# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1900 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1901 --- ## [Job hunt: show up in person vs. blind mailing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunt-show-up-in-person-vs-blind-mailing/550458)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-hunt-show-up-in-person-vs-blind-mailing/550458 "2010-08-17T03:22:52Z")
I’m getting conflicting advice on this topic, so I thought I’d ask Dopers, since they would know better…right? I’m job hunting and have replied to many ads. Now I wonder if I should expand the horizons a bit by sending… --- ## [Dirt roads - fast, or slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirt-roads-fast-or-slow/550474)
**Author:** [@FourPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FourPaws)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirt-roads-fast-or-slow/550474 "2010-08-17T02:45:02Z")
I have a 20 mile commute one way that requires me to drive 2 miles of it on dirt roads. They seem to grade them approximately every two weeks. The speed limit is 25. Most people I know seem to travel the road (as I do) a… --- ## [Deep thinking at a young age..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thinking-at-a-young-age/550402)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-thinking-at-a-young-age/550402 "2010-08-17T01:47:46Z")
… can lead to inner crisis and uncertainity. This is a user comment ( first page , last comment) on this you tube video " formal operational child ". Do you agree ? Please comment . --- ## [In terms of public buildings, why does society cater to disabled individuals so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-terms-of-public-buildings-why-does-society-cater-to-disabled-individuals-so-much/550345)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-terms-of-public-buildings-why-does-society-cater-to-disabled-individuals-so-much/550345 "2010-08-17T01:44:00Z")
I’m talking about things like handicap ramps, automatic doors, special restrooms, buses, crosswalks, parking spaces, etc. There must be considerable expense in retrofitting much of the country to serve this relatively s… --- ## [Marijuana and Residence Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-and-residence-life/550215)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-and-residence-life/550215 "2010-08-17T01:33:20Z")
Back when I was a sophomore in college, I got caught smoking marijuana by my RA. I had the door open to a small balcony thinking that it would dissipate the smell. No dice. I got caught and worried about the punishment f… --- ## [Help me choose which cat photos to paint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-which-cat-photos-to-paint/550357)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-which-cat-photos-to-paint/550357 "2010-08-16T23:15:42Z")
I am doing a series of paintings of cats (about to start, anyway) and I need help figuring out which pictures I should base paintings on. Here are my cat photos: http://gallery2.opalcat.com/gallery2/v/Miscellaneous/Anim… --- ## [Why Is Ahmadinajad Given Such Attention?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ahmadinajad-given-such-attention/550368)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-ahmadinajad-given-such-attention/550368 "2010-08-16T23:11:08Z")
So, the Iranian president has a record of shooting off his mouth. At various times, he has accused the “Zionist Entity” and the “Great Satan” of nefarious deeds against Iran. AS a matter of fact, his office is largely c… --- ## [Age discrimination in employment - serious? Continuing issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-discrimination-in-employment-serious-continuing-issue/550429)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-discrimination-in-employment-serious-continuing-issue/550429 "2010-08-16T22:27:59Z")
(Feel free to move to GD if this warrants.) A GD thread of mine touched on this issue, but I wanted to explore it specifically, since I just read a post that expressed something I see expressed a lot on this board (and … --- ## [Am I a jerk for caring about presentation here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-jerk-for-caring-about-presentation-here/550069)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-jerk-for-caring-about-presentation-here/550069 "2010-08-16T22:14:02Z")
Facebook, social networking, and the internet in general are hardly bastions of correct grammar. It annoys me but I’ve come to accept it. Then on Facebook, my stepmother responded to a comment from someone, (call him Dav… --- ## [Most \_interesting\_ stretch of highway is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-_interesting_-stretch-of-highway-is/550438)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-_interesting_-stretch-of-highway-is/550438 "2010-08-16T20:50:35Z")
Antonymic thread. If you were on vacation in your car, which highway would have you salivating the most? Thinking of those with high-performance vehicles, but if the scenery is attention-getting too, that’s on topic. --- ## [I wanb to switch banks. Where should I put my money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanb-to-switch-banks-where-should-i-put-my-money/550261)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanb-to-switch-banks-where-should-i-put-my-money/550261 "2010-08-16T20:37:59Z")
I have to switch banks. HSBC has monkeyed around with my account for the last time and I have just had enough. Here’s the situation - I wrote out my rent check and checks for the utilities I have. I had money to cove… --- ## [Plan our vacation in southern UT / northern AZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-our-vacation-in-southern-ut-northern-az/544935)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-our-vacation-in-southern-ut-northern-az/544935 "2010-08-16T20:30:09Z")
So we’re flying into Las Vegas on a Friday. The following Friday, we need to be in Phoenix AZ at dinnertime. A few days after that, we’re committed to Sedona AZ for a night then 2 nights at the Grand Canyon (south rim). … --- ## [My dad is getting under my nerves! Plus, how do I search for a condo? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-getting-under-my-nerves-plus-how-do-i-search-for-a-condo-long/550410)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-is-getting-under-my-nerves-plus-how-do-i-search-for-a-condo-long/550410 "2010-08-16T20:24:19Z")
\*You can just skip to the question at the end if you don’t want to read all of the background. It’s in bold. \* So my mom died in April, and my dad, who has been passive most of my life, has pretty much indicated that he… --- ## [Hate where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-where-you-live/515667)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-where-you-live/515667 "2010-08-16T19:40:32Z")
Do you live in a place you despise? Tell me all about it. Where do you live and why is it so crappy? --- ## [Old graves still visited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-graves-still-visited/550197)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-graves-still-visited/550197 "2010-08-16T19:37:08Z")
