# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=242 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 243 --- ## [When would a minority of people be religious and how would society look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-a-minority-of-people-be-religious-and-how-would-society-look-like/948260)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-a-minority-of-people-be-religious-and-how-would-society-look-like/948260 "2021-08-19T11:01:16Z")
I have seen a decline in number of religious people and their dogmatic adherence over my lifetime. Based on this, is it logical to assume that the world one day in the future will have religious people in the minority ? … --- ## [Whats the minimum number of western troops it would've taken to keep Afghanistan stable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-number-of-western-troops-it-wouldve-taken-to-keep-afghanistan-stable/948980)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-number-of-western-troops-it-wouldve-taken-to-keep-afghanistan-stable/948980 "2021-08-19T00:14:51Z")
Theres a lot of threads on Afghanistan, I don’t know if this question has been asked though. Supposedly the US was down to 10,000 troops for the last several years. I don’t know how many foreign troops were also there. … --- ## [Examples of well-planned military withdrawals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-well-planned-military-withdrawals/948925)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-well-planned-military-withdrawals/948925 "2021-08-18T21:47:59Z")
Reading the news about Afghanistan makes me wonder: When faced with a nationwide insurgency, just how feasible is it for an occupier to plan and execute an orderly withdrawal? Which led me to wonder: Since 1945, have th… --- ## [People in real estate: do clients ever become actual friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-real-estate-do-clients-ever-become-actual-friends/948248)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-in-real-estate-do-clients-ever-become-actual-friends/948248 "2021-08-18T21:37:14Z")
I don’t mean to sound cynical (she said, proceeding to speak cynically) but I tend to dismiss the friendliness of RE agents that I randomly meet, since it’s just good business sense for them to put themselves out there. … --- ## [Roman shield Vs musket ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-shield-vs-musket-ball/946607)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roman-shield-vs-musket-ball/946607 "2021-08-18T20:48:03Z")
I recently finished listening to “The History of Rome” podcast and am now well into “The British History Podcast”. (Both excellent.) In a listener question episode in the latter someone asked: Who would win in a battle b… --- ## [Dual Sim Query](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-sim-query/949089)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-sim-query/949089 "2021-08-18T16:28:56Z")
I am replacing my ancient phone and the one I want says it requires: Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Does this mean that I have to have a special SIM or can I use my old one? --- ## [A coworker can't wait to move away from her kids, is that normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coworker-cant-wait-to-move-away-from-her-kids-is-that-normal/947931)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-coworker-cant-wait-to-move-away-from-her-kids-is-that-normal/947931 "2021-08-18T15:29:39Z")
So I have a female coworker at my job, her 2 kids are both mid teens. She is hoping both will get accepted to a private boarding school so she can move several states away so she can live in (what she feels is) an excit… --- ## [Any advantage to cell service with AT&T/T-Mobile/etc. over Tracfone/Cricket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advantage-to-cell-service-with-at-t-t-mobile-etc-over-tracfone-cricket/949010)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advantage-to-cell-service-with-at-t-t-mobile-etc-over-tracfone-cricket/949010 "2021-08-18T15:04:21Z")
My cell phone is in the shop (phone is unlocked, but I’m currently with AT&T), and I bought a Tracfone to use until it’s fixed. (Pretty fancy LG smartphone at Best Buy for $10!) I also have internet with AT&T, but no ca… --- ## [Nietzsche and the American Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nietzsche-and-the-american-right/948726)
**Author:** [@GeneralTang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeneralTang)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nietzsche-and-the-american-right/948726 "2021-08-18T01:57:01Z")
I have a perspective on the American right that I haven’t heard anyone else share. I feel that I have a unique perspective in that I grew up in north Idaho among extreme right-wingers, but am now very liberal. I’ve also … --- ## [The fast food/convenience store cup crisis - Places are using the cups for competeting brands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fast-food-convenience-store-cup-crisis-places-are-using-the-cups-for-competeting-brands/948358)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fast-food-convenience-store-cup-crisis-places-are-using-the-cups-for-competeting-brands/948358 "2021-08-18T01:47:54Z")
