# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=28 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 29 --- ## [TSA BAD!11! according to Sean Duffy's Daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-bad-11-according-to-sean-duffys-daughter/1025871)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-bad-11-according-to-sean-duffys-daughter/1025871 "2025-12-23T20:54:47Z")
I just don’t understand what she thinks her little outburst is going to achieve. Also, if you know you’re going to want a patdown vs. scanner when going through security, wouldn’t you leave yourself more than fifteen min… --- ## [Explain how airbnb works to a noob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-airbnb-works-to-a-noob/1025888)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-airbnb-works-to-a-noob/1025888 "2025-12-23T04:57:55Z")
I’ll be in Florida next week for 9 days visiting relatives and taking a break from the cold Ohio weather. My sister pretty much always uses airbnb for longer stays, while I’ve been an inveterate hotel fiend all my life. … --- ## [Epstein Victims’ Parents/Guardians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-victims-parents-guardians/1025901)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epstein-victims-parents-guardians/1025901 "2025-12-23T03:06:27Z")
This question is just based on my curiosity, and I hope it doesn’t suggest any “blame the victims, or their parents/guardians” motive. But I’m having a hard time understanding how Epstein was able to get so many young g… --- ## [My home computer has been infected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-computer-has-been-infected/1025896)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-home-computer-has-been-infected/1025896 "2025-12-22T23:39:15Z")
A pop-up every few seconds, alternating between a McAfee warning that my license has expired, a Norton claim that my computer has five viruses, a Windows warning that my computer has five viruses, and a warning that Russ… --- ## [What am I missing about the Epstein files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-about-the-epstein-files/1025811)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-missing-about-the-epstein-files/1025811 "2025-12-22T16:50:16Z")
Follow along with me. I know I’m most often the one whose head doesn’t make sense to people, but I’m going to do my best here. He’s quite often told us all that he’s like this, that he’s a sex creep, that he doesn’t li… --- ## [Buying Snacks At TJ Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-snacks-at-tj-maxx/1025699)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-snacks-at-tj-maxx/1025699 "2025-12-22T12:32:04Z")
I’m not going to knock the retailing smarts of TJ Maxx, nor its cousins Marshalls (and in Canada, Winners and Homesense). I like to shop at all these places, and so do lots of other people. But I’m curious who buys the… --- ## [Service men with "estimates". This is super shady right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-men-with-estimates-this-is-super-shady-right/1025792)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-men-with-estimates-this-is-super-shady-right/1025792 "2025-12-21T16:06:22Z")
So I’m trying to hire a handyman to do some stuff around the house. The first three people I called wanted a 50 to 75 dollar deposit. The way it works is; they come out and look at what you needed done. If you like the … --- ## [Killing, forever, a built in "perk" on my phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-forever-a-built-in-perk-on-my-phone/1025874)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-forever-a-built-in-perk-on-my-phone/1025874 "2025-12-21T03:36:19Z")
Voicemail. How do I murder without reservation this thang. This is my sooper seekrit (shhh) Motorola burner. No one uses the number to contact me. (Welp, because the number is seekrit too). I get calls from somewhere.… --- ## [The Evil Nazi Mystery Collections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-nazi-mystery-collections/1025812)
**Author:** [@aruvqan\_myers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan_myers)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evil-nazi-mystery-collections/1025812 "2025-12-20T19:38:25Z")
So, the idiotic AI on youtube has fed me a series of Nazis chasing mystic items … and I have no doubt that they thought about doing it, but what kept them from just invading the monastery that the Ethiopians claim to hav… --- ## [Finish this sentence please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-please/1025843)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-sentence-please/1025843 "2025-12-20T19:08:37Z")
Hour by hour, day by day, month by month, year by year, decade by decade, century by century, millennia by millennia… :slight\_smile: --- ## [Plastic Recycling Breakthrough or scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-recycling-breakthrough-or-scam/1025891)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-recycling-breakthrough-or-scam/1025891 "2025-12-20T18:48:30Z")
I don’t have the background to know if this is real hope or a scam for funding, but it looked interesting. I do know that Toluene is a very real chemical which is used in manufacturing. --- ## [What's the minimum I should expect to pay for a world cup ticket in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-i-should-expect-to-pay-for-a-world-cup-ticket-in-the-us/1025515)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-minimum-i-should-expect-to-pay-for-a-world-cup-ticket-in-the-us/1025515 "2025-12-18T13:47:11Z")
Looking for a (possibly educated) opinion on the ticket prices, not anything else about the World Cup or the heads of state of the countries hosting it. I’m interested in US ticket prices for group matches, either Phila… --- ## [WIn11 connecting to BT always at 100% volume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win11-connecting-to-bt-always-at-100-volume/1025822)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/win11-connecting-to-bt-always-at-100-volume/1025822 "2025-12-18T12:25:31Z")
Hi there, on my business comp I still need to run win. For a long time already there is always the same “nuisance” that is grating: I listen to some smooth jazz on YT, etc… at low volume (say 20%) with the internal sp… --- ## [Have you used a CPAP device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-used-a-cpap-device/1019433)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-used-a-cpap-device/1019433 "2025-12-17T18:32:42Z")
My wife says I snore. Perhaps I do, I’m asleep at the time. But I don’t think I have any issues with sleep apnea. At least, it’s never been a problem serious enough to consult a doctor. So: are these things really me… --- ## [What options are there in wireless mice with a usb-c dongle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-options-are-there-in-wireless-mice-with-a-usb-c-dongle/1009626)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-options-are-there-in-wireless-mice-with-a-usb-c-dongle/1009626 "2025-12-17T14:04:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from Why the lack of USB-C mouse's?: That thread is about the factual question of why they are hard to find. But there’s clearly a lot of interest in actually buying them. So i thought I’d crea… --- ## [Theoretical: You park your car legally in front of a neighbor's house and they have your car towed. Any legal remedies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-you-park-your-car-legally-in-front-of-a-neighbors-house-and-they-have-your-car-towed-any-legal-remedies/1025763)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-you-park-your-car-legally-in-front-of-a-neighbors-house-and-they-have-your-car-towed-any-legal-remedies/1025763 "2025-12-17T03:38:49Z")
Imagine a typical suburban neighborhood with city streets. Although it’s legal to park pretty much anywhere, people generally park in their own driveway or in front of their own house. Sometimes people park in front of o… --- ## [Is the new electric F-150 the killer EV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-electric-f-150-the-killer-ev/942695)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-electric-f-150-the-killer-ev/942695 "2025-12-17T02:49:08Z")
Electric vehicles have been with us for quite a while, and are becoming increasingly popular. Manufacturers worldwide have been ramping up models and planning for new EV’s. More are entering the market any day. Ford … --- ## [Have you noticed that younger people seem slower to tell time from "traditional" clock faces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-that-younger-people-seem-slower-to-tell-time-from-traditional-clock-faces/1024391)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-that-younger-people-seem-slower-to-tell-time-from-traditional-clock-faces/1024