# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=237 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 238 --- ## [How do you do a job search (or...how do YOU do a job search)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-job-search-or-how-do-you-do-a-job-search/942213)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-job-search-or-how-do-you-do-a-job-search/942213 "2021-05-18T13:19:28Z")
There are some other threads on the subject, but they are 5+ years old and may be out of date. The “conventional” approach is you should already have a LinkedIn profile with over 500+ connections and an electronic copy … --- ## [Seneca on Anger. is it correct to say: "“..Seneca said anger is really about defeated expectations.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seneca-on-anger-is-it-correct-to-say-seneca-said-anger-is-really-about-defeated-expectations/951100)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seneca-on-anger-is-it-correct-to-say-seneca-said-anger-is-really-about-defeated-expectations/951100 "2021-09-23T12:44:39Z")
SH0CK: Trump goes NUTS as Eric gets ‘MULTIPLE’ subpoena over taxes…Lawyer agrees 'Ivanka’s next My question is whether this person is correct in summarising Seneca’s treatment on anger this way: (30 minute… --- ## [Digital License Plates - Dumbest idea ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-license-plates-dumbest-idea-ever/926740)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-license-plates-dumbest-idea-ever/926740 "2020-12-04T06:26:23Z")
So, I just read that Michigan is about to join California and Arizona in implementing ‘digital license plates’ - in which your plate is removed and replaced with an E-ink screen that is permanently connected to the gove… --- ## [Neighborly Obligations- What Would you Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborly-obligations-what-would-you-do/950237)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborly-obligations-what-would-you-do/950237 "2021-09-23T05:35:53Z")
I’m having some work done on the wall around the house, and the bobcat had to run up and down the neighbor’s driveway. I got their permission. They are an OLD Chinese couple. Her English is decent, his is none. We get a… --- ## [What is your favorite moisturizer for hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-moisturizer-for-hands/951010)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-moisturizer-for-hands/951010 "2021-09-22T22:12:18Z")
With Fall/Winter approaching I am reminded that I need to stock up on hand moisturizer. I really don’t like using the stuff but the reality is I need to use it so… Any recommendations? My only stipulation is no fragra… --- ## [Fixing a curved fence post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-curved-fence-post/951135)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-curved-fence-post/951135 "2021-09-22T20:52:45Z")
I recently sunk some 4x4 pressure treated fence posts into the ground in my yard, secured by concrete. Most of them are fine, but one of them, I guess I didn’t give it long enough to dry before doing so, because while it… --- ## [Question about disposable masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-disposable-masks/934028)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-disposable-masks/934028 "2021-09-21T19:38:51Z")
I see people throw masks in the garbage receptacles in public spaces. I see masks blowing in the wind and stuck in bushes and trees. I’ve yet to a public service announcement about where to dispose of masks. Are there g… --- ## [Why are specific media dominated by particular specific scams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-specific-media-dominated-by-particular-specific-scams/951076)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-specific-media-dominated-by-particular-specific-scams/951076 "2021-09-21T19:25:52Z")
So it seems that each scam (or very dodgy) industry has chosen its delivery media. There is a separate thread about car warranty spam calls, that media seems to be dominated by just that industry, but you don’t see them… --- ## [Things you like that everyone else seems to hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-like-that-everyone-else-seems-to-hate/947101 "2021-09-21T13:31:07Z")
The “your topic is similar to…” message actually listed a thread on the exact same topic from July '02, but I figure it’s best to start a new thread rather than bumping a 19 year old one. Air travel. It’s not that I … --- ## [Is regulatory capture a big problem in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-regulatory-capture-a-big-problem-in-canada/950946)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-regulatory-capture-a-big-problem-in-canada/950946 "2021-09-21T03:14:28Z")
do people who live in Canada or know a lot about it have an opinion? here in the US regulatory capture (where people who benefit from a particular private industry take over or bribe the government agencies that regulat… --- ## [Could hardcore military video games influence you on an actual battlefield if you had no prior training?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hardcore-military-video-games-influence-you-on-an-actual-battlefield-if-you-had-no-prior-training/950930)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hardcore-military-video-games-influence-you-on-an-actual-battlefield-if-you-had-no-prior-training/950930 "2021-09-21T03:07:11Z")
First of all, I am not asking if video games can come anywhere close to formal military training, since obviously they can’t, I am asking if they can maybe teach you at least some things that could help you out in a batt… --- ## [Does the term "ball & chain" imply a particular gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-term-ball-chain-imply-a-particular-gender/950762)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-term-ball-chain-imply-a-particular-gender/950762 "2021-09-21T01:10:49Z")
I personally don’t think so. I’ve have historically heard both genders referred to as the ball & chain, by respective spouses. If it is equally applied, can the term by msogynistic? --- ## [Is there any chance Brian Laundrie is not responsible for the death of Gabby Petito?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-chance-brian-laundrie-is-not-responsible-for-the-death-of-gabby-petito/951024)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-chance-brian-laundrie-is-not-responsible-for-the-death-of-gabby-petito/951024 "2021-09-20T22:25:14Z")
I like to believe in innocent until proven guilty, but damn…this does not look good for him. Reports are now that he has gone missing…? Sure, if by “gone missing” you mean " on the run" and/or “in hiding”. It seems he h… --- ## [Things that seem to exist solely as bad examples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-exist-solely-as-bad-examples/950014)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seem-to-exist-solely-as-bad-examples/950014 "2021-09-20T20:31:08Z")
Got into a discussion about the word irregardless, and I realized that I haven’t heard or read it in forever except as a go-to example for nonstandard speech. Ain’t is more commonly used for that example, but ain’t would… --- ## [Slang Words for Penis in Other Languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slang-words-for-penis-in-other-languages/147500 "2021-09-20T20:28:15Z")
