# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=279 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 280 --- ## [Do I need a living trust? A will? Both?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-living-trust-a-will-both/847247)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-living-trust-a-will-both/847247 "2021-01-10T02:32:02Z")
Relevant info: My employer offers a legal services benefit for $15 a month, to which I must commit to for one year. It gives access to attorneys for various services including wills, living wills, trusts, and estate plan… --- ## [War on Christmas = cultural appropriation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-christmas-cultural-appropriation/929938)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-christmas-cultural-appropriation/929938 "2021-01-09T18:31:55Z")
A shower thought I had. Non-Christians have appropriated an important Christian festival and stripped it of all religeous meaning, and because of their cultural dominance, this has become the primary association. Anyone … --- ## [Auto Rain Guards - how to put them on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-rain-guards-how-to-put-them-on/930084)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-rain-guards-how-to-put-them-on/930084 "2021-01-09T16:38:09Z")
Has anyone ever put those aftermarket rain guards onto their car? I ordered some, but now I’m scared to install them myself. Tips? Suggestions? --- ## [Things that were done in your childhood that would never be allowed today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-were-done-in-your-childhood-that-would-never-be-allowed-today/919650)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 475\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-were-done-in-your-childhood-that-would-never-be-allowed-today/919650 "2021-01-08T22:05:05Z")
Society and values change constantly. Things that nobody batted an eye at 50-60, or even 20 years ago might be considered unthinkable or offensive today. My mom told me that she used to buy cigarettes for her dad (my gr… --- ## [Colds & Non-Covid Flu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colds-non-covid-flu/929919)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colds-non-covid-flu/929919 "2021-01-08T18:21:10Z")
I’m wondering how everyone is faring this cold and flu season. With everyone wearing masks, social distancing, and washing their hands more often and more thoroughly, I wouldn’t think many people are getting sick (non-C… --- ## [Felony murder rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felony-murder-rule/930043)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felony-murder-rule/930043 "2021-01-08T18:15:47Z")
At least four people have died as a result of the mayhem at the Capitol, one of whom was shot to death. If a Certain Person were found guilty of inciting the mob violence, would the felony murder rule apply regarding the… --- ## [Is the Trump video that Twitter took down available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-trump-video-that-twitter-took-down-available/929986)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-trump-video-that-twitter-took-down-available/929986 "2021-01-08T17:04:26Z")
I have tried to find it but get swamped by hits on news reports of Twitter’s action. Where is the actual ‘banned’ video? Thanks! --- ## [Does Occam's Razor have an opposite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-occams-razor-have-an-opposite/929944)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-occams-razor-have-an-opposite/929944 "2021-01-08T13:20:08Z")
Is there a term for the type of thinking that rejects the simplest and most obvious explanations for things, yet is willing and eager to buy into ridiculously convoluted and implausible conspiracy-type theories? I’m not… --- ## [Help With Wigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-wigs/249253)
**Author:** [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-wigs/249253 "2004-06-08T16:36:24Z")
A good friend is undergoing risky surgery that will require her head to be shaved. She has enough on her plate right now and has asked me for help figuring out where to get a wig. I have to admit I am pretty clueless her… --- ## [Comcast / Xfinity Internet Performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-xfinity-internet-performance/929754)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-xfinity-internet-performance/929754 "2021-01-08T01:28:36Z")
I have upgraded my Xfinity internet service now rated at 1000 Gbps (under ideal conditions). When I test the speed at my device, sitting right next to the XFI Gateway (cable modem), the numbers are all over the map when … --- ## [Help me keep my hostage alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-keep-my-hostage-alive/929355)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-keep-my-hostage-alive/929355 "2021-01-07T23:46:17Z")
