# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=245 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 246 --- ## [Pear shape bodies with large upper arms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pear-shape-bodies-with-large-upper-arms/947434)
**Author:** [@itsnotright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/itsnotright)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pear-shape-bodies-with-large-upper-arms/947434 "2021-07-28T05:25:09Z")
If 1 in 5 women in the United States is suffering from undiagnosed lipedema, then why isn’t there a PSA or campaign to get the word out? I just found out about it and knowing what I know now could have saved me years of… --- ## [National Geographic Science ‘Magic’ kits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-science-magic-kits/947435)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-geographic-science-magic-kits/947435 "2021-07-28T01:30:58Z")
I’m sure I’m way overthinking this, but I don’t particularly like combining science with magic. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Science Magic Kit - Perform 20 Unique Science Experiments as Magic Tricks, Includes Magic Wand and Over… --- ## [Venmo Panhandling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venmo-panhandling/947367)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venmo-panhandling/947367 "2021-07-27T21:09:41Z")
Over the past few months traveling around my home state of Colorada, but also in Arizona, Texas and Florida, I’ve noticed many cars using their back windshields to venmo panhandle. … --- ## [Sharing/splitting referral bonus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-splitting-referral-bonus/947246)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-splitting-referral-bonus/947246 "2021-07-27T19:48:26Z")
Neighbor’s son and his wife had to move back in with them a few months ago after a covid slowdown cost them their jobs. I mentioned that my employer was hiring and if he applies put my name down as the referral. He got … --- ## [Some questions about climate change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-climate-change/947291)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-climate-change/947291 "2021-07-27T19:05:13Z")
Not sure if this is strictly factual, or where to put it so I put it here. Is there a linear relationship between CO2 concentration in PPM and how much the temperature will go up, or is it more complex? Does every incre… --- ## [Is it possible to lie to oneselves so much that you can get sent to Hell for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-lie-to-oneselves-so-much-that-you-can-get-sent-to-hell-for-it/828557)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-lie-to-oneselves-so-much-that-you-can-get-sent-to-hell-for-it/828557 "2021-07-27T19:04:44Z")
Scenario: Perfect law-abiding, Christian citizen - doesn’t cheat, virgin until marriage, goes to church, believes faithfully, is honest with other people\*, heals the poor and sick, etc. In other words, a textbook example… --- ## [What, if anything, turned you around on the fact that it's okay to be gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-turned-you-around-on-the-fact-that-its-okay-to-be-gay/947229)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-turned-you-around-on-the-fact-that-its-okay-to-be-gay/947229 "2021-07-27T16:25:34Z")
I don’t think it was anything that my parents taught me, but as I was growing up, I grew to believe that homosexuality was gross. I guess a lot of that was peer pressure and the society I grew up in. I remember the exa… --- ## [Is this wrong or unethical? Question about the reason for having IVF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-wrong-or-unethical-question-about-the-reason-for-having-ivf/947213)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-wrong-or-unethical-question-about-the-reason-for-having-ivf/947213 "2021-07-27T11:12:36Z")
I’m not asking for any medical advice, you are not my doctor, I am not your patient, yadda yadda yadda. Being able to choose the gender of your child using In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) has been around since 1990. I don’… --- ## [Did my 5 year old daughter just use a metaphor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-5-year-old-daughter-just-use-a-metaphor/947311)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-5-year-old-daughter-just-use-a-metaphor/947311 "2021-07-27T09:49:24Z")
Follow up question. If she did, is that normal for a child her age? I have a 5 year old and 3 year old who are about to turn 6 and 4 respectively. The 3 year old just threw her milk bottles out because she is getting to… --- ## [Spaceflight Carbon Tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaceflight-carbon-tax/947370)
