# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=244 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 245 --- ## ["weightlifter's headache:" migraines from certain workouts--how serious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifters-headache-migraines-from-certain-workouts-how-serious/945672)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifters-headache-migraines-from-certain-workouts-how-serious/945672 "2021-08-04T11:59:18Z")
I’ve been on a journey of self-improvement that has included getting back in shape after a few years of neglect. I’ve started seeing a new primary care doc re: getting my blood pressure in check (which is down to the nor… --- ## [How do I stop critter from chewing wires in my truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-critter-from-chewing-wires-in-my-truck/947653)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-critter-from-chewing-wires-in-my-truck/947653 "2021-08-04T00:47:15Z")
For the 3rd time, we’ve got a vehicle in the shop awaiting a new cable assembly because some critter (maybe mice?) had a little nosh under the hood. These 3 times have been over the course of 17 years, so it’s not like a… --- ## [Vaping and Smokeless Tobacco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaping-and-smokeless-tobacco/947909)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaping-and-smokeless-tobacco/947909 "2021-08-03T20:08:24Z")
I read a lot on many topics which include health and marketing. Smoking tobacco is unhealthy due to dozens of hazardous by-products, which is hardly breaking news. Nicotine is addictive, but much, much less unhealthy t… --- ## [Dog adoption question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-adoption-question/947932)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-adoption-question/947932 "2021-08-03T15:22:50Z")
We’ve been looking for a beagle or beagle mix for quite a while, and this week, 2 have popped up. My guy is hesitating because we have travel planned - a 5 day weekend in early Sept. and a 10 day trip in early November. … --- ## [Third officer dies of suicide after January 6 attack on Capitol--what is going on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-officer-dies-of-suicide-after-january-6-attack-on-capitol-what-is-going-on-here/947900)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/third-officer-dies-of-suicide-after-january-6-attack-on-capitol-what-is-going-on-here/947900 "2021-08-03T14:56:12Z")
Three officers have died of suicide since the attack on the Capitol on January 6. What is it psychologically that drives people to take their own life, in this case nearly seven months after the event? Is this PTSD? The … --- ## [Non-binary player on the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-binary-player-on-the-canadian-women-s-national-soccer-team/947897)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-binary-player-on-the-canadian-women-s-national-soccer-team/947897 "2021-08-03T13:08:03Z")
I was watching the USA/Canada game today and they mentioned one player, Quinn, who has come out as transgender and non-binary, and uses the pronouns they/them. They were assigned female at birth. This raised an interest… --- ## [Post Colonial Nosedive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-colonial-nosedive/947200)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-colonial-nosedive/947200 "2021-08-03T10:08:19Z")
A chance remark from a Congolese friend got me thinking. We were talking about hospitals and she said Kinshasa had some of the best hospitals before they became an independent country and how people from places as far a… --- ## [What are the biggest differences between the US and Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-differences-between-the-us-and-canada/947209)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-differences-between-the-us-and-canada/947209 "2021-08-02T19:23:39Z")
The first things that come to mind are: a parliamentary system of government, the healthcare system, and lack of private higher education (for the most part.) What are other major differences? I’ve only been to southern… --- ## [What's the coolest bug (or bugs) that you see on a regular basis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-bug-or-bugs-that-you-see-on-a-regular-basis/944763)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coolest-bug-or-bugs-that-you-see-on-a-regular-basis/944763 "2021-08-02T13:48:29Z")
Please define “cool” or “regular basis” however you want. I only ask that we don’t get too pedantic and challenge someone if theirs is a spider or something else that isn’t a true bug. For me, it’s fire flies (or light… --- ## [The Back-pain virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-pain-virus/947710)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-back-pain-virus/947710 "2021-08-02T12:02:57Z")
