# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=236 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 237 --- ## [Who Cut Their teeth on A Commodore 64?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cut-their-teeth-on-a-commodore-64/232834)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cut-their-teeth-on-a-commodore-64/232834 "2021-09-28T21:14:55Z")
Inspired by another thread, who actually learnt their computer skills on a Commodore 64? I had one that didn’t have a disc drive- it had to be loaded via a tape. Even the simplest programme took twenty minutes. … --- ## [Uncomfortable Auto Seat Headrests-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-auto-seat-headrests-why/656301)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncomfortable-auto-seat-headrests-why/656301 "2021-09-28T17:36:48Z")
I mean, some of these things actually tilt your head forward-extremely uncomfortable. Why is this? I remember the SAAB cars of the 1970’s had cage-like headrests-they were a good design 9they didn’t block your backwards … --- ## [Is walking really good for one’s health?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walking-really-good-for-one-s-health/939342)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-walking-really-good-for-one-s-health/939342 "2021-04-11T17:00:18Z")
As many of my friends approach middle age, I noticed quite a few of them have taken up walking as a hobby. Occasionally they’ll even send some media on the health benefits of walking. I assume that there are some psych… --- ## [The ethics of adapting an old story into a new one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-adapting-an-old-story-into-a-new-one/951380)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-adapting-an-old-story-into-a-new-one/951380 "2021-09-28T10:36:36Z")
I write. My published opus so far includes one book and maybe 10 or so articles, about half in print and half online. All of these are non-fiction and I am continuing to write things of this kind; however, I have also wr… --- ## [It's not Halloween without an inappropriate "Sexy" costume, now, is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-halloween-without-an-inappropriate-sexy-costume-now-is-it/951355)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-halloween-without-an-inappropriate-sexy-costume-now-is-it/951355 "2021-09-28T05:51:31Z")
No, of course it isn’t. (SFW) --- ## [Why did the pike last so long on the European battlefield?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-pike-last-so-long-on-the-european-battlefield/951442)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-pike-last-so-long-on-the-european-battlefield/951442 "2021-09-28T00:13:12Z")
So random thought that occured to me while listening to a podcast on the thirty years war. How did pikemen last so long on the European battlefield after the development of battlefield artillery? Surely with anything b… --- ## [Are public freakouts/altercations getting more common or is it just the proliferation of cameras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-public-freakouts-altercations-getting-more-common-or-is-it-just-the-proliferation-of-cameras/951337)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-public-freakouts-altercations-getting-more-common-or-is-it-just-the-proliferation-of-cameras/951337 "2021-09-27T17:46:52Z")
Unless you turn off all electronics, it’s just about impossible to avoid videos of fights, arguments, or public freak outs. Is our society getting more violent or are we just more aware of what’s going on due to cell pho… --- ## [Old habits dying hard (...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-habits-dying-hard/950104)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-habits-dying-hard/950104 "2021-09-27T15:43:21Z")
…when you can’t get/take that stuff no more. A few years ago, I noticed that I get an inordinate amount of pleasure from certain habits, objects and routines and that I don’t like to give these things up. For example, … --- ## [What causes people to get grey hair and thin hair when people get older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-people-to-get-grey-hair-and-thin-hair-when-people-get-older/937666)
**Author:** [@Jillwood77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jillwood77)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-people-to-get-grey-hair-and-thin-hair-when-people-get-older/937666 "2021-03-22T01:17:40Z")
What causes people to get grey hair and thin hair when people get older? I see all these ads on TV talking about grey hair and thin hair and some people that go bald when they get older and this got be wondering what ca… --- ## [Do anti-aging creams actually do anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anti-aging-creams-actually-do-anything/918787)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anti-aging-creams-actually-do-anything/918787 "2020-09-03T02:41:26Z")
I just saw a commercial for one. There’s like a zillion of them, and yet I still see old people. Do any of these things really work? Are they all placebos? --- ## [Is gratitude a value consistent with atheism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gratitude-a-value-consistent-with-atheism/951091)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gratitude-a-value-consistent-with-atheism/951091 "2021-09-27T05:40:31Z")
Many a times I’d tell my kid that we should be grateful for the things we have in life, that we didn’t get Covid, etc. etc. So the objective analysis (or maybe not) is that there is nothing to be grateful about. That ev… --- ## [What does it take t get a car windshield truly clean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-take-t-get-a-car-windshield-truly-clean/951278)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-take-t-get-a-car-windshield-truly-clean/951278 "2021-09-27T01:26:32Z")
I have along commute every morning and part of that drive occurs as the sun is just coming up over the mountains. My commute is generally in an easterly direction so I’m diving directly towards the sun for a large percen… --- ## [Traveling to France, some advice please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-france-some-advice-please/951074)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-france-some-advice-please/951074 "2021-09-26T11:03:25Z")
I’ll be traveling to France soon, taking a river cruise on the Rhone. I’ll be in a couple airports in France, and there will be stops for excursions in towns along the river. I’ve notified the bank for my debit card of … --- ## [Arificial Sweeteners? Which is best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arificial-sweeteners-which-is-best/951123)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arificial-sweeteners-which-is-best/951123 "2021-09-26T05:50:51Z")
In your views, which artificial sweetener is best? I may or may not have diabetes, so I am trying to be proactive. --- ## [Do you prefer ‘fall’ or ‘autumn?’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-fall-or-autumn/951140)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-fall-or-autumn/951140 "2021-09-26T01:08:02Z")
Simple poll, what’s your preferred word for the season of the year? I like autumn, probably goes back to dumb childish pranks ‘Have a nice Fall!’ when someone tripped you from behind. poll --- ## [What's the worst field trip you ever went on in school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-field-trip-you-ever-went-on-in-school/949285)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-field-trip-you-ever-went-on-in-school/949285 "2021-09-25T23:27:16Z")
