# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1936 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1937 --- ## [A Facebook Friend is threatening a murder/suicide...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-friend-is-threatening-a-murder-suicide/542719)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-friend-is-threatening-a-murder-suicide/542719 "2010-06-13T05:11:18Z")
…I hope to heck he’s joking, but he’s made several status updates in the last two weeks about needing mental health help/meds, and one about schizophrenia (which I don’t know if he has, or if he was being funny). I don’t… --- ## [Any reason not to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-not-to-upgrade-to-windows-7-from-xp/542743)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-not-to-upgrade-to-windows-7-from-xp/542743 "2010-06-13T04:27:51Z")
Windows XP on my main computer has been irreversibly corrupted. I really don’t want to re-install XP (mainly because of the missing SATA driver I don’t want to plug in my old 3.5" floppy), so I’m thinking about upgrading… --- ## [Motorcyle question...wipe out or break your leg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyle-question-wipe-out-or-break-your-leg/542724)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcyle-question-wipe-out-or-break-your-leg/542724 "2010-06-13T02:31:45Z")
A few weeks ago I was coming up to a red light. The car in front of me was moving over to the left turn lane, but there were cars in front of it so he couldn’t pull all the way into it. I proceeded to go around him and… --- ## [(Help) diagnose my rash!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-diagnose-my-rash/539859)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-diagnose-my-rash/539859 "2010-06-13T01:04:30Z")
Yes, I’ve been to a dermatologist, and I have an appointment again on Thursday. He seems nonchalant about the entire thing, whereas it’s starting to drive me totally insane. I have itching, burning skin, it’s been aroun… --- ## [So what killed my goat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-killed-my-goat/542498)
**Author:** [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-killed-my-goat/542498 "2010-06-12T23:42:28Z")
No, this isn’t some spoof thead-thingy. This afternoon I found my favorite pygmy goat “Olive” dead in the pasture. She was the goat-of-my-heart, my absolute favorite. She had been ravaged by predators, I’m thinking coyot… --- ## [Do you use salve or an ointment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-salve-or-an-ointment/542571)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-salve-or-an-ointment/542571 "2010-06-12T22:45:07Z")
I was with a group of friends yesterday and one of them mentioned she had a rash on her arm. I said “You better put a salve on that.” A couple of young people in the group looked puzzled and said they weren’t familiar … --- ## [Preventing genocide through proportionate sensory backlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-genocide-through-proportionate-sensory-backlash/542898)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-genocide-through-proportionate-sensory-backlash/542898 "2010-06-12T22:26:58Z")
This might end up in GD but we’ll try it here first. Suggestions anyone? I’m thinking that despite our mirror neurons, we don’t quite have the natural biological capacity to truly comprehend the death of large numbers of… --- ## [Can anyone recommend a writing forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-writing-forum/542893)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-a-writing-forum/542893 "2010-06-12T21:28:28Z")
I’m trying get back to writing and I’d love a place online I could get feedback and bounce ideas around. Does anybody know of a good community dedicated to writing? If it makes a difference, I do scifi / fantasy type stu… --- ## [What are the best grow lights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-grow-lights/542901)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-grow-lights/542901 "2010-06-12T17:54:12Z")
I have a small balcony that doesn’t get much (any) direct sunlight and I want to grow some vegetables from there (herbs, tomatoes, lettuce). I’ve got a hydroponic system set up and all I need now are the lights. I plan t… --- ## [Replacing crappy Iphone earset](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-crappy-iphone-earset/542933)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-crappy-iphone-earset/542933 "2010-06-12T17:49:26Z")
I’ve had my Iphone for not seven months, but I’ve worn out two sets of the white earbud/mike/volume sets that comes with them. Anyone know of a more durable replacement? --- ## [Weed goes legit - would you toke up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weed-goes-legit-would-you-toke-up/542279)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weed-goes-legit-would-you-toke-up/542279 "2010-06-12T17:26:02Z")
I assume that, if you partake of pungent herb now, and it became legal, you would continue to do so, so I didn’t create an explicit option for you, and you can avoid an admission against penal interest here by just answe… --- ## [Life is what happens while you are making other plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-what-happens-while-you-are-making-other-plans/542820)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-what-happens-while-you-are-making-other-plans/542820 "2010-06-12T13:52:53Z")
Do things usually turn out the way you planned? Or are there usually unanticipated sticks in your wheels that derail your best laid plans? I think those who live seemingly charmed lives just aren’t risking enough. Those… --- ## [Poll: time perception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-time-perception/506222)
**Author:** [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-time-perception/506222 "2010-06-12T06:32:15Z")
From BoingBoing:Here’s a test: let’s say a meeting, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been moved forward two days. What is the new day of the meeting? If you think it’s Friday, you imagine time as something you mo… --- ## [Proud geeks - please share!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-geeks-please-share/542252)
**Author:** [@Hemulen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemulen)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proud-geeks-please-share/542252 "2010-06-12T03:32:28Z")
Right, here’s the deal. I’m writing a paper on ”geekdom, learning, and the preservation of adult curiosity” Being a full-blown nerd myself, I have a few ideas – but I could use some input from others. And who could be be… --- ## [Famous/historical examples of very good or very bad management (esp management of change/transition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-historical-examples-of-very-good-or-very-bad-management-esp-management-of-change-transition/542715)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-historical-examples-of-very-good-or-very-bad-management-esp-management-of-change-transition/542715 "2010-06-12T02:46:17Z")
Background: I’ve got a job interview next week (internal promotion opportunity), part of which requires me to give a short presentation on change management. I pretty much know what I want to say about it, except that … --- ## [Algorithm Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithm-question/542706)
