# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=194 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 195 --- ## [What happened to the Holograms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-holograms/966085)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-holograms/966085 "2022-06-13T12:46:07Z")
Back in the 1970s, when I was still in high school, Holograms were all the rage, and we were told live entertainment would be revolutionized by these lifesized 3-D laser illusions. I believe Disneyland even had a ride wi… --- ## [How to fix bleached ombre hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-bleached-ombre-hair/966075)
**Author:** [@IDKittyKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDKittyKat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-bleached-ombre-hair/966075 "2022-06-13T11:05:01Z")
Ruined my hair from bleaching it at the salon…was trying to go from black (I’ve got natural dark hair w/blue-black dye in it) to platinum blonde but ruined it after the first round. The texture is awful. How can this be … --- ## [What are my options if I can't find a job within my career field?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-if-i-cant-find-a-job-within-my-career-field/966076)
**Author:** [@IDKittyKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDKittyKat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-if-i-cant-find-a-job-within-my-career-field/966076 "2022-06-13T00:31:16Z")
Not sure what to do here. I have a degree in industrial design, which is essentially an art degree. It’s a great field to get into and you work on things such as product styling. I left my internship a year ago and moved… --- ## [NYT article - Do Swedish People Feed Their Guests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-article-do-swedish-people-feed-their-guests/965574)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-article-do-swedish-people-feed-their-guests/965574 "2022-06-12T22:48:30Z")
So I read this NYT article and I’m confused. At the beginning of the article it says: Instead, when it’s time to eat, a child might go home, stay in the friend’s room and play or sit at the table with the family and no… --- ## [Visiting Kentucky in August- Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-kentucky-in-august-advice/965852)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-kentucky-in-august-advice/965852 "2022-06-12T15:56:08Z")
I’ll be visiting Wilmore (just outside of Lexington) for about a week to see my mother, and I was wondering about what to see, eat and drink while there. I considered taking the train but unfortunately Amtrak doesn’t go… --- ## [Advice on CAD drafting as a career?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-cad-drafting-as-a-career/965790)
**Author:** [@IDKittyKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDKittyKat)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-cad-drafting-as-a-career/965790 "2022-06-12T10:47:27Z")
I’m seeking to earn a certificate for CAD/CAE design and want to know if this would be a good career track for me. – What kinds of jobs are there? – How easy would it be to land a CAD job? – What would the requirement… --- ## [Craving cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craving-cigarettes/964437)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craving-cigarettes/964437 "2022-06-12T02:52:43Z")
I quit for good over 10 years ago, and after the first few days or weeks, never really looked back. Prior to that, I’d smoked most of my life, and finally quit not because of fear of cancer, but fear of COPD in later lif… --- ## [Medical billing: any better with Kaiser or similar, than with other medical plans (for Senior)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-billing-any-better-with-kaiser-or-similar-than-with-other-medical-plans-for-senior/966037)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-billing-any-better-with-kaiser-or-similar-than-with-other-medical-plans-for-senior/966037 "2022-06-11T21:03:58Z")
Being over 65, I have Medicare parts A and B (and D, but that’s not an issue), and a 3rd party supplementary “gap” coverage plan which they call Part F. If I have any kind of outpatient procedure beyond a routine doctor’… --- ## [Help plan our driving trip- San Diego to San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-plan-our-driving-trip-san-diego-to-san-francisco/964894)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-plan-our-driving-trip-san-diego-to-san-francisco/964894 "2022-06-11T20:58:01Z")
Greetings! Since I have had such amazing luck polling the TMs in the past for travel planning, I’m back to solicit ideas for our (that’s going to be Mr Kitty and I) first post-pandemic-lockdown trip this fall. Here are… --- ## [30 Day Free Trial Cancel Any Time Afterwards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-free-trial-cancel-any-time-afterwards/965626)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-free-trial-cancel-any-time-afterwards/965626 "2022-06-11T15:08:23Z")