Many pioneer grave sites in California go back to the mid-1800s. However, I imagine those buried there are essentially forgotten as those they knew eventually move and/or pass away. I hardly ever see flowers on grave s… --- ## [Shake me, I'm dreaming...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-me-im-dreaming/550394)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shake-me-im-dreaming/550394 "2010-08-16T18:55:32Z")
Last night I had a dream that was so vivid, so real, I couldn’t shake it after waking up. It’s been plaguing me all day. I can’t get it out of my head. Granted, I have OCD, so sometimes things infiltrate my brain and … --- ## [Vegetarians: Please explain your view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-please-explain-your-view/549103)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-please-explain-your-view/549103 "2010-08-16T18:46:40Z")
I haven’t met too many vegeterians in my life, and I’ve been unlucky enough to never meet one who is actually willing to discuss his dietery choices. So please, vegeterians on this message board: why do you not eat meat? … --- ## [Mensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mensa/550030)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mensa/550030 "2010-08-16T17:56:56Z")
I have a friend who’s getting reasonably active in the local Mensa social scene. I joined Mensa back in high school, had an off-putting experience with my local group, and have not had any experience with them in the pa… --- ## [What do you refuse to do out of principle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-do-out-of-principle/549428)
**Author:** [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-do-out-of-principle/549428 "2010-08-16T17:38:17Z")
For me, it’s read any book on Oprah’s book list. And I think less of people if I see them reading one. :wink: --- ## [Men: How quickly do you fall asleep after sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-quickly-do-you-fall-asleep-after-sex/550263)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-how-quickly-do-you-fall-asleep-after-sex/550263 "2010-08-16T16:48:00Z")
Men have a reputation for falling asleep after sex. Let’s see how true it is. --- ## [Thunderbird as an email client?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbird-as-an-email-client/550324)
**Author:** [@Lagavulin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lagavulin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbird-as-an-email-client/550324 "2010-08-16T14:39:02Z")
My yahoo email account was recently hacked into and emails were sent out to my contacts claiming I was on holiday in Spain and had been robbed and needed £1400 to get home. Coincidentally I was on holiday at the time wit… --- ## [How sensitive are you about your height?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sensitive-are-you-about-your-height/549805)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-sensitive-are-you-about-your-height/549805 "2010-08-16T12:34:58Z")
I was surprised to find in this thread about tall people finding clothes to fit, how many people are taller than me. I’m 6’5", and I’ve always been sensitive about my height. I get stared at a lot, and sometimes get rude… --- ## [Abuse Photo- Yes, No or Maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-photo-yes-no-or-maybe/550362)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-photo-yes-no-or-maybe/550362 "2010-08-16T09:10:42Z")
I’m trying to ignore the Mel Gibson / Oksana Grigorieva train wreck. Somehow I can’t help looking. :wink: They posted a photo of Oksana Grigorieva with a chipped tooth. Allegedly from a fight with Mel Gibson. I’m not … --- ## [For people who shave their legs/faces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-people-who-shave-their-legs-faces/549946)
**Author:** [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-people-who-shave-their-legs-faces/549946 "2010-08-16T08:55:20Z")
I’ve heard that to get a closer shave, you should shave in the direction of the hairs instead of against the hairs. I always, always shave from the ankles up, not knees down. Perhaps I am doing it wrong? What do you do? --- ## [Professional writers/editors (and other prescriptivists)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-writers-editors-and-other-prescriptivists/550166)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-writers-editors-and-other-prescriptivists/550166 "2010-08-16T07:53:05Z")
What errors that you would never, ever allow out in public on your watch do you make in private? I was just looking at an email I wrote the other day, in which I said that someone should contact a member of group X “and… --- ## [Perpetrators of horribly stupid crimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perpetrators-of-horribly-stupid-crimes/549991)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perpetrators-of-horribly-stupid-crimes/549991 "2010-08-16T07:46:42Z")
A recent zombie thread about horrible crimes made for uncomfortable reading and has spawned (as zombie are known to do) another version of itself. Some people in that htread mentioned particularly stupid criminals but he… --- ## [Things I must do in Portland, OR](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-do-in-portland-or/550205)
**Author:** [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-i-must-do-in-portland-or/550205 "2010-08-16T07:06:15Z")
Well, this is my first post in over four years… I’ll be in Portland, OR for 6 days beginning Aug. 18 and, knowing little about the city, I was curious what fellow dopers would suggest in the way of unique activities to … --- ## [Worst town in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-town-in-america/390635)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nuggets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nuggets)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-town-in-america/390635 "2010-08-16T04:51:05Z")
I bought this book, The Worst Places to Live in America, by Dave Gilmartin, and it’s raised my curiosity. What do you think the worst place in America is? And real reasons, not, for example Louisianians saying “I hate Ph… --- ## [Looking for advice on an entry-level road bike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-an-entry-level-road-bike/550363)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-an-entry-level-road-bike/550363 "2010-08-16T04:43:28Z")
So I live in a beautiful city with an extensive cycling culture and I would like to hop back on a bike. However, all I currently possess is a generic mountain bike, which is not very comfortable for riding around town. A… --- ## [When do you/did you take your online dating profile down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-did-you-take-your-online-dating-profile-down/550051)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-did-you-take-your-online-dating-profile-down/550051 "2010-08-16T04:22:02Z")
Prompted by this thread, though I’ve been pondering starting a thread on this for a while. One of the new issues that comes from the popularity of online dating is the question of when you should take your profile down … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1899) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1901)