\[sub\]I apologize if this has been done before.\[/sub\] Pud, dick, dong, wang, Johnson, dode, pecker, tally-whacker, willie, John Thomas, schwanz, shlong, shmeckel, prick, cock… etc. What I want is slang for “penis” in ot… --- ## [Your Pronunciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pronunciation/949375)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-pronunciation/949375 "2021-09-20T19:25:01Z")
I think this belongs here, if not feel free to move it. Are there certain words that you just cannot or will not pronounce correctly even though you know you’re pronouncing them wrong? Sherbet - It will always be sherb… --- ## [Revamping home heating/cooling -- oil/AC to electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revamping-home-heating-cooling-oil-ac-to-electric/951001)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revamping-home-heating-cooling-oil-ac-to-electric/951001 "2021-09-20T18:29:29Z")
Our 1800-sf ranch house in NYS has a hodgepodge of heating and cooling systems. An oil boiler (20 yo, with significant overhaul when we bought the house 3 yrs ago) heats our house via hydronic baseboards. It also heats … --- ## [iPhone 12 Charger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-12-charger/950766)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-12-charger/950766 "2021-09-20T14:57:53Z")
Does anyone here have an iPhone 12? I purchased one about a week ago, after my 3 trips and about 3 hours of craziness at Verizon. There isn’t much difference between the 12 and 11. The edges of the phone are square inst… --- ## [Tablet recommendation for simple games (for challenged adult)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablet-recommendation-for-simple-games-for-challenged-adult/950825)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablet-recommendation-for-simple-games-for-challenged-adult/950825 "2021-09-20T14:13:43Z")
I’d like to get a relatively inexpensive tablet for a mentally-disabled (autistic and intellectually disabled) woman, which can download and play simple games. She likes things such as Connect-the-Dots and Word Search. S… --- ## [Does it do any good to water a large tree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-do-any-good-to-water-a-large-tree/950931)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-do-any-good-to-water-a-large-tree/950931 "2021-09-20T13:25:03Z")
All the trees in my yard and the ones on either side were planted in 1925 when it was one large lot. A mix of maples and oaks. The maples are apparently near the end of their lives as numerous ones have died. They all di… --- ## [What do you like about yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/299331)
**Author:** [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-about-yourself/299331 "2021-09-19T19:21:28Z")
The flip side of this thread: I have a nice smile–and I show it off to everyone. People think of me as kind and generous and thoughtful, and I suppose I am. Boundless, irrepressible optimism. I can’t write a mat… --- ## [Effects of Minimum Wage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-minimum-wage/920726)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-minimum-wage/920726 "2021-09-19T19:01:11Z")
I started to put this in Great Debates but I really don’t feel like debating it as much as just hearing other peoples views or logic on the subject. My logic tells me that there are a number of very important factors in… --- ## [Are you a white, liberal, atheist man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420 "2021-09-19T13:23:50Z")
I know that most Dopers are male, most are white, most are liberal, and most are atheist. What I’m curious to see is if there is so much overlap that even people who fit all four categories would still be in the majority… --- ## [Is this rude phone behavior, or am I too sensitive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rude-phone-behavior-or-am-i-too-sensitive/950657)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rude-phone-behavior-or-am-i-too-sensitive/950657 "2021-09-19T07:36:42Z")
I drove my parents to a hospital today for a consultation, and had to wait two hours. So I found a rather quiet place besides the hospital with some benches, it was a beautiful late summer morning and I decided to wait t… --- ## [Shower Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-time/949905)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-time/949905 "2021-09-18T21:21:37Z")
I just finished getting caught up on the “Why Are You Always Late?” topic in MPSIMS. There was a great debate on how much time should be spent in the shower and how do you know how long your shower takes. I didn’t get w… --- ## ["Pregnant People" v. "Pregnant Women"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-people-v-pregnant-women/950848)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-people-v-pregnant-women/950848 "2021-09-18T18:12:28Z")
Continuing the discussion from Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News: My bold. Turns out This Is a Thing. Upper East Side of New York City. Its name, the Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women … --- ## [Flying abandoned helicopter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-abandoned-helicopter/949927)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-abandoned-helicopter/949927 "2021-09-18T16:28:17Z")
If someone completely untrained in helicopter flight—apart from knowing what a joy stick was —jumped into an abandoned but functional helicopter and got it started up, what would be the most likely next scenario? Lotta n… --- ## [Need answer fast: partial refund on eBay, and the sales tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-partial-refund-on-ebay-and-the-sales-tax/950716)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-partial-refund-on-ebay-and-the-sales-tax/950716 "2021-09-17T22:44:57Z")
I am negotiating a partial refund from a seller who made a mistake in their listing, so that the item I got was not what I thought I was buying. I am still interested in it, but it is worth less than I paid. My purchase… --- ## [New Understanding of Science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-understanding-of-science/950574)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-understanding-of-science/950574 "2021-09-17T21:30:05Z")
Maybe not the best title, but… My question is; what thing, video, magazine article, presentation, what have you, caused a little click in your head allowing you a sudden better grasp of something in science. It could b… --- ## [Anyone Else Have a 'Supermom'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-supermom/950817)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-supermom/950817 "2021-09-17T18:10:03Z")
As I’ve said many times before on these boards, I had an exceptional mother. I know my father eventually confided in me, he thought he did too. (My paternal grandmother died when I was five. And she was already dying of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=238)