So, I’ve decided I need to keep a hostage safely tucked away for ten days. I don’t want him to suffer unnecessarily, and definitely not kill him, just have him confined so he can’t do something that will block my otherw… --- ## [Anyone ever heard of/worked for Sitel Group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-worked-for-sitel-group/929881)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-worked-for-sitel-group/929881 "2021-01-07T22:51:24Z")
Work from home, customer service, like the job I used to have as a call center rep at a bank, but that was in an actual office. Sitel at Home provides work from home virtual associates to work with some of the world’s … --- ## [Cox is committing fraud against me to overcharge me for data usage - options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cox-is-committing-fraud-against-me-to-overcharge-me-for-data-usage-options/929779)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cox-is-committing-fraud-against-me-to-overcharge-me-for-data-usage-options/929779 "2021-01-07T09:21:41Z")
So Cox has a data cap on their internet connection of 1280GB per month, after which you are charged $10 per 50gb exceeding it. I’ve been approaching the cap over the last year but never exceeded it mostly because of incr… --- ## [SCAdians et al: What's Yer Best Pennsic War Tuchux Story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scadians-et-al-whats-yer-best-pennsic-war-tuchux-story/62227)
**Author:** [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scadians-et-al-whats-yer-best-pennsic-war-tuchux-story/62227 "2021-01-07T04:39:23Z")
Okay, I admit it: I am Tuchuck Wench. Great fun, for those of you who know of such things. (See: Gor novels by John Norman and/or SCA link for edification, for the uninitiated…) I suspect that a few Dopers may also be SC… --- ## [Diagnose nose pressure/ vomiting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-nose-pressure-vomiting/929620)
**Author:** [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-nose-pressure-vomiting/929620 "2021-01-06T22:16:49Z")
A strange thing happened yesterday and the “symptoms” are too common to come up with something useful. It happened 3 times, and I knew it had happened before, though I could not say when or how often. (Obviously not tha… --- ## [Alternate Quantum Realities and Someone Who Lost a Loved One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-quantum-realities-and-someone-who-lost-a-loved-one/929544)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-quantum-realities-and-someone-who-lost-a-loved-one/929544 "2021-01-06T17:41:06Z")
This presupposes that the theory of alternative quantum realities is even sound. I get the impression from some of you it may not be. But I was recently thinking about something comforting to tell someone who just lost … --- ## [How can I get cell phone coverage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-cell-phone-coverage/929033)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-cell-phone-coverage/929033 "2021-01-06T17:16:26Z")
We live in the northwest corner of Washington, four miles from the Canadian border as the goose flies. Except for Point Roberts, we’re as far northwest you can get in the contiguous United States. This morning at 0300 … --- ## [Women: Would you reject a man solely for being 5'7"? BE HONEST!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-reject-a-man-solely-for-being-57-be-honest/682634)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-reject-a-man-solely-for-being-57-be-honest/682634 "2021-01-06T16:33:53Z")
…like if a guy around that height came up and asked you out. One of my major insecurities is my height. My expected adult height is unlikely to pass 5’7". :frowning: The reason I ask is I have read some really depress… --- ## [WWYD if you found expensive jewelry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwyd-if-you-found-expensive-jewelry/687846)
**Author:** [@winneee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winneee)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwyd-if-you-found-expensive-jewelry/687846 "2021-01-06T14:52:31Z")
Let’s say you were at a mall in the parking lot and looked down and saw a 9K diamond tennis bracelet. Then, let’s say you went into the mall and asked a jeweler what it was worth and they said around $10,000. Let’s also … --- ## [Argentina's lower chamber passes bill to legalize abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argentinas-lower-chamber-passes-bill-to-legalize-abortion/816093)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/argentinas-lower-chamber-passes-bill-to-legalize-abortion/816093 "2021-01-06T13:17:14Z")
And it’s ON!,It passed by 4 votes and getting it through the senate would be very hard, but we’ll try again next year and the one after that, as many times as necessary. --- ## [what if aliens were 10,000 years away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-aliens-were-10-000-years-away/844599)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-aliens-were-10-000-years-away/844599 "2021-01-06T12:36:21Z")
