# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=275 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 276 --- ## [All 4 Tires should be replaced on AWD car if one goes bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-4-tires-should-be-replaced-on-awd-car-if-one-goes-bad/931482)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-4-tires-should-be-replaced-on-awd-car-if-one-goes-bad/931482 "2021-02-01T14:19:37Z")
Have a 2017 Nissan Rogue AWD. A tire went bad at 30k miles and the tire shop said I need 4 new tires because of AWD. Is that still true now with latest AWD systems? Owners manual says all 4 should be same type… --- ## [Your ellipses showing...!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ellipses-showing/931232)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-ellipses-showing/931232 "2021-02-01T14:13:29Z")
I just encountered this article on Lifehacker, which argues against using ellipses in text messages, and implies that the main culprits of using them are us old out of touch boomers who don’t know any better. Well…balder… --- ## [Good Browser for Computer Illiterate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-browser-for-computer-illiterate/931941)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-browser-for-computer-illiterate/931941 "2021-02-01T06:29:13Z")
OK, I’m no IT professional, but I just spent half a morning cleaning up my dad’s laptop. Somehow he collects every redirect and (mostly harmless?) malware known to man. I don’t know how he does it, but it never ends. Al… --- ## [Colloquial names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloquial-names/931787)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colloquial-names/931787 "2021-02-01T03:42:05Z")
A ‘Did you know?’ article says ‘Daddy long legs are not spiders.’ There is a discussion as to whether this is a true statement. The article contends that Opiliones, harvestmen, are ‘daddy long legs’ and Pholcidae, ‘cel… --- ## [Driving/camping Memphis to Greenville SC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-camping-memphis-to-greenville-sc/931332)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-camping-memphis-to-greenville-sc/931332 "2021-02-01T02:56:26Z")
Planning a trip Late Jan/Early Feb …I want to spend the nights in the back of the truck, preferably camping for free (ninja/Stealth Camping or not). I know that some State and National Forests allow people to just pull … --- ## [Indicating respect for other people/places/events-- how do 20/30-somethings do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicating-respect-for-other-people-places-events-how-do-20-30-somethings-do-this/931866)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indicating-respect-for-other-people-places-events-how-do-20-30-somethings-do-this/931866 "2021-02-01T01:06:38Z")
I thought about putting this in GD and asking if the concept of “showing respect” is outmoded and passé. But I suspect it isn’t, as fights can break out if someone feels “dissed.” But how do the youngest adults show resp… --- ## [Has the practice of having a Hope Chest finally died out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-practice-of-having-a-hope-chest-finally-died-out/927492)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-practice-of-having-a-hope-chest-finally-died-out/927492 "2021-01-31T20:06:48Z")
Towards the end of my senior year of high school (class of '72) all the girls in the class were set upon by a hoard of salesmen pushing them to get cookware and dishes and crystal and all manner of crap to fill out their… --- ## [Beating a stuffed animal to encourage little kids to eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-a-stuffed-animal-to-encourage-little-kids-to-eat/931623)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beating-a-stuffed-animal-to-encourage-little-kids-to-eat/931623 "2021-01-31T01:57:16Z")
Found something that was trending in mid 2019 - early 2020. Funny or horrifying? Smart parenting or psychological child abuse? https://www.facebook.com/sweetv1/videos/10104342664807102 https://twitter.com/xowildcherr… --- ## [I think we have progressed ourselves into a box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-have-progressed-ourselves-into-a-box/930763)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-have-progressed-ourselves-into-a-box/930763 "2021-01-30T18:50:15Z")
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oc… --- ## [Beirut explosion -my bet is it is an accident and here is why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion-my-bet-is-it-is-an-accident-and-here-is-why/931801)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beirut-explosion-my-bet-is-it-is-an-accident-and-here-is-why/931801 "2021-01-30T13:14:28Z")
I used to be an open pit blaster many years ago and have had extensive experience with Anfo, the ammonium nitrite the explosive derivative that results when you mix ammonium nitrite with 6 % fuel oil(diesel). The ammoni… --- ## [Trump vs your typical cult leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-your-typical-cult-leader/931290)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-vs-your-typical-cult-leader/931290 "2021-01-30T02:20:07Z")