What are your thoughts about those ‘sign up for our service. The first 30 days is FREE. You can cancel any time afterwards’? I remember as a kid signing up for Columbia Record Club where they offered the first six or so… --- ## [Can a Native English Speaker Ever Truly Learn Mandarin Chinese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-native-english-speaker-ever-truly-learn-mandarin-chinese/965804)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-native-english-speaker-ever-truly-learn-mandarin-chinese/965804 "2022-06-11T13:22:29Z")
(I choose Mandarin, because as someone would no doubt point out, there is in fact more than one Chinese language.) It’s a funny thing about sounds in languages. If you don’t pick them up as a young child, you forever lo… --- ## [OK to Ignore an Infected Toenail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-ignore-an-infected-toenail/965943)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-ignore-an-infected-toenail/965943 "2022-06-11T04:53:18Z")
I’ve got an infected toenail and I’ve been losing the battle against it for over a year now. The doctor prescribed this antifungal nail polish and it worked until it didn’t. It doesn’t hurt or itch, and I have this set o… --- ## [Opinions/experience with greyhound aggression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-experience-with-greyhound-aggression/965825)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-experience-with-greyhound-aggression/965825 "2022-06-11T01:18:07Z")
I’m a huge dog lover, and have had dogs - mostly Goldens and our current goldendoodle - throughout my adult life (I’m 61). One of my daughters has adopted greyhounds. She currently has her 2d and 3d. We had a very unp… --- ## [Clever hacks that you've never gotten to work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-hacks-that-youve-never-gotten-to-work/933692)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-hacks-that-youve-never-gotten-to-work/933692 "2022-06-10T22:33:58Z")
Millions of people swear by them, but you’ve never actually gotten it to work. For example: to get crystal clear ice cubes, boil the water first. Nope. Qualified example: light a match (back when strike-anywhere matches… --- ## [Dogs and bunny nest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-bunny-nest/965856)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-and-bunny-nest/965856 "2022-06-10T17:55:40Z")
Fenced in yard. Two dogs, a nearly five year old mini Aussie and a ten week old mini Aussie Border Collie mix. Wonderful to let the dogs in the yard for exercise and convenient for house training the pup. Today looked u… --- ## [Jobs with visible “warming up”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-with-visible-warming-up/965851)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-with-visible-warming-up/965851 "2022-06-10T11:44:50Z")
A radio comedian was wondering why, when you go to a classical concert, the audience gets to hear the musicians warming up. He contrasts this with other jobs - courtroom lawyer, physician, construction worker which seem… --- ## [Lying down with dogs, getting up with fleas (not about dogs or fleas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-down-with-dogs-getting-up-with-fleas-not-about-dogs-or-fleas/965926)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-down-with-dogs-getting-up-with-fleas-not-about-dogs-or-fleas/965926 "2022-06-10T05:31:09Z")
Are there opinions you feel you can’t support not because they are wrong, but because of the people you would have to join forces with? For me personally, it’s about transgender sports. I believe that people who mature … --- ## [How To Handle Names and Identities in a Compassionate World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-names-and-identities-in-a-compassionate-world/965719)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-names-and-identities-in-a-compassionate-world/965719 "2022-06-09T19:51:47Z")
I know my title is terrible, but my muse is off today. OK. We all agree that using names which evoke stereotypes is bad. We shouldn’t name the bankers in our Great Novels “Shylock” and our street thugs shouldn’t all be … --- ## [How do you perceive multi-line "road text"? (Like BIKE LANE on two lines)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-perceive-multi-line-road-text-like-bike-lane-on-two-lines/965457)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-perceive-multi-line-road-text-like-bike-lane-on-two-lines/965457 "2022-06-09T16:57:56Z")
A no-longer-recent thread on reading and some election signs I’ll come back to made me think about how I’ve yet to grow accustomed to pavement text being arranged to be read “bottom to top”. If the words “bike lane” are… --- ## [Wrong things you thought when you were young](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-things-you-thought-when-you-were-young/964952)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-things-you-thought-when-you-were-young/964952 "2022-06-09T15:36:46Z")
Sorry if there’s already a thread on this; I looked and didn’t see one. Wrong things you thought when you were young? In my favorite movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) stands outside his detect… --- ## [Is there a name for this dating phenomenon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-dating-phenomenon/965364)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-dating-phenomenon/965364 "2022-06-08T15:26:10Z")
