# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1876 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1877 --- ## [Dad, is there a God ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-is-there-a-god/554725)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-is-there-a-god/554725 "2010-09-27T16:17:52Z")
Or Mom, is there a God ? Did your kid ever ask this question ? How did you answer ? --- ## [Trying to by up an author's book -What a colossal & stupid waste of money by the US Military](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-by-up-an-authors-book-what-a-colossal-stupid-waste-of-money-by-the-us-military/555201)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-by-up-an-authors-book-what-a-colossal-stupid-waste-of-money-by-the-us-military/555201 "2010-09-27T16:10:13Z")
It’s hard to believe how stupid this was. Pentagon aims to buy up book This cunning plan might have worked … if the unredacted first edition wasn’t already being sold on eBay. Amazon listing here --- ## [Do you have a mission in life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-mission-in-life/555065 "2010-09-27T15:34:00Z")
Inspired by a GD thread – no, I’m not going to say which one. Anyway, clear enough, as per the thread title: do you have a mission in life? And if so, what? I’ll go first: no. There, that was easy, wasn’t it? --- ## [Things that don't look like they should be enjoyed by intelligent people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-look-like-they-should-be-enjoyed-by-intelligent-people/555051)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-look-like-they-should-be-enjoyed-by-intelligent-people/555051 "2010-09-27T15:19:18Z")
What are some things that look like they appeal to people of average or lower intelligence, but are enjoyed by a number of intelligent people. I was reading an article from Cracked.com when I got the idea for this threa… --- ## [Teach the Controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-the-controversy/554887)
**Author:** [@Bpelta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bpelta)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-the-controversy/554887 "2010-09-27T14:21:50Z")
As somebody interested in pseudoscience and conspiracy theories, I often read of how the godless academy, in its acceptance of the liberal status quo, is complicit in suppressing the truth because it doesn’t “teach the c… --- ## [Pickett's beer bottles--collectable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picketts-beer-bottles-collectable/555012)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picketts-beer-bottles-collectable/555012 "2010-09-27T13:36:28Z")
I’ve come to some ownership of several cases of empty Picketts beer bottles complete with labels and in the original boxes. Picketts was a brewery in the 70’s in Dubuque Iowa. You can find all I know about it in a simp… --- ## [What would you prefer blood drinking felt like if you were a vampire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-prefer-blood-drinking-felt-like-if-you-were-a-vampire/555108)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-prefer-blood-drinking-felt-like-if-you-were-a-vampire/555108 "2010-09-27T13:03:45Z")
Would it feel like a four star meal eaten by a starving man? Would it be a powerful and brief rush like cocaine? Would it feel similar to the high of other drugs? Pot? Ecstasy? Heroin? Would you prefer it was like … --- ## [Why Is The USA Exceptional Among First World Countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-usa-exceptional-among-first-world-countries/551007)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-usa-exceptional-among-first-world-countries/551007 "2010-09-27T12:45:57Z")
Compared with Europe and the rest of the world’s arms exporters, the USA is exceptional. Unburdened of all that socialist bullshit that our allies abroad have to fund, healthcare, etc, we rock. Our 5% of the world’s po… --- ## [Getting rid of cable TV: questions and pitfalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-questions-and-pitfalls/554792)
**Author:** [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-cable-tv-questions-and-pitfalls/554792 "2010-09-27T12:39:23Z")
My wife and I recently decided, as part of a broader austerity campaign, to get rid of cable TV. After a few days of seeing how well we got reception using just a simple antenna, we’ve decided that we should be able to p… --- ## [New York Times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times/555204)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times/555204 "2010-09-27T11:57:43Z")
I would like to register with the NY Times just so I can read the news from their site.When I go to their home page, I see nothing but a list of links that purport to direct me to the various sections of their paper; whe… --- ## [What we've got here is a failure to communicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-got-here-is-a-failure-to-communicate/555191)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weve-got-here-is-a-failure-to-communicate/555191 "2010-09-27T11:28:52Z")
After parking my car, I’m walking with someone along the street. When we reach an intersection and turn right onto another street, I look around to find the street sign, so I know which street I parked on. I look around … --- ## [Poll: Do hats add to or subtract from a person's attractiveness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-hats-add-to-or-subtract-from-a-persons-attractiveness/555144)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-hats-add-to-or-subtract-from-a-persons-attractiveness/555144 "2010-09-27T08:00:07Z")
Do you think hats make a person more or less attractive? --- ## [Recommend media players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-media-players/555028)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-media-players/555028 "2010-09-27T06:25:18Z")
I have been using the new version of Windows Media that comes with windows 7. Works fine but I find the menus are a pain in the ass. They are not intuitive. When I try to make a new song list or video list or create a bu… --- ## [Turbine: 'tur-bin', or 'tur-byne'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbine-tur-bin-or-tur-byne/555131)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbine-tur-bin-or-tur-byne/555131 "2010-09-27T03:38:26Z")
When you say ‘turbine’, do you say ‘tur-bin’? Or do you say ‘tur-byne’? (I suppose you could also say ‘tur-been’.) I’ve heard it both ways all my life, and have probably pronounced it both ways. I say ‘tur-bin’, as t… --- ## [What the hell are these things! Question about skin ... "thing".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-these-things-question-about-skin-thing/555074)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-these-things-question-about-skin-thing/555074 "2010-09-27T03:06:43Z")
On the side of my right rib cage I found two small skin areas about half the size of a dime in size separated by 8 inches from each other. They were this weird pinkish to light gray color and the skin covering them was s… --- ## [what logo is working for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-logo-is-working-for-you/554927)
