# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1905 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1906 --- ## [Bratty kid? Am I over-reacting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bratty-kid-am-i-over-reacting/548933)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bratty-kid-am-i-over-reacting/548933 "2010-08-08T14:32:48Z")
Alex is 7. This neighbor kid he’s been playing with is 9. I don’t like him anymore. Here’s why. They’ve been trading Hot Wheels the last couple days. Alex asked me about it and I told both of them the trades will be 1:… --- ## [How old is too old to still be a virgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-too-old-to-still-be-a-virgin/549208 "2010-08-08T05:37:24Z")
my friend wants to know --- ## [WY or Bust: Is This a Crazy Plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wy-or-bust-is-this-a-crazy-plan/549509)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wy-or-bust-is-this-a-crazy-plan/549509 "2010-08-08T04:13:47Z")
If you were within 13 hrs of Yellowstone, and only had a weekend to get there (in August) and back, would it be nuts to make the trip? Exploring their website, it sounds like the main roads within the park itself could … --- ## [It's time for gay reparations. So what do you guys want? Money, 40 acres & a mule... what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-gay-reparations-so-what-do-you-guys-want-money-40-acres-a-mule-what/549452 "2010-08-08T03:43:58Z")
So now it’s-time for gay reparations. What the heck do you want? How about an apology? Sorry about all that y’know… faggot and dyke stuff’, and beating you up, and calling you perverts, and disowning you. We were kind … --- ## [Say this, and those in the know immediately identify you as a member of/someone who \_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-this-and-those-in-the-know-immediately-identify-you-as-a-member-of-someone-who-_____/548314 "2010-08-08T03:01:30Z")
No fair Googling! Share your own quotes or phrases, to identify yourself to Those in the Know! So what can you tell about me, based on the following phrases I throw out off the top of my head? “I fooled you, I fooled… --- ## [Dirt Simple PC Backup - Looking for Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirt-simple-pc-backup-looking-for-recommendations/549521)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirt-simple-pc-backup-looking-for-recommendations/549521 "2010-08-08T02:58:07Z")
My 85 year old MIL has decided she wants to keep her PC backed up. She’s goin’ strong, but is not so good at learning new things any more. So whatever I set up for her needs to be easy to operate, and ideally 100% hand… --- ## [If an immigrant disrepects your flag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-immigrant-disrepects-your-flag/548673)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-immigrant-disrepects-your-flag/548673 "2010-08-08T02:54:09Z")
Let’s pretend your neighbor is an immigrant from Elbonia. One day he hangs a large Elbonian flag and flies a smaller flag, your country’s, underneath it. Does it bother you? Do you do anything about it? --- ## [Car buying question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buying-question/549485)
**Author:** [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buying-question/549485 "2010-08-08T02:48:37Z")
We are preparing to purchase a used car. I have never done this before so I am paranoid. We’ve been doing some research and have decided on the specific cars we want to look at. However, the one we really like has a lot… --- ## [Need quick advice on my laptop build, thank you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-quick-advice-on-my-laptop-build-thank-you/549544)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-quick-advice-on-my-laptop-build-thank-you/549544 "2010-08-07T23:36:28Z")
How would this Dell 17 laptop perform for gaming? I’m thinking games like Oblivion, Doom 3, and the upcoming Diablo sequel - oh and MAME, or course. Thanks a bunch! --- ## [The Voice of Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-of-satan/549418)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-of-satan/549418 "2010-08-07T20:32:40Z")
Being the epitome of all that is pain and suffering, Satan must have the most annoying voice in existence. So who does Satan sound like? --- ## [Need help on wedding!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-on-wedding/549122)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-on-wedding/549122 "2010-08-07T19:41:43Z")
Ok, so I made a previous thread, just to get an idea on what other people did/spent, and it occurred to me I wasn’t specific enough regarding my situation. In a nutshell: I got engaged recently, and we’re planning our w… --- ## [Plead the first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plead-the-first/549441)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plead-the-first/549441 "2010-08-07T19:16:46Z")
While watching TV (I do understand TV \<\> Reality), I noticed that judges frequently tell people to shut up and any other sound from them, they’d be found in contempt of court. Couldn’t a person plead the first in this c… --- ## [How much would you pay for full service gas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-full-service-gas/549375)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-pay-for-full-service-gas/549375 "2010-08-07T18:28:18Z")
I used to work as a service station attendant, and part of the reason hardly anybody does it anymore is that they think taking care of a car is easy. Even in recent threads here, people say they would love full service “… --- ## [Aagh, car scrape! Damage done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aagh-car-scrape-damage-done/549494)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aagh-car-scrape-damage-done/549494 "2010-08-07T16:43:04Z")
So I’m in my '00 Honda Civic, making a left turn at a low-moderate rate of speed into (what I think is) a sidewalk/driveway. (I’m not sure what you call it; it’s where you have a wedge cut out of a sidewalk so a car can… --- ## [Christians: does your God ever say anything revolutionary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-your-god-ever-say-anything-revolutionary/549253)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-does-your-god-ever-say-anything-revolutionary/549253 "2010-08-07T16:36:12Z")
How to break the speed of light, the next invention, I dont know. Could you ever ask the Almighty to explain something that science can not explain (yet)? --- ## [We're Looking at Buying an SUV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-looking-at-buying-an-suv/549167)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-looking-at-buying-an-suv/549167 "2010-08-07T16:07:09Z")