I was wondering, do successful cult leaders like Koresh, or Jones frame their narratives in a way that all the pieces fit together nicely? That is to say, they make “sense” from the frame of view of the follower? I’ve a… --- ## [Hiring from a partner company](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-from-a-partner-company/931693)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiring-from-a-partner-company/931693 "2021-01-30T02:10:02Z")
Just wondering what people think. We’ve extended an offer to someone I used to work with, at a company I used to work at. This company is a partner in some research, and I know losing this person will hurt them (he’s a … --- ## [Science nerds: Your thoughts on Quantum Gravity Research Project?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-nerds-your-thoughts-on-quantum-gravity-research-project/931649)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-nerds-your-thoughts-on-quantum-gravity-research-project/931649 "2021-01-29T23:32:04Z")
It’s an independent research group. I’ve watch a few of their videos on YT. I find it to be very interesting. My instincts tell me most staunch science nerds will call it pseudo science at best, if not complete nonsense… --- ## [Venmo... sucks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venmo-sucks/931626)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venmo-sucks/931626 "2021-01-29T14:54:14Z")
With much reluctance I downloaded the Venmo payment app 8 months ago, added my credit card and successfully used it to pay a few people (i.e. for an online musical performance, that sort of thing). A few months ago it st… --- ## [Raised vegetable garden - buy a kit or build my own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raised-vegetable-garden-buy-a-kit-or-build-my-own/920028)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raised-vegetable-garden-buy-a-kit-or-build-my-own/920028 "2021-01-29T05:13:17Z")
This is for next year, so lots of time to plan. I’m ready to try gardening again (past attempts did not go well) and I’m thinking a raised bed is just the ticket. I’m handy enough to build it from scratch, but I’m wond… --- ## [Collection Agency not reporting a paid debt to the Credit Bureaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-agency-not-reporting-a-paid-debt-to-the-credit-bureaus/931415)
**Author:** [@mrdeals1990](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrdeals1990)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collection-agency-not-reporting-a-paid-debt-to-the-credit-bureaus/931415 "2021-01-28T22:33:54Z")
Long story, and the details don’t particularly matter. I had a debt go to collections, which was reported to the credit bureaus. After a lot of back and forth between me, and the collection agency, I finally paid the d… --- ## [Carnivorism: what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivorism-what/931340)
**Author:** [@cantelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantelope)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivorism-what/931340 "2021-01-28T18:41:25Z")
Animals can be vegetarian, since the microbiome will adjust, and be handed down. Many animals also like to play. During play they learn about pain, that it hurts and is to be avoided. This begs the question: given that… --- ## [Did kellyanne Conway post revenge porn on her own daughter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kellyanne-conway-post-revenge-porn-on-her-own-daughter/931555)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kellyanne-conway-post-revenge-porn-on-her-own-daughter/931555 "2021-01-28T18:15:17Z")
I have no words. As much as I want to see Kelly and Conway rotton hell, I hope this is not true. --- ## [The American Civil War - Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-civil-war-question/931394)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-civil-war-question/931394 "2021-01-28T06:15:06Z")
(I guess this belongs in GQ) Correct me if I have any of the following wrong. The North, in general, was anti-slavery. The South was pro-slavery for obvious reasons. Lincoln knew that the country could not remain unite… --- ## [People who do (or don't) want extreme lifesaving measures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-do-or-dont-want-extreme-lifesaving-measures/931434)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-do-or-dont-want-extreme-lifesaving-measures/931434 "2021-01-28T00:54:39Z")
This doesn’t really belong in the Quarantine Zone, because it isn’t about COVID in particular, although it could apply. Anyway, I hear and see people saying all the time, “I wouldn’t want extreme measures taken, unless … --- ## [I've never figured out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-figured-out/914690)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-never-figured-out/914690 "2021-01-27T22:00:52Z")