The mysterious and puzzling recurrence of back pain throughout society, which no one has been able to identify a cause of nor prescribe a cure, can be explained as a virus. I have no basis for this assertion, nor do I h… --- ## [Does Joe Biden have dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-joe-biden-have-dementia/947334)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-joe-biden-have-dementia/947334 "2021-08-02T09:15:28Z")
On another discussion board I frequent, I saw a discussion about whether or not Joe Biden is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The evidence they point to is various public appearances during which he seems to … --- ## [When I die, someone's got to do it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-die-someones-got-to-do-it/947801)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-die-someones-got-to-do-it/947801 "2021-08-02T06:09:47Z")
Being a responsible (partly) adult (by calendar) I have a Trust and a Will. Yay me–someone gets my stuff when I die. They can avoid probate for the most part and they have to divide everything up according to my wishes. … --- ## [Why do spam emails always have purposely mis-spelled words in the subject?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-spam-emails-always-have-purposely-mis-spelled-words-in-the-subject/932215)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-spam-emails-always-have-purposely-mis-spelled-words-in-the-subject/932215 "2021-08-02T03:36:24Z")
At least that’s the way it seems. That they are spam is usually pretty obvious anyway, they often refer to things I don’t have (Apple products, McAfee, Amazon Prime, etc.) and of course the actual sending address is a g… --- ## [Prolotherapy - anyone here tried it? Success?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolotherapy-anyone-here-tried-it-success/947681)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prolotherapy-anyone-here-tried-it-success/947681 "2021-08-02T02:45:20Z")
My guy hurt, sprained whatever, his Achilles tendon. We’ve seen an orthopedist, there’s no break or anything. He gave him prednisone, but my friend mentioned prolotherapy. Her son was an athlete and he had these treatmen… --- ## [You wake up as Donald Trump on January 21, 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wake-up-as-donald-trump-on-january-21-2017/946575)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wake-up-as-donald-trump-on-january-21-2017/946575 "2021-07-31T23:40:27Z")
It’s the morning after Inauguration Day 2017, and you wake up in an unfamiliar room…Too much drinking the day prior? No, can’t be that… Err, what? It’s the White House presidential bedroom…you look in the mirror - you’r… --- ## [Is "I almost had a heart attack!" or "You almost gave me a heart attack!", insensitive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-i-almost-had-a-heart-attack-or-you-almost-gave-me-a-heart-attack-insensitive/946720)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-i-almost-had-a-heart-attack-or-you-almost-gave-me-a-heart-attack-insensitive/946720 "2021-07-31T22:36:46Z")
Someone on another forum posted a thread with the title: Almost had a heart attack yesterday, because he/she thought one of his/her hard drives was failing. This is on a forum about data hoarding. I posted that I didn’t… --- ## [Low Water Pressure, Cause?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-water-pressure-cause/947607)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-water-pressure-cause/947607 "2021-07-30T23:19:00Z")
(Yes, I live in Detroit. And sometimes it can be a struggle to keep our services up. But I think we’re still doing a good job. So please no Detroit-bashing.) A couple of years ago they were laying in fiber optical cable… --- ## [Should people who snore disclose this to their traveling companions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-who-snore-disclose-this-to-their-traveling-companions/947438)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-who-snore-disclose-this-to-their-traveling-companions/947438 "2021-07-30T21:44:36Z")
poll I have on occasion found myself sharing a room with someone who snores. Depending on how loud it is, I can sometimes get by with earplugs, but I recently lost an entire night’s sleep because a friend I was traveling… --- ## [Photos I take on my Android phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-i-take-on-my-android-phone/947603)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photos-i-take-on-my-android-phone/947603 "2021-07-30T21:17:29Z")
Aren’t they stored on my phone? Why is Google warning me my photos will be deleted and I should move them to somewhere (I don’t know, some cloud or something, sorry I haven’t taken down the exact wording)? I frankly don’… --- ## [The Psychotic States of America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychotic-states-of-america/947251 "2021-07-30T16:57:12Z")
For the last decade or more, I’ve had a sense that Americans have been losing their grip on reality. We’ve had a number of times in the past hundred years that have resulted in naturalised and natural-born American citi… --- ## [24 hours in Chicago in Mid-July...what MUST I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-in-chicago-in-mid-july-what-must-i-do/940711)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-hours-in-chicago-in-mid-july-what-must-i-do/940711 "2021-07-30T01:45:00Z")
