# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1912 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1913 --- ## [Questioning Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questioning-reality/548234)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questioning-reality/548234 "2010-07-28T00:01:49Z")
I’ve been questioning this for a while, and IMHO, things around me don’t seem ‘real’ It’s a weird feeling, but I for the past couple of well months I guess I’ve been feeling rather detatched from reality, as if none of … --- ## [Poll for Males, on possibility of being a parent.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-males-on-possibility-of-being-a-parent/548005)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-for-males-on-possibility-of-being-a-parent/548005 "2010-07-27T18:53:14Z")
I am wondering (yet again) if other guys have shared my sentiments or if I’m odd man out on this. I’ve always loved babies and children, enjoyed their company. I think I’d be good as a parent. The prospect of possibly… --- ## [Old Worlders (Europeans, Asian, and Africans): How common is it to have mixed ancestry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-worlders-europeans-asian-and-africans-how-common-is-it-to-have-mixed-ancestry/547835)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-worlders-europeans-asian-and-africans-how-common-is-it-to-have-mixed-ancestry/547835 "2010-07-27T17:23:01Z")
There are occasionally threads like this one, inquiring as to the ethnic/cultural background of the Dopers. Many Dopers are, however, inhabitants of the New World (defined for the purposes of this thread as the Americas … --- ## [Media Catalogue Software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-catalogue-software/548202)
**Author:** [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-catalogue-software/548202 "2010-07-27T17:13:41Z")
I embrace all things digital. I have the home network attached storage device with somewhere around 4 TB of various digital files. But I’d like to find a better way of browsing through it all. Sure I can scroll through t… --- ## [Ladies: periods and your skivvies \[tmi\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-periods-and-your-skivvies-tmi/546390)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-periods-and-your-skivvies-tmi/546390 "2010-07-27T16:53:00Z")
It is that time where the raging crimson beast has come to eat my uterus. The beast enjoys foiling my best attempts at keeping it confined to the device of my choice and makes my underwear a little more red than it was … --- ## [Picture hooks in the house - yes or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-hooks-in-the-house-yes-or-no/548132)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-hooks-in-the-house-yes-or-no/548132 "2010-07-27T15:49:59Z")
We moved into a house last month which has just been done up for rent. New carpet, new paint, bathroom redone - really nice. One thing that surprised me though - there were bits where there had obviously been picture ho… --- ## [Good printer for 3x5 index cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-printer-for-3x5-index-cards/548127)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-printer-for-3x5-index-cards/548127 "2010-07-27T13:30:45Z")
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good printer to use with 3x5 index cards? I’ve been using my regular printer, but it’s a pain to get the settings right (I use the settings for letter paper, but put everything … --- ## [Prefer to lose to someone good or someone bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prefer-to-lose-to-someone-good-or-someone-bad/547405)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prefer-to-lose-to-someone-good-or-someone-bad/547405 "2010-07-27T12:51:46Z")
In these three scenarios, which person would you rather lose to, the person who was discernibly “better” than you, or the person who was discernibly “worse”? You enter a writing contest. You come in second. Would yo… --- ## [Parallel parking tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallel-parking-tips/548104)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parallel-parking-tips/548104 "2010-07-27T12:20:02Z")
Two questions: 1) What do they expect in order to pass?, and 2) Any ideas on how to learn to do it? I’ve been teaching my son how to drive and he’s got everything down perfectly…with the exception of parallel parking.… --- ## [Christians Agasinst Beck. Will it help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-agasinst-beck-will-it-help/547258)
**Author:** [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-agasinst-beck-will-it-help/547258 "2010-07-27T01:42:04Z")
I got an Email from a group called Faithful America about their add claiming Glen Beck is distorting the gospel by denouncing social justice. Here’s the highlights Another Christian group called the Sojourners is objec… --- ## [Out of your league?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-your-league/546699)
**Author:** [@Null\_Summit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Null_Summit)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-your-league/546699 "2010-07-27T01:34:20Z")
I recently watched the movie “She’s out of my league”. For those of you who haven’t seen it the plot involves the male protagonist (a self-proclaimed “5”) fortuitously dating a widely acknowledged female “10” to his (and… --- ## [Do you live in an area where Air Conditioning is uncommon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-an-area-where-air-conditioning-is-uncommon/547940)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-in-an-area-where-air-conditioning-is-uncommon/547940 "2010-07-27T00:53:32Z")
I lived 8 years on Cape Cod in Falmouth Massachusetts. This was in the late 1960’s. We didn’t have air conditioning in the house or car. It wasn’t needed. It did get warm but the breezes off the ocean kept that area bea… --- ## [Is this a dumb idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-dumb-idea/547941)
**Author:** [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-dumb-idea/547941 "2010-07-26T23:24:49Z")
I got ice-cream sandwiches for my kids (ages 9 & 11) on Sunday. Each child got 4 ice-cream sandwiches and this deal. They could eat the sandwiches whenever they wanted, but for every sandwich they had left on Friday th… --- ## [What's with those goofy penguins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-those-goofy-penguins/548049)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-those-goofy-penguins/548049 "2010-07-26T23:10:54Z")
We recently watched David Attenborough’s Life in the Freezer and have seen other interesting films on Antarctica. The diversity of life is fascinating including several species of penguins. Almost all life forms have en… --- ## [What would happen if hardcore porntapes with Obama leaked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520 "2010-07-26T22:12:40Z")