**Author:** [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spaceflight-carbon-tax/947370 "2021-07-27T01:37:22Z")
The recent private recreational spaceflights undertaken by Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos have sparked much debate and considerable outrage. One argument against these endeavours is the colossal waste of energy for what … --- ## [LGBT people: When did you know you fit into the "queer" spectrum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-people-when-did-you-know-you-fit-into-the-queer-spectrum/947234)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbt-people-when-did-you-know-you-fit-into-the-queer-spectrum/947234 "2021-07-27T00:34:49Z")
My dad, who’s trans, tells me that she first learned she was trans, before she even met my mother in high school. But she fell in love with her, and wanted to have a family, so they got married, and were happy for awhil… --- ## [What figures in your life do you look up to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-figures-in-your-life-do-you-look-up-to/947361)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-figures-in-your-life-do-you-look-up-to/947361 "2021-07-26T19:32:23Z")
I look up to my mother. She suffers from many medical maladies, including a chronic, intractable migraine that literally hasn’t gone away for a moment for the last 11 years; COPD; sleep apnea; type-2 diabetes; lymphedem… --- ## [What is the 'Best' radiator leak-stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-radiator-leak-stop/947155)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-radiator-leak-stop/947155 "2021-07-26T18:28:50Z")
Yes, I know. Take it out and get it fixed. But that’s not the question today… Lots of different brands out there, but which works the best? The aluminum powder ones? The gloopy pelletized ones? Are there any car people… --- ## [Just got hacked? Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-hacked-need-answer-fast/947208)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-hacked-need-answer-fast/947208 "2021-07-26T15:24:43Z")
My partner just came to me in a panic - a friend of his sent a video of his son playing music, my partner played it, and part way through there were flashing lights, static, and a message came on screen saying “You just … --- ## [Your sleep habits/routines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-sleep-habits-routines/947166)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-sleep-habits-routines/947166 "2021-07-26T14:45:23Z")
I was 52… 53?.. when I learned what the snooze button on an alarm clock was for. Until then, I literally could not figure it out. “If you want to wake up at 6:39, just set the alarm for 6:39. Don’t set it for 6:30 and h… --- ## [Unofficial Speed Limit Signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-speed-limit-signs/947063)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-speed-limit-signs/947063 "2021-07-26T14:34:43Z")
I live in a small community and “official” speed limit signs are posted on all public roads as expected. I noticed, though, that on private roads, like the one that cuts through our local golf course, have unofficial spe… --- ## ["Taking it out on you"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-it-out-on-you/947174)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-it-out-on-you/947174 "2021-07-25T23:54:37Z")
“I’m just angry at so-and-so and I’m taking it out on you” “I’m just frustrated because \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and I’m taking it out on you” I’ve heard this phrase so many times in my life (“you” meaning anyone, not me personall… --- ## [In your honest opinion, how close (or far) are we from a manned mission to Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-honest-opinion-how-close-or-far-are-we-from-a-manned-mission-to-mars/831196)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-honest-opinion-how-close-or-far-are-we-from-a-manned-mission-to-mars/831196 "2021-07-25T16:36:53Z")
This is another not-poll where I just want 'dopers thoughts on when, or if, humans will go to Mars…or back to the Moon I suppose if you think that’s the direction we’ll go. This isn’t asking if you think we should, but … --- ## [Chicago folks, what’s up with Lake Michigan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-folks-what-s-up-with-lake-michigan/947205)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-folks-what-s-up-with-lake-michigan/947205 "2021-07-25T05:03:01Z")
There was a front page article on July 11 in the New York Times which mentioned something I did not see earlier, or ever in the Canadian media. It was a four page, well illustrated article discussing Chicago and Lake Mi… --- ## [Is there a new change/cash shortage going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-new-change-cash-shortage-going-on/947203)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-new-change-cash-shortage-going-on/947203 "2021-07-25T01:27:38Z")
For the past few weeks the local McDonald’s has had a sign posted before the first window (the one you pay at) asking for people to use exact change if possible. Yesterday they upped that to having the guy at the sign/g… --- ## [Treating a possibly broken pinkie toe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treating-a-possibly-broken-pinkie-toe/947153)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treating-a-possibly-broken-pinkie-toe/947153 "2021-07-25T01:11:59Z")