A friend was telling us about the last few dates he went out on, where he “met” a woman online who agreed to meet him for a drink, and then, when they met, she suggested that they order a little food, and long story shor… --- ## [Opinions re Mass Shootings, based on Tulsa shooting, 2022-06-2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-re-mass-shootings-based-on-tulsa-shooting-2022-06-2/965601)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-re-mass-shootings-based-on-tulsa-shooting-2022-06-2/965601 "2022-06-08T04:41:47Z")
Michael Moore made a very incisive point in Bowling for Columbine. Canadians have guns all over the place (relatively speaking). They aren’t at all an anti-gun society. And yet they don’t have these mass killing incid… --- ## [Tell me it's OK to throw these photos away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-its-ok-to-throw-these-photos-away/964863)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-its-ok-to-throw-these-photos-away/964863 "2022-06-08T01:18:11Z")
I have a LOT of stuff. Boxes and boxes of electronic parts and tools and hardware. But, I am making an effort to get rid of things that are redundant or obsolete (anyone want a functional Tek 468 'scope?). When my folks… --- ## [As a responsible gun owner, we as a country need to fix this gun violence problem!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-responsible-gun-owner-we-as-a-country-need-to-fix-this-gun-violence-problem/965697)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-responsible-gun-owner-we-as-a-country-need-to-fix-this-gun-violence-problem/965697 "2022-06-07T19:57:17Z")
There are many contributing factors to our problem. It’s an American problem. We love our guns. But we can’t keep having these mass shootings! Briefly about me — I did not grow up with guns. Until the military, I never … --- ## [Dad up and died and left me to deal with my mom's Alzheimer's. I need so much advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-up-and-died-and-left-me-to-deal-with-my-moms-alzheimers-i-need-so-much-advice/950581)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-up-and-died-and-left-me-to-deal-with-my-moms-alzheimers-i-need-so-much-advice/950581 "2022-06-07T15:54:29Z")
Good god, where do we even start. My dad has had faltering health all year. We’ve been in and out of the ER numerous times since January, fighting the symptoms of what ultimately ended up being untreatable heart failure.… --- ## [Why do cats and squirrels leave me things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-and-squirrels-leave-me-things/965724)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-and-squirrels-leave-me-things/965724 "2022-06-07T07:45:58Z")
My next door neighbor’s cat has crossed my backyard many times, and while s/he looks at me when I happen to be out onto my back deck, s/he runs away if I get too close. Every once in a while, I’ll see some twigs or ston… --- ## [Apple announced a bunch of new products. How bad are supply chain shortages going to hurt them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-announced-a-bunch-of-new-products-how-bad-are-supply-chain-shortages-going-to-hurt-them/965792)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-announced-a-bunch-of-new-products-how-bad-are-supply-chain-shortages-going-to-hurt-them/965792 "2022-06-07T03:47:35Z")
I’m an Apple fanboy and it looks like Apple has definitely stepped up their game this year. But, supply chain issues are definitely still a thing and especially a chip shortage. Are all these new products just Apple iD… --- ## [What is the most overrated virtue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-overrated-virtue/965271)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-overrated-virtue/965271 "2022-06-07T01:55:11Z")
“It’s my opinion that every one I know has morals, though I wouldn’t like to ask. I know I have. But I’d rather teach them than practice them any day. “Give them to others”–that’s my motto. Mark Twain Virtues are impor… --- ## [Question about Evolution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-evolution/965723)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-evolution/965723 "2022-06-06T21:05:05Z")
When certain members of a herd of something for instance start producing a strain that will eventually become a new species at what point do they break off and start breeding with one another and no longer the original t… --- ## [About How Long For A Tombstone To Be Installed At A Grave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-how-long-for-a-tombstone-to-be-installed-at-a-grave/965767)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-how-long-for-a-tombstone-to-be-installed-at-a-grave/965767 "2022-06-06T20:45:42Z")
My father-in-law was buried in December 2021, and as of today he still does not have his tombstone. My brother-in-law (his son) paid the funeral home for the marker, and they keep insisting that the problem now lies with… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=193) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=195)