There’s a supply chain crisis going on in America right now, and the most odd method I’ve seen it happening currently is with the cups you get at your fast food places or convenience stores for your soda/water/tea. Norm… --- ## [Is WFH an unfettered good? Should those who want it be deferred to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wfh-an-unfettered-good-should-those-who-want-it-be-deferred-to/947384)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wfh-an-unfettered-good-should-those-who-want-it-be-deferred-to/947384 "2021-08-17T17:00:52Z")
So my blue-collar office is scheduled to require employees to go back to the office (three days a week) in early September. Now, this is by no means guaranteed to happen, but that’s what’s on the schedule. There are man… --- ## [Alaska off the beaten path places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-off-the-beaten-path-places/940533)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-off-the-beaten-path-places/940533 "2021-08-17T13:41:39Z")
Probably going to AK in early September. I’ve been to Denali and Kenai fjords and probably will go back to them again. Looking for places that are not well known. --- ## [New Wikihow Image Interpretations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wikihow-image-interpretations/948978)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wikihow-image-interpretations/948978 "2021-08-17T13:09:32Z")
I thought this was very funny. They ask for new interpretations of the “airline emergency graphic” Wikihow images. Made me laugh out loud a few times… --- ## [Lake Mead at 36% of Capacity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lake-mead-at-36-of-capacity/944482 "2021-08-17T10:44:02Z")
A picture’s worth a thousand words. The debate is, what happens if and when Lake Mead disappears? --- ## [Geography Shapes National Character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-shapes-national-character/948738)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-shapes-national-character/948738 "2021-08-17T00:44:51Z")
Some time ago, I picked up a “documentary graphic novel” about Korea and its people. It was praised by the Korea Times for its honesty, and painted views both laudatory and somewhat harsh and unflattering. As part of i… --- ## [Countries without a long form name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-without-a-long-form-name/948953)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-without-a-long-form-name/948953 "2021-08-16T20:08:05Z")
My country, Canada, is officially just called “Canada.” That is the complete official name of the country; there is no other. It used to be semi-official convention to sometimes say “Dominion of Canada,” but that’s not… --- ## [OK Non-Lawyers - need a lawyerly opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-non-lawyers-need-a-lawyerly-opinion/948473)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-non-lawyers-need-a-lawyerly-opinion/948473 "2021-08-16T16:30:33Z")
The case involves an acquaintance of mine. The facts of the case are these, and they are undisputed: She was a ward of the State in Mississippi as a preteen, along with her sister The facility she was placed in was m… --- ## [Where did this quote come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-quote-come-from/948911)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-quote-come-from/948911 "2021-08-16T15:52:40Z")
I was flipping through things to figure out how to block Slurm when I came across the ‘About Me’ section of the profile. My ‘About Me’ has the following quote: “He love people, all of them, washed and unwashed; he loves… --- ## [Philadelphia with a 5-year-old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-with-a-5-year-old/948480)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-with-a-5-year-old/948480 "2021-08-15T19:39:39Z")
As the subject line says. For various reasons, my daughter and I will be in Philadelphia this weekend with her 5-year-old. It’s a day trip. We’ll have about 4 hours that are not accounted for, so one child-centered activ… --- ## [Longing to be "normal" or have a "normal" home... as a kid, or maybe even now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longing-to-be-normal-or-have-a-normal-home-as-a-kid-or-maybe-even-now/947336)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longing-to-be-normal-or-have-a-normal-home-as-a-kid-or-maybe-even-now/947336 "2021-08-15T17:38:37Z")
Continuing the discussion from LGBT people: When did you know you fit into the "queer" spectrum?: Reading the thread referenced above got me thinking… I wonder how many of us “struggled to fit in” and grappled with “an… --- ## [Skilled Trades are a viable path to the middle class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skilled-trades-are-a-viable-path-to-the-middle-class/931229)