**Author:** [@Red\_Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Skeezix)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algorithm-question/542706 "2010-06-11T20:49:46Z")
So I’ve been puzzling over a scenario all day. (This is not a homework problem, but is a generalization of a real world scenario). Not sure if this should go in GQ or IMHO, so feel free to move I’ve got some buckets to … --- ## [The Top Ten Scandals of 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-scandals-of-2010/542789)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-ten-scandals-of-2010/542789 "2010-06-11T13:06:47Z")
Top ten lists are usually created at the end of the year. However, there have been so many scandals erupting during the first five months of this year that we just can’t wait. Assuming that scandals continue at a simil… --- ## [Resumes and age discrimination -- don't list "old" jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resumes-and-age-discrimination-dont-list-old-jobs/542532)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resumes-and-age-discrimination-dont-list-old-jobs/542532 "2010-06-11T11:08:00Z")
The unemployment office made me go to this job-seekers workshop yesterday, and one piece of advice has left me stumped. The advice was not to list jobs more than 10-15 years old on my resume. The main reason was that i… --- ## [Could these be symptoms of drug addiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-these-be-symptoms-of-drug-addiction/542666)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-these-be-symptoms-of-drug-addiction/542666 "2010-06-11T10:33:44Z")
Putting this in IMHO rather than GQ since it contains an advice component. I know a guy who has a history of drug abuse and methadone addiction. He is currently taking methadone under the supervision of a professional … --- ## [Helping a left-handed kid learn to draw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-left-handed-kid-learn-to-draw/542549)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-left-handed-kid-learn-to-draw/542549 "2010-06-11T09:02:01Z")
My preschooler absolutely hates to draw, but he needs to in order to develop the muscles he’ll later use for writing. I suspect that his problem is at least in part because he’s left-handed and most people aren’t. So he … --- ## [Thank you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you/542314)
**Author:** [@Pduol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pduol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you/542314 "2010-06-11T04:44:03Z")
The thread about my father was deleted. Thank you to Tuba and Ellen and the rest of the staff for acting so quickly to my request. Also thanks to all who participated in that thread for your advice. Please don’t comme… --- ## [Do we have enough immigrants in the US? If not should there be a limit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-enough-immigrants-in-the-us-if-not-should-there-be-a-limit/542371)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-enough-immigrants-in-the-us-if-not-should-there-be-a-limit/542371 "2010-06-11T02:12:11Z")
Simple question. Do you think there are enough immigrants in the US? If so why? If not do you think there should be a formal limit to the number of people allowed to immigrate into the US? Should ther be a limit with cr… --- ## [Sorting pennies and nickels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-pennies-and-nickels/542493)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorting-pennies-and-nickels/542493 "2010-06-11T02:03:19Z")
My mother has a large pile of pennies and nickels. She wants to convert them into more convenient currency or deposit them in a bank account. But she has two concerns. First, she’s worried about turning in some coins th… --- ## [Does wearing a beard become sexy at a certain age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wearing-a-beard-become-sexy-at-a-certain-age/542337)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wearing-a-beard-become-sexy-at-a-certain-age/542337 "2010-06-11T01:31:57Z")
I had never worn a beard prior to a year ago. I was always the clean-shavened one. Occasionally, while camping or on a long backpacking endeavor I’d grow a little beard, but I’d always shave it the instant I got home. A… --- ## [Would you take a serious risk with your families future because of a hunch? Also, you otherwise die.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-serious-risk-with-your-families-future-because-of-a-hunch-also-you-otherwise-die/542679)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-take-a-serious-risk-with-your-families-future-because-of-a-hunch-also-you-otherwise-die/542679 "2010-06-11T00:59:14Z")
Kinda hard to fit this into a title. Let’s say you have terminal cancer. Your only hope is spontaneous remission. You have the belief that this is only possible under some unknowable placebo like effect, which in any ca… --- ## [Aliens have landed!! What do YOU do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-have-landed-what-do-you-do/542305)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-have-landed-what-do-you-do/542305 "2010-06-11T00:29:18Z")
Piggybacking on another thread which piggybacked on an earlier thread… I think most movies have shown us that when aliens land, it’s not going to be good news. Even Stephen Hawking believed that it would be akin to the… --- ## [Who is your favorite Scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-scientist/541764 "2010-06-10T23:52:20Z")
I was going to do a Poll, but realized I would be handed my butt by the much more smarterer Doper Contingency on Scientist who Rock the World dood. and thought I would let everyone here give their two bits of linkage or … --- ## [What does Amazon mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-amazon-mean-to-you/542612)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-amazon-mean-to-you/542612 "2010-06-10T23:44:45Z")
If you see the word Amazon with no context what is the primary concept you would have? --- ## [It's time for Sex - Do you put your pets in another room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-sex-do-you-put-your-pets-in-another-room/542570)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-sex-do-you-put-your-pets-in-another-room/542570 "2010-06-10T22:47:12Z")
I used to date a girl that insisted on closing the bedroom door before sex. She didn’t want her Cocker Spaniel, Patches to see. :rolleyes: Who’s he going to tell was my response. I don’t want the dog growling or jump… --- ## [Creepiest places that you have spent the night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-places-that-you-have-spent-the-night/542487)
**Author:** [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-places-that-you-have-spent-the-night/542487 "2010-06-10T22:44:47Z")
After this past weekend, I realized that I’ve spent the night in some pretty creepy places. Here’s my top three: (1) Last weekend, after camping plans at a state park went awry, we ended up pitching a tent at an abando… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1935) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1937)