Here is a rather hypothetical hypothetical Me and a friend discussed this over a couple of cold ones, a rather hypothetical hypothetical. What if a bussload of extreme, really disturbing porn tapes starring Obama sudde… --- ## [Please critique our organization's website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-critique-our-organizations-website/546871)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-critique-our-organizations-website/546871 "2010-07-26T21:40:41Z")
Web designers, graphic artists, fancy schmancy internet-faring people (that means YOU!)… please take a look at this website: http://www.humboldt.edu/ccat/ And offer your criticisms! Be frank. Be brutal. But please … --- ## [Niagara Falls Info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-info/548043)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niagara-falls-info/548043 "2010-07-26T20:32:24Z")
I posted previously requesting on what to see or avoid when going to Niagara Falls. I got pretty consistent advice and followed most of it. FWIW, Maid of the Mist, Behind the Falls and Whitewater Walk were all worth doin… --- ## [Good source for alternative DVD cover art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-source-for-alternative-dvd-cover-art/547795)
**Author:** [@Bartman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bartman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-source-for-alternative-dvd-cover-art/547795 "2010-07-26T20:20:49Z")
I just purchased a copy of Sergio Leone’s The Man With no Name trilogy with Clint Eastwood. But the cover art is simply atrocious… very cut rate. Anyone know of a source of alternative cover slips that I can hide this be… --- ## [Your favorite colonoscopy prep regimen? (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-colonoscopy-prep-regimen-need-answer-fast/542329)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-colonoscopy-prep-regimen-need-answer-fast/542329 "2010-07-26T19:48:23Z")
Odd subject line, huh? Anyway… I’m visiting a gastroenterologist tomorrow for stomach issues, and will most likely also be discussing a screening colonoscopy (oh joy) while they’re at it. I know there are options, inc… --- ## [What do you do to relieve stress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-relieve-stress/547804)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-relieve-stress/547804 "2010-07-26T19:02:10Z")
I am pretty sure I am sensitive to stress (esp. my psychological health) and am trying to do more to keep my stress levels low. Some things that work well on other people (gratitude journals, adaptogens, mindfulness med… --- ## [Overpreparedness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overpreparedness/548026)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overpreparedness/548026 "2010-07-26T18:36:44Z")
To avoid hijacking thecamping thread how many people on the dope are over prepared for power outages and the like? mrAru’s mom is a Missouri farmgirl, and my mom is an Iowa farmgirl, with the added fillip of my mom bein… --- ## [Are you enviable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-enviable/547626)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-enviable/547626 "2010-07-26T18:20:30Z")
If other people knew all about your life, would they envy you? --- ## [I need a cheap copy of Windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-cheap-copy-of-windows/546842)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-cheap-copy-of-windows/546842 "2010-07-26T17:36:43Z")
Legally. It needs to be a full version, since it’s going on a partition on my Mac. Is there any way to get a non-pirated, legally licensed copy of XP or 7 without paying the $200 for it directly from Microsoft? Is ther… --- ## [Tell me about e-cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-e-cigarettes/547776)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-e-cigarettes/547776 "2010-07-26T16:32:10Z")
My husband smokes. He’s done so for all his adult life. Now he has to quit. Absolutely has to quit. He’s having a lot of trouble losing the ritual. I told him I’d research the e-cigarette for him. Does it help? Is it s… --- ## [Talk me IN to having a "luxury" gastric bypass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-in-to-having-a-luxury-gastric-bypass/540689)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-in-to-having-a-luxury-gastric-bypass/540689 "2010-07-26T16:31:45Z")
Last year, I told the Dope about my plans to get weight loss surgery. However, I wasn’t sure it was the best thing for me, because I am at the lower end of morbidly obese spectrum. My BMI is 36, and I weigh 105 kgs at … --- ## [If the US had Atom Bombs During the beginning of WW2 Would We Use them and How to Win War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-had-atom-bombs-during-the-beginning-of-ww2-would-we-use-them-and-how-to-win-war/547703)
**Author:** [@Hershon4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershon4)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-us-had-atom-bombs-during-the-beginning-of-ww2-would-we-use-them-and-how-to-win-war/547703 "2010-07-26T15:35:30Z")
I would appreciate your answers for a Blog I’m planning to write on this. Assume that the United States had secretly developed the Atom Bomb before WW2 Started and we had plenty available to drop. Would we immediately… --- ## [You come into a huge fortune. What frivious thing do you buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440 "2010-07-26T13:50:54Z")
Let’s define huge fortune as being over $100 million. Define frivolous however suits you. All that matters is your own opinion. How you acquire the money is irrelevant. Maybe you win the lottery; maybe Bill Gates dec… --- ## [Married gals who've kept your name...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-gals-whove-kept-your-name/547404)
**Author:** [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-gals-whove-kept-your-name/547404 "2010-07-26T12:49:18Z")
Hypothetically, say I Ms. E. Crayons, m about to marry my longtime partner, B. Blaaarfengaaar. “Eats Blaaarfengaaar” sounds terrible plus I LIKE my current name, so I plan on keeping it. So what honorific/title is custo… --- ## [Practical Tips for Camping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-tips-for-camping/545073)
**Author:** [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practical-tips-for-camping/545073 "2010-07-26T08:51:00Z")
I’m stealing this idea from another thread. I camp in a tent a lot, several times a year in fact. It’s not always easy to keep the tent contents organized or the campsite clean. It can be easy to forget the bug spray, l… --- ## ["How we 86'd a police office from our protected space" - The most sensitive anarchists ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-86d-a-police-office-from-our-protected-space-the-most-sensitive-anarchists-ever/547300)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-we-86d-a-police-office-from-our-protected-space-the-most-sensitive-anarchists-ever/547300 "2010-07-26T07:32:30Z")
I have never read a more self aggrandizing, douchetastic screed than the reply on this Anarchist website as to why they asked a police office getting a cup of coffee to scram. The selective hyper-sensitivity of these har… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1911) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1913)