**Author:** [@MustangSal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MustangSal)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skilled-trades-are-a-viable-path-to-the-middle-class/931229 "2021-08-15T13:50:29Z")
I don’t want to hijack another thread so I’m starting this one. Plumbers, Carpenters, Electricians, Welders, and others are a reasonable path to a comfortable middle class lifestyle in America. Of course there are a lo… --- ## [Sending late night texts - appropriate or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-late-night-texts-appropriate-or-not/947588)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-late-night-texts-appropriate-or-not/947588 "2021-08-15T03:39:20Z")
What’s your opinion on sending texts late at night? (Use whatever definition of “late” you want.) I am specifically not talking about texts regarding traditionally late-night activities like going out with friends, booty… --- ## [Talk to me about burner phones -- need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-burner-phones-need-answer-fast/948654)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-burner-phones-need-answer-fast/948654 "2021-08-15T00:39:28Z")
Due to a snafu alluded to in a post in another forum, I will be without cell phone calling service through at least Weds (Aug 18) and-- snafus being what they are–probably longer. I don’t have a land line. Living alone a… --- ## [Amanda Knox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-knox/654007)
**Author:** [@LisaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LisaB)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-knox/654007 "2021-08-14T19:09:07Z")
Trying Amanda again proves to me just how dumb the Italian government is. It is so obvious that the criminal who was convicted, Rudy, is the only guilty party involved. Why would they have reduced his original sentence?… --- ## [Conversation length](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-length/948533)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-length/948533 "2021-08-13T19:11:43Z")
Just saw an interesting psychology article about conversation length. Apparently, when two people talk, both parties are happy with the length of the conversation a mere 2% of the time. Both wish the conversation could… --- ## [Innocently-Derived Words That Sound 'Sinister'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocently-derived-words-that-sound-sinister/948115)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocently-derived-words-that-sound-sinister/948115 "2021-08-13T17:43:58Z")
‘Sinister’ being just one example. Sinister just means left in Latin. I don’t know how it got the other connotation. I don’t know about you. But the Emperor Caligula’s name sounds very sinister to me. But it just means … --- ## [The marshmallow test - delayed gratification and emotional IQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marshmallow-test-delayed-gratification-and-emotional-iq/948365)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marshmallow-test-delayed-gratification-and-emotional-iq/948365 "2021-08-13T15:52:50Z")
Continuing the discussion from Convincing acquaintances, friends, and family to get vaccinated: The marshmallow test is a test often given to children. It is supposed to test their ability to delay gratification and ha… --- ## [What camera do I want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-camera-do-i-want/667931)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-camera-do-i-want/667931 "2021-08-13T06:31:24Z")
I envision doing some photography. I don’t know anything about photography. I don’t know what kind of camera I want to buy. You're going to say that's not enough informations to give proper advice. That's why I'm askin… --- ## [Tell Me About Sleeping with a FreeStyle Libre Sensor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-sleeping-with-a-freestyle-libre-sensor/943776 "2021-08-13T00:46:01Z")
I’m about to start using the FreeStyle Libre 2 continuous glucose monitoring system. The sensors were ready for pickup on Saturday, but the reader is on backorder. The only question I can’t seem to Google an answer to i… --- ## [Why do people state he/him and she/her as preferred pronouns instead of just ‘he’ and ‘she’?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-state-he-him-and-she-her-as-preferred-pronouns-instead-of-just-he-and-she/948472)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-state-he-him-and-she-her-as-preferred-pronouns-instead-of-just-he-and-she/948472 "2021-08-12T19:47:05Z")
Do some people have mixed preferred pronouns, like he/her or she/him? If not, it seems like a simple ‘he’ or ‘she’ would clarify what someone prefers [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=241) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=243)