Inspired by the search for the Philly Soul tune, I wanted to make a thread about stuff you’ve googled, pondered, maybe even asked around and still can’t find. It doesn’t have to be a song…maybe it’s a recipe or a TV ad … --- ## [Will the pandemic make office work redundant for software developers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-pandemic-make-office-work-redundant-for-software-developers/852879)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-pandemic-make-office-work-redundant-for-software-developers/852879 "2020-05-02T12:51:16Z")
AFAIK, the office rental fees are huge. Buying an office in big cities (no matter which country) is also extremely costly. My experience as a developer is no more than 18 months (1.5 years). So, I don’t think I can anal… --- ## [Scalp psoriasis - what worked best for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalp-psoriasis-what-worked-best-for-you/931548)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scalp-psoriasis-what-worked-best-for-you/931548 "2021-01-27T12:31:10Z")
The last thread on this looks to be five years sold so I’d thought I’d ask if there is anything new under the sun. I have a bit but my adult daughter has a couple of large, itchy, stubborn patches on her scalp. The derma… --- ## [Why is it legal for strangers to spray paint my lawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-legal-for-strangers-to-spray-paint-my-lawn/931286)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-legal-for-strangers-to-spray-paint-my-lawn/931286 "2021-01-26T21:58:25Z")
Over the past few days, several men working for the US Infrastructure Company have been walking around our street, locating underground utilities (water, power, cable, etc.), and marking their locations with spray paint … --- ## [Found space object proves we are not alone \[Nothing is proven\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-space-object-proves-we-are-not-alone-nothing-is-proven/931237)
**Author:** [@rboyce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rboyce)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-space-object-proves-we-are-not-alone-nothing-is-proven/931237 "2021-01-26T19:33:19Z")
Found space object proves we are not alone Humans have been sending out “probes” into our solar system and beyond in efforts to detect far off planets and other objects within our solar system, but it was never contempl… --- ## [What life lessons have you learned from your pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-life-lessons-have-you-learned-from-your-pet/930749)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-life-lessons-have-you-learned-from-your-pet/930749 "2021-01-26T18:00:03Z")
Getting a dog has been a revelation for me in many ways. If you have a dog, you are constantly reminded of the value (and vicissitude) of “living in the moment”. Has having a pet (pets) taught you anything about your o… --- ## [Contacted by a former co-worker, she is now 77, do I ask about her husband? Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacted-by-a-former-co-worker-she-is-now-77-do-i-ask-about-her-husband-need-answer-fast/931396)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contacted-by-a-former-co-worker-she-is-now-77-do-i-ask-about-her-husband-need-answer-fast/931396 "2021-01-26T17:09:21Z")
We used to work in different departments, then she transferred over and report to me until she retired, maybe 12 years ago. Her husband had an industrial injury (same company) and was off on permanent disability, and I d… --- ## [Why do people put up with so much cr@p?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-put-up-with-so-much-cr-p/930673)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-put-up-with-so-much-cr-p/930673 "2021-01-26T14:35:52Z")
Maybe I’m just extra naïve or have unusually healthy self-esteem, but I am continually amazed by advice columns, message boards etc where people talk in detail about the horrible, or maybe not abusive but downright unple… --- ## [What Does It Mean When a U.S. Church Calls Itself 'Anglican'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-u-s-church-calls-itself-anglican/930430)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-when-a-u-s-church-calls-itself-anglican/930430 "2021-01-26T11:25:25Z")
Because there is one in metro Detroit where I live. In a suburb of Detroit called Livonia, there is a protestant church that has ‘Anglican’ in its name. I only caught a glimpse of it. So short of doing a Google search (a… --- ## [Great Dane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dane/930609)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dane/930609 "2021-01-26T11:13:38Z")
Some of you know my sad story. We lost both of our beloved dogs within 3 weeks of each other last fall. Our hearts are ready to give some love to another dog. It’s hard to believe, but dogs are hard to come by. Apparentl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=274) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=276)