It’s been two weeks since I stubbed my pinky toe, and it still hurts like a sumbitch. And it’s red. Would there be any point in seeing a doctor about it? It’s not like they could put it in a cast, and I can’t take most p… --- ## [How do you determine how much you tip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-determine-how-much-you-tip/946857)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-determine-how-much-you-tip/946857 "2021-07-24T23:17:49Z")
This thread is for those who leave tips for service - please don’t threadshit with comments about how you refuse to tip, etc. There have been plenty of threads about that over the years. I’m more interested in any tippi… --- ## [Thread on viability of Electric Cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-viability-of-electric-cars/938612)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-viability-of-electric-cars/938612 "2021-07-24T22:05:41Z")
There is no doubt in my mind that, aside from range everything else about an electric car is a better engineering solution than gas. Just the fact that a gas engine needs to be oversized and hooked to a complex transmi… --- ## [Products you had low expectations for but then fell in love with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-you-had-low-expectations-for-but-then-fell-in-love-with/943007 "2021-07-24T21:33:17Z")
I’ve had a Black & Decker Bullseye laser leveler/stud finder lying around for over a year collecting dust and I finally opened it to hang stuff in my fi room. I am in love with the thing. It makes leveling stuff on the w… --- ## [Ethically, if you find something of great value at a garage sale, should you inform the seller or quietly pay and take the item?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethically-if-you-find-something-of-great-value-at-a-garage-sale-should-you-inform-the-seller-or-quietly-pay-and-take-the-item/946747)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethically-if-you-find-something-of-great-value-at-a-garage-sale-should-you-inform-the-seller-or-quietly-pay-and-take-the-item/946747 "2021-07-24T20:52:05Z")
(This may be better for GD…not sure…mods feel free to move.) Imagine you are at a garage sale and you see something that you KNOW is worth a great deal of money. Not a few hundred dollars but more like millions of doll… --- ## [Would Someone Please Explain What This Symbol Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-explain-what-this-symbol-means/946738)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-someone-please-explain-what-this-symbol-means/946738 "2021-07-24T20:49:42Z")
:arrow\_right: ’ :arrow\_left: I have never encountered this before. I checked the certificate (valid), I used Brave Browser this time, 3rd party cookies are blocked, HTTPS is enabled, encryption is enabled … --- ## [Other places to discuss politics and other controversial topics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-places-to-discuss-politics-and-other-controversial-topics/947219)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-places-to-discuss-politics-and-other-controversial-topics/947219 "2021-07-24T20:39:01Z")
I am no longer comfortable discussing politics and other controversial subjects here, because discussions tend to get polarized and sometimes political discussions lead to posters calling each other names in the pit. Can… --- ## [How to teach kids about the interior angle sum of a triangle (and math in general)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-teach-kids-about-the-interior-angle-sum-of-a-triangle-and-math-in-general/947206)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-teach-kids-about-the-interior-angle-sum-of-a-triangle-and-math-in-general/947206 "2021-07-24T19:48:49Z")
I find the interior angle sum of the triangle fascinating, because it’s such a basic concept, and still alien to a lot of “not math” people. In my experience, which I admit is limited, it is often introduced, at least th… --- ## [Skimming through a business/management/self help book - what do you look for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skimming-through-a-business-management-self-help-book-what-do-you-look-for/947172)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skimming-through-a-business-management-self-help-book-what-do-you-look-for/947172 "2021-07-24T16:20:25Z")
Suppose you just have a minute to decide whether you want to buy the book, so you skim through the pages really fast. Maybe there’s a whole shelf full of these books at an airport bookstore and you’re passing time. Wha… --- ## [Why do radiologists need to be full MDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-radiologists-need-to-be-full-mds/946739)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-radiologists-need-to-be-full-mds/946739 "2021-07-24T02:14:16Z")
It seems like overkill. Whats the thinking? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=244) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=246)