Mid July this year I am going to be in Chicago for about a day (long story) with my wife and 11 year old. We have a hotel near Midway Airport for 2 nights and leave to head home at about 1pm the following day. We know w… --- ## [Amazingly efficient solar panels and batteries are put on the market - political and economic effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-efficient-solar-panels-and-batteries-are-put-on-the-market-political-and-economic-effects/947550)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-efficient-solar-panels-and-batteries-are-put-on-the-market-political-and-economic-effects/947550 "2021-07-30T00:46:21Z")
So, some amazing, almost magical, new tech is created and put on the market (non-exclusively licensed). A solar panel the size of a dinner plate can easily power the average American home. Battery technology to go with … --- ## [Do other message boards you post on delete posts and/or allow you to question moderation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-message-boards-you-post-on-delete-posts-and-or-allow-you-to-question-moderation/947510)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-message-boards-you-post-on-delete-posts-and-or-allow-you-to-question-moderation/947510 "2021-07-30T00:21:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from How should the Pit be changed, if at all?: puzzlegal and I are discussing other message boards and whether they delete posts and allow you to question moderation. puzzlegal says that most… --- ## [Wedding Reception/Party: is this a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-reception-party-is-this-a-thing/947059)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-reception-party-is-this-a-thing/947059 "2021-07-29T21:34:50Z")
My daughter and her then-fiance eloped a few months ago, getting married without having to deal with COVID stuff. After the wedding they closed on a house and have moved in. They wanted to have a combination housewarm… --- ## [The Ronco Rotisserie...anyone have one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ronco-rotisserie-anyone-have-one/92222)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ronco-rotisserie-anyone-have-one/92222 "2021-07-29T02:53:26Z")
I’m thinking of getting one, because I adore rostisserie’d meats. They do end up juicy and tender, at least on a BBQ rotisserie. Does it accomodate big chickens and roasts? Easy to use? Easy to clean? Does the meat come… --- ## [Would you recommend the SDMB to your friends and acquaintances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-recommend-the-sdmb-to-your-friends-and-acquaintances/945765)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-recommend-the-sdmb-to-your-friends-and-acquaintances/945765 "2021-07-28T20:31:22Z")
Either online or offline. Why or why not? Inspired by this thread in ATMB about increasing membership, I wondered how many people would consider recommending the forums. --- ## [What's so bad about virtue signaling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-virtue-signaling/943867)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 250\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-bad-about-virtue-signaling/943867 "2021-07-28T18:49:48Z")
I am not sure when the phrase was coined but I’ve been hearing it a lot in the last 18 months as a pejorative. It came to the forefront with me in a Facebook discussion about wearing masks during the pandemic and someone… --- ## [Fiber internet questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiber-internet-questions/947353)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiber-internet-questions/947353 "2021-07-28T18:38:31Z")
I’ve placed an order with Ziply Fiber to upgrade to 1GB service. My current setup consists of the ONT in the garage, with coax run upstairs. Coax exits the wall to a router, and from there an ethernet cable to the modem,… --- ## [Question about prep for SAT math test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-prep-for-sat-math-test/947467)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-prep-for-sat-math-test/947467 "2021-07-28T17:12:29Z")
I’m helping a relative prep for the SAT later this year. One recent practice problem involved solving a system of two linear equations, but had lots of fractions and negative signs, which made it fiendishly difficult to … --- ## [What's the straight dope on merino wool and synthetic fabrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-merino-wool-and-synthetic-fabrics/947163)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-merino-wool-and-synthetic-fabrics/947163 "2021-07-28T07:59:33Z")
I see amazing claims made in ads for clothing made from merino wool and synthetic fabrics. It will (purportedly) stay odor-free, without washing, for extended periods. The synthetics are also said to be easy to wash (the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=245)