Shes thinking hes allergic to something in the house, as … --- ## [How would you determine it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-determine-it/562285)
**Author:** [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-determine-it/562285 "2010-11-30T22:01:10Z")
Based on a joke A mathematician, physics professor and a doper are asked to determine the height of a tower, for this task they receive a thermometer The mathematician notes that the markings on the thermometer are exa… --- ## [Would you rather... (straight guys, lesbians, and bisexuals only, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-straight-guys-lesbians-and-bisexuals-only-please/562178 "2010-11-30T21:51:02Z")
Please assume that you are not in a committed relationship. Please don’t respond to the poll if you are uninterested in having sex with a woman, as it would screw up the validity of the results - you are, of course, mor… --- ## [How to make dad write?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-dad-write/562381)
**Author:** [@GiantRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GiantRat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-dad-write/562381 "2010-11-30T21:44:20Z")
Disclosure: I’m a fan of P. Sidney’s “Astrophel and Stella” - "Biting my trewand pen / Beating myself for spite / “Fool said the muse to me, / Look in thy heart, and write” My father is a fantastic writer. Very persnick… --- ## ["How much $$$ do you make?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-make/561798)
**Author:** [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-make/561798 "2010-11-30T21:36:58Z")
I recently put my resume out there because three people in my department have gotten laid off. This is the first time I’ve been on the job search trail since 2007, so I’m a bit rusty at this. I’m finding that everyone I… --- ## [Handy tips to beat the freeze!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-tips-to-beat-the-freeze/562398)
**Author:** [@Bibliovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bibliovore)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-tips-to-beat-the-freeze/562398 "2010-11-30T20:36:07Z")
I’ve heard a few cute tips about how to beat the cold and the snow, including one bit of advice about carrying freshly hard-boiled eggs in your pockets on cold mornings. The eggs keep your hands warm, and they also make … --- ## [Was National geographic your first porn magazine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-national-geographic-your-first-porn-magazine/562349)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-national-geographic-your-first-porn-magazine/562349 "2010-11-30T19:37:36Z")
Honestly? --- ## [What are your carpeting preferences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-carpeting-preferences/562172)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-carpeting-preferences/562172 "2010-11-30T17:33:44Z")
Being an HGTV addict and a fan of House Hunters, I have lately seen a number of people commenting about how “weird” it looks when one color of carpet abuts another, for example, going from a hallway to a bedroom or if ea… --- ## [Using the workout room if you don't live there. An ethics question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-workout-room-if-you-dont-live-there-an-ethics-question/562008)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-workout-room-if-you-dont-live-there-an-ethics-question/562008 "2010-11-30T17:32:28Z")
My aunt lives in a nearby apartment complex. The complex has a small workout room with a few treadmills, Stairmasters, and some weight machines. It’s an unmanned facility and access is granted through a combination lock.… --- ## [Advice needed: sex worker rehab in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-sex-worker-rehab-in-canada/562168)
**Author:** [@spice.mustflow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spice.mustflow)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-sex-worker-rehab-in-canada/562168 "2010-11-30T16:53:12Z")
I guess that title will get the right attention, but it’s actually a bit more complicated than that. Over the past month I have become good friends online with a 20-year old woman in Edmonton, Alberta; I’ll call her Gina… --- ## [Im not sorry and it is a fact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246)
**Author:** [@PHILLIP\_KALAVERAS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PHILLIP_KALAVERAS)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sorry-and-it-is-a-fact/562246 "2010-11-30T06:57:13Z")
A hysterical break. How and win you going to die has everything to do with your genetic make up how FAT you are and ware you live and work, NOTHING to do with tobacco, You may now return to your hysterical state. --- ## [Cyber Monday- Garmin Nuvi prices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-monday-garmin-nuvi-prices/562290)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-monday-garmin-nuvi-prices/562290 "2010-11-30T04:42:56Z")
I’m especially interested in the GN 1350LMT. We kids are looking into this as a group gift for dad. Is this price any different today from any other day we might have purchased it? --- ## [Do you de-bone your magazines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-de-bone-your-magazines/562125)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-de-bone-your-magazines/562125 "2010-11-30T02:09:11Z")
I think everyone hates the postcards that are stuffed into magazines. Fallout (the kind that are loose rather than being attached in some way) is the worst, but makes for easy de-boning - you just shake the magazine … --- ## [Cheating at UCF: What Lesson Was Learned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-at-ucf-what-lesson-was-learned/561307)
**Author:** [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheating-at-ucf-what-lesson-was-learned/561307 "2010-11-30T01:17:09Z")
Story and video of the entire lecture here. Professor Richard Quinn discovered that about a third of his six hundred person class had cheated on a midterm. Although (he said) statistically he could identify the guilty … --- ## [Does Sarah Palin telling about having her baby shower at a shooting range get you "all wee-weed up"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sarah-palin-telling-about-having-her-baby-shower-at-a-shooting-range-get-you-all-wee-weed-up/561835)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sarah-palin-telling-about-having-her-baby-shower-at-a-shooting-range-get-you-all-wee-weed-up/561835 "2010-11-30T00:36:59Z")
http://tv.blogdig.net/archives/articles/November2010/22/Sarah\_Palin\_s\_Alaska\_\_What\_We\_Learned\_\_Week\_2.html --- ## [Christmas music and atheists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-and-atheists/561684)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-music-and-atheists/561684 "2010-11-29T23:42:44Z")
I previously posed this question on my LiveJournal blog a few Christmases ago (I have a few atheistic friends who read my blog). With the Christmas season once again upon us, and the much greater concentration of atheis… --- ## [At your workplace, what are the rules about dating coworkers, subordinates, & clients?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-your-workplace-what-are-the-rules-about-dating-coworkers-subordinates-clients/562169)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-your-workplace-what-are-the-rules-about-dating-coworkers-subordinates-clients/562169 "2010-11-29T22:51:53Z")
Poll in a moment. Talk amongst yourselves till then. --- ## [Auto kitty-litter box. Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-kitty-litter-box-opinions/562263)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-kitty-litter-box-opinions/562263 "2010-11-29T22:38:15Z")
The last thread I could find on the topic was from 2005. It has good advice, but I figure litter-box technology may have advanced since then. We have two cats and three litter boxes, all filled with Fresh Step Crystals.… --- ## [When is cash as a gift appropriate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-cash-as-a-gift-appropriate/562259)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-cash-as-a-gift-appropriate/562259 "2010-11-29T22:30:46Z")
It’s the holiday season, which means it’s time for gift card threads on the dope. A lot of times we read “I’d rather have the cash” as a reply. Personally, unless you’re my parents, children, or wife/girlfriend I belie… --- ## [Any Pilots? Was American Flight 191 recoverable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pilots-was-american-flight-191-recoverable/550106)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-pilots-was-american-flight-191-recoverable/550106 "2010-11-29T21:52:39Z")
You may remember this for the famous photo showing the DC 10 from the terminal at O’Hare banked on it’s side just before crashing after takeoff in 1979. American Airlines Flight 191 - Wikipedia What happened was the le… --- ## [Pro-death-penalty types: would you be willing to act as executioner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-death-penalty-types-would-you-be-willing-to-act-as-executioner/560898)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-death-penalty-types-would-you-be-willing-to-act-as-executioner/560898 "2010-11-29T21:45:04Z")
For purposes of this discussion, you may count yourself pro-capital punishment if there are circumstances under which you think the death penalty is just, even if you think those circumstance are rare. And no bitching b… --- ## [Bridge or implant? (of the dental variety)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-or-implant-of-the-dental-variety/562257)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-or-implant-of-the-dental-variety/562257 "2010-11-29T19:40:59Z")
First time I’ve confronted this question: I had to have a canine completely pulled, and I’m now walking around like a gap-toothed hillbilly. My dentist seems to be indicating that there are pros and cons to having a brid… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1837) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1839)