I can think of two. We had a combined field trip where our elementary school class partnered with a middle school class and took a trip… to the side of a highway, where we went up an embankment and looked for fossils am… --- ## [Say I'm the landlord, a church wants to pay a tenant's rent, W-2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-im-the-landlord-a-church-wants-to-pay-a-tenants-rent-w-2/951298)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-im-the-landlord-a-church-wants-to-pay-a-tenants-rent-w-2/951298 "2021-09-25T21:00:51Z")
Let’s call him Sam, he’s behind in rent. Sam’s pastor at his church offers to pay his rent. A check is sent to cover Sam’s rent, but includes a stipulation requiring the LL to fill out a W-2 essentially becoming an e… --- ## [Creating realistic-appearing humanoid robots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-realistic-appearing-humanoid-robots/951017)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-realistic-appearing-humanoid-robots/951017 "2021-09-25T17:27:43Z")
Forgetting the AI brain and just focusing on the physical appearance. I’m curious how possible it is/would be to create humanoid robots that actually looked indistinguishable from a human. In the show Westworld, the gu… --- ## [Why did USA Gymnastics and others protect Larry Nassar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-usa-gymnastics-and-others-protect-larry-nassar/951070)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-usa-gymnastics-and-others-protect-larry-nassar/951070 "2021-09-25T09:50:33Z")
I know this is sports related, but not really about the sport of gymnastics. Mods you can move it if you want to. I really don’t understand why USA Gymnastics and others protected Larry Nassar. Even if they didn’t car… --- ## [Any advice/recommendations for my son moving to uptown Charlotte, NC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-recommendations-for-my-son-moving-to-uptown-charlotte-nc/951028)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-recommendations-for-my-son-moving-to-uptown-charlotte-nc/951028 "2021-09-24T21:16:18Z")
Well, the title says it, basically. It’s my son first post-college job, and he’ll be moving to Charlotte in about a month. We’re helping him look at apartments online (initial read: wow they’re inexpensive relative to wh… --- ## [Driving school for an adult who is returning to the road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-school-for-an-adult-who-is-returning-to-the-road/480147)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-school-for-an-adult-who-is-returning-to-the-road/480147 "2021-09-24T18:23:02Z")
After seven years, I have a real credit card again. This means that I can easily rent a car again. However, I am very rusty on driving, having done almost none since 2000. I’d like to take a refresher course to reacquain… --- ## [Day trips from Monterey. Suggestions sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-trips-from-monterey-suggestions-sought/950823)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-trips-from-monterey-suggestions-sought/950823 "2021-09-24T17:45:21Z")
Back in June, while I was on leave recovering from surgery, I planned a road trip with my fiancée. The idea was to drive from Orange County, check into a hotel in Monterey for several days, and do a day trip every day, t… --- ## [Windows 10 without SSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-without-ssd/951152)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-without-ssd/951152 "2021-09-24T17:38:43Z")
Have you every used Win10 on a machine with an old-style hard disk? Is it usable? I just swapped out a SSD for a 6yr old (new) 1TB 2.5’ laptop HD, and Win10 was effectively unusable. I was surprised: I hadn’t heard that… --- ## [Dishwasher recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-recommendations/949021)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-recommendations/949021 "2021-09-24T13:35:51Z")
Looks like the last time this question was asked was in '17, long enough ago that things may have changed enough to ask again I think, though I did skim through the '17 thread. Our 5 year old Whirlpool dishwasher has be… --- ## [Blacked out from Gabapentin, anyone know how that happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacked-out-from-gabapentin-anyone-know-how-that-happened/657388)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacked-out-from-gabapentin-anyone-know-how-that-happened/657388 "2021-09-24T04:09:22Z")
Hello everyone, I’m a chronic pain patient and my doctor is trying to find an alternative treatment besides opiates to combat the pain. Recently he had me using Gabapentin and things seemed to be going well. I first sta… --- ## [Screening IVF embryos for different traits (poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screening-ivf-embryos-for-different-traits-poll/951058)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screening-ivf-embryos-for-different-traits-poll/951058 "2021-09-24T04:08:04Z")
Companies have started to offer the option to screen IVF embryos for traits encoded by multiple genes, in order to reduce the chance that the child will suffer from diseases like diabetes or heart attack, and the same te… --- ## [Used car prices (near term predictions)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-prices-near-term-predictions/923622)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-car-prices-near-term-predictions/923622 "2021-09-24T02:52:29Z")
When the pandemic started there was a dip in used car prices, and predictions that they would drop further due to the Hertz bankruptcy. But this has not happened, and used car prices are actually relatively high these da… --- ## [Science solves Yeti?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-solves-yeti/803064)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-solves-yeti/803064 "2021-09-23T21:07:29Z")
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1800/20141712.long My theory has always been that the Yeti is real, but simply a rare or unknown bear species (or two) these seem to "bear’ that out. What do my fell… --- ## [Insurance company/CVS Specialty pharmacy weirdness/scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-company-cvs-specialty-pharmacy-weirdness-scam/951209)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-company-cvs-specialty-pharmacy-weirdness-scam/951209 "2021-09-23T19:29:02Z")
A member of my immediate family is on a slightly unusual prescription medication that we’ve been getting through our insurance (provided through my employer) and delivered by CVS Caremark. We’ve gotten it with little ha… --- ## [Texas Anti-abortion Law, Unintended consequences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-anti-abortion-law-unintended-consequences/950122)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-anti-abortion-law-unintended-consequences/950122 "2021-09-23T16:23:43Z")
As in, what are the possible or likely ones? The thought that’s been in my head since I first heard of this is that it will have some level of chilling effect on women’s health care in Texas generally. I don’t know if … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=237)