Every fictionalized scenario where intelligent alien life is discovered that I’m familiar with (and I admit I’m not a big expert in this field) has us humans interacting with those aliens in some way. But what do you th… --- ## [What % of the things we know were told to us by someone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-the-things-we-know-were-told-to-us-by-someone-else/929264)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-the-things-we-know-were-told-to-us-by-someone-else/929264 "2021-01-06T12:24:43Z")
This comment was made in another thread… … and while the original is talking of opinions, it… for some reason… caused me to wonder about the question in the title: What % of things do we know because we were told to u… --- ## [Help me design a (somewhat) up-to-date stereo system!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-somewhat-up-to-date-stereo-system/929110)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-design-a-somewhat-up-to-date-stereo-system/929110 "2021-01-06T12:24:00Z")
Here’s the deal: I have a stereo system, but its components all date from the 1980s and 1990s. And the tuner has died. So I figure it’s time to start over, and build a stereo system that doesn’t have to be top-of-the-… --- ## [US banks that offer easy transfers to Canadian bank accounts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-banks-that-offer-easy-transfers-to-canadian-bank-accounts/929647)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-banks-that-offer-easy-transfers-to-canadian-bank-accounts/929647 "2021-01-06T04:25:19Z")
Is there a way to find out which bank(s) provide the best terms; e.g. cash transfer and foreign exchange fees, to Canadian bank accounts (and USD conversion to CAD)? Just thought I’d ask before doing my own research, in… --- ## [Please explain North v South Dublin, to an outsider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-north-v-south-dublin-to-an-outsider/929736)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-north-v-south-dublin-to-an-outsider/929736 "2021-01-06T04:18:44Z")
We watched a House Hunters International today, and the guy was born and raised in South Dublin. He seemed to have this viceral reaction to even the idea of living on the North side. But they never explained what it was.… --- ## [Ideas for a disabled daughter when I am...ahem...no longer around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-disabled-daughter-when-i-am-ahem-no-longer-around/928049)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-disabled-daughter-when-i-am-ahem-no-longer-around/928049 "2021-01-05T23:12:15Z")
I am getting older. Not planning on kicking off soon but it probably isn’t more than 15 years off. I also know that internet advice is always suspect but I am really just looking for ideas I might not know about so I c… --- ## [Is it impolite to text several of my friends individually, and talk to whoever responds first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-text-several-of-my-friends-individually-and-talk-to-whoever-responds-first/929214)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-impolite-to-text-several-of-my-friends-individually-and-talk-to-whoever-responds-first/929214 "2021-01-05T18:19:56Z")
I usually text one friend, give them like 30 minutes to respond, and if they don’t then I’ll text someone else, etc. But that takes a long time. Maybe I should text three friends separately. But then suppose one write… --- ## [Your silly rules do not apply to me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-silly-rules-do-not-apply-to-me/929579)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-silly-rules-do-not-apply-to-me/929579 "2021-01-05T16:44:00Z")
Non-COVID edition! This snowy morning my wife and I took a walk thru a local forest preserve, w/ our dog on a leash. One guy was biking on a bike w/ those fat tires. He had 2 hunting dogs (pointer types) running along… --- ## [What is the best place for an African safari?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-place-for-an-african-safari/929268)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-place-for-an-african-safari/929268 "2021-01-05T06:00:12Z")
I would like to visit Africa, mostly for wildlife viewing. I am considering Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa or Botswana. If you have visited any of these places, what are your impressions? If you have visited multiple s… --- ## [Where do you stay vs. Where do you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-stay-vs-where-do-you-live/664877)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-stay-vs-where-do-you-live/664877 "2021-01-05T04:29:55Z")
I’ve been noticing this more and more over the last couple of years. I’m wondering how it came about, whether it’s regional to my area maybe, or if it’s being used all over. When I want to know where someone lays their h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=278) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=280)