We seem to always do things backwards. When the economy was booming, we were broke. And now that everyone’s driving “green”, I’m ready to make a big leap. We always wanted a truck, for its carrying capacity, but we we… --- ## [Support for people who have recovered from serious mental illnesses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-people-who-have-recovered-from-serious-mental-illnesses/549439)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-people-who-have-recovered-from-serious-mental-illnesses/549439 "2010-08-07T14:54:23Z")
I really don’t know if this is the board to be posting this, but I have been thinking about it lately and wonder if anyone else can relate or has ideas. I emailed a few local NAMI chapters, but haven’t gotten a response… --- ## [What say you on the burqini?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-say-you-on-the-burqini/549116)
**Author:** [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-say-you-on-the-burqini/549116 "2010-08-07T14:37:47Z")
I’m seriously considering purchasing a burqini, specifically the one in the link for fat ladies. I’m not Muslim, but I am very fair skinned and have already (at 38) had several cancer areas removed. I can’t do anything… --- ## [When was the last time you laughed uncontrollably?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-laughed-uncontrollably/547222)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-laughed-uncontrollably/547222 "2010-08-07T08:04:22Z")
We all have our ROTFL moments. But it occurred to me that I must be getting more serious as I get older, because it’s been years since I had a laughfest where I literally couldn’t control myself, where I found myself la… --- ## [Why is porn an epidemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-porn-an-epidemic/549259)
**Author:** [@Anon2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon2020)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-porn-an-epidemic/549259 "2010-08-07T07:51:37Z")
I mean, why would a man in a committed relationship prefer to watch porn to satisfy his needs than initiate sex with his hot girlfriend? --- ## [Dirty talk: Do you like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-talk-do-you-like-it/549080)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-talk-do-you-like-it/549080 "2010-08-07T06:15:22Z")
In sexual situations, do you enjoy dirty talk, or do you find it a turn-off? Or do you enjoy it up to a point, but get turned off if it’s too graphic and/or effusive? I’ve dated women across the spectrum - some who initi… --- ## [What are your recollections of the "Sputnik moment"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-recollections-of-the-sputnik-moment/549404)
**Author:** [@US\_Bureau\_of\_Labor\_Statistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/US_Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-recollections-of-the-sputnik-moment/549404 "2010-08-07T06:03:28Z")
Calling all Dopers old enough to remember 1957 We’re all familiar with the widely repeated plot line of history that the US was shocked into activity in the space race by the launch of Sputnik. What are your specific p… --- ## [What do you like about the gender you're attracted to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-the-gender-youre-attracted-to/548971)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-the-gender-youre-attracted-to/548971 "2010-08-07T05:16:19Z")
There are quite a few threads lamenting men and women. I’d like to start one where you can share what you like about the gender you’re attracted to. What attracts you, what do you appreciate or admire? I understand it’s… --- ## [Anyone been to Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park bandshell in New York City?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-lincoln-center-s-damrosch-park-bandshell-in-new-york-city/549422)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-to-lincoln-center-s-damrosch-park-bandshell-in-new-york-city/549422 "2010-08-07T03:16:43Z")
Taking in a show there tomorrow night (Balkan Beat Box; gypsy funk), and don’t know what to expect seating/arrangements-wise. Are there usually seats? Are they fixed or likely that with a more bouncy band they’ll be a la… --- ## [How do you rate Sprint's service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-rate-sprints-service/549088)
**Author:** [@sensual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sensual)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-rate-sprints-service/549088 "2010-08-07T02:08:18Z")
I have the opportunity to get the HTC Evo with the Sprint network, switching from Verizon, and was wondering for those with Sprint, how good the service really is. --- ## [Tell me about Phi Beta Kappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-phi-beta-kappa/548270)
**Author:** [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-phi-beta-kappa/548270 "2010-08-06T22:43:58Z")
I’ve been getting letters from them, saying that they are a national honor society from my university. They want me to fork over nearly $100 to join, but not a peep from them about what I get in return. So, scam or not… --- ## [Can we negotiate with Verizon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-negotiate-with-verizon/549221)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-negotiate-with-verizon/549221 "2010-08-06T22:22:07Z")
We’re moving the family from T-Mobile to Verizon. I got the prices and all that. Is there any negotiating possible before I sign? --- ## [concrete leveling: what do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concrete-leveling-what-do-i-need-to-know/549397)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concrete-leveling-what-do-i-need-to-know/549397 "2010-08-06T20:03:22Z")
My concrete driveway is about 16 years old and has undergone some settling. At the street, the last slabs are a couple of inches below the level of the concrete curb; the rest of the slabs are not so bad, but still in ne… --- ## [Is there a fancy Christmas RC church event in Vegas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fancy-christmas-rc-church-event-in-vegas/549306)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-fancy-christmas-rc-church-event-in-vegas/549306 "2010-08-06T20:00:54Z")
I’m tentatively planning on going to Vegas for Christmas, and my mom was considering coming too. But Mom LOVES big, spectacular Christmas celebrations at church. She’s RCC and usually goes to the cathedral for Midnight… --- ## [Rape Gender, In Relative Terms.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-gender-in-relative-terms/549341)
**Author:** [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rape-gender-in-relative-terms/549341 "2010-08-06T18:59:12Z")
I remember a sensitivity training session my college resident adviser team did a few years back, and at one point (I have no idea how) the question about the relative trauma in terms of the gender of the victim was broug… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1904) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1906)