**Author:** [@goBuffalo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goBuffalo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-logo-is-working-for-you/554927 "2010-09-27T02:47:32Z")
Hey guys, I am in the process of developing some identity options for a tech/strategy company. The brief requests a focus on precision, math, and partnership. I have been playing with some scientific and bonding concep… --- ## [Naked in front of your kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-in-front-of-your-kids/553708)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-in-front-of-your-kids/553708 "2010-09-27T00:44:29Z")
In another thread the topic of being naked in front of your kids has been brought up. I have been thinking about this lately. I (male) have a 10 year old daughter and a 6 year old son. While we don’t traipse around th… --- ## [U.S. Dialect survey: "kipe" or "kype"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658)
**Author:** [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-dialect-survey-kipe-or-kype/289658 "2010-09-26T23:56:18Z")
This came up in passing in another thread, and I want to check a hypothesis, so A) Do you know this word, as a verb and B) where did you grow up/ where did you learn this word? --- ## [Would you choose less safety for more freedom if you could?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-choose-less-safety-for-more-freedom-if-you-could/555107)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-choose-less-safety-for-more-freedom-if-you-could/555107 "2010-09-26T23:10:01Z")
If you could be transported to an alternate world in which everything was the same except that there was much less guarantee by central authorities of safety, in exchange for correspondingly less central restriction/over… --- ## [Can't decide if I should take a job that was offered to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-decide-if-i-should-take-a-job-that-was-offered-to-me/554839)
**Author:** [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-decide-if-i-should-take-a-job-that-was-offered-to-me/554839 "2010-09-26T22:29:09Z")
I’ve made pro and con lists, but I still can’t decide. I was offered a new job at a different company, but I can’t decide if I should take it or not. Here’s some background information: Current Job: -Hours are season… --- ## [Tell me about the Dominican Republic!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-dominican-republic/555141)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-dominican-republic/555141 "2010-09-26T21:02:57Z")
I’ve been invited down to the Dominican Republic, for a week at an all-inclusive resort in Punta Cana in January. The resort appears to be at the extreme eastern end of the island, and quite isolated, according to Google… --- ## [Panty Liner Questions. Likely TMI.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384)
**Author:** [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panty-liner-questions-likely-tmi/554384 "2010-09-26T19:23:52Z")
Reading the douching thread and seeing a recent comment from a female poster made me contemplate this critical question: do you wear panty liners and if so how often? The female poster said every day. That blows my tiny … --- ## [Career choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-choice/555057)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-choice/555057 "2010-09-26T16:51:02Z")
If you were to choose a new career out of these choices, what would you choose and why? Mechanical Engineering Computer Science - software engineering Electrical Engineering (combined with software engineering perhaps?… --- ## [Do you eat specialty food at a potluck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-specialty-food-at-a-potluck/554812)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-specialty-food-at-a-potluck/554812 "2010-09-26T13:58:37Z")
Gluten-free, vegetarian, what have you… If you’re at a potluck or other buffet type meal, and your diet is not limited, do you partake of the limited diet specific food (assuming it’s labeled as such)? Will you try just… --- ## [Do I have a right to demand new locks be installed in my apartment in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-right-to-demand-new-locks-be-installed-in-my-apartment-in-this-situation/555021)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-right-to-demand-new-locks-be-installed-in-my-apartment-in-this-situation/555021 "2010-09-26T13:58:14Z")
The last few times I’ve had maintenance issues in my apartment, I’ve gotten calls from the leasing office saying that they are unable to enter my apartment because they’ve lost the key. So I swing by the office and they … --- ## [How good are Asus, Acer, and MSI laptops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-asus-acer-and-msi-laptops/554337)
**Author:** [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-asus-acer-and-msi-laptops/554337 "2010-09-26T08:54:03Z")
at least compared to HP and Toshiba, the brands that have been tops in my considerations so far. I’ve also been looking at Lenovo. I like some of the Dell designs, like the Studio 15, but I don’t want to wait 2 weeks and… --- ## [Smithsonian: Does Anyone Recall...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-does-anyone-recall/554960)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smithsonian-does-anyone-recall/554960 "2010-09-26T05:27:55Z")
I swear there was a time in the 1980s (ancient hist, right?) when you could tour the original (castle) building. IIRC, it housed inventions from around 1876, and I thought it was known as the Centennial Bldg. (The buil… --- ## [The Ultimate Non-Snarky Thread: What Dreams Do Have and What is Preventing you from doing them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-non-snarky-thread-what-dreams-do-have-and-what-is-preventing-you-from-doing-them/555050)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-non-snarky-thread-what-dreams-do-have-and-what-is-preventing-you-from-doing-them/555050 "2010-09-26T03:35:08Z")
This isn’t some hippy-trippy poll and it isn’t the place for bad feedback on other people’s dreams. Most people have some dreams and often a way to realize them over time yet lots of people don’t ever do it. I really wan… --- ## [Do you also tend to write the wrong year for the current date on your birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-tend-to-write-the-wrong-year-for-the-current-date-on-your-birthday/555037)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-tend-to-write-the-wrong-year-for-the-current-date-on-your-birthday/555037 "2010-09-26T03:10:29Z")
Not my birthday today, actually (was a month ago), but as I am the type to occasionally idly ruminate, in this cases thinking of brains on autopilot: Every year on the day of my birthday, when I put today’s date on a no… --- ## [Huntington's Disease: Would you want to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntingtons-disease-would-you-want-to-know/554892)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntingtons-disease-would-you-want-to-know/554892 "2010-09-26T01:21:59Z")
You find out your mother has Huntington’s Disease. There’s a 50% chance she passed it on to you. A test will conclusively tell you whether you will one day develop it or not. Do you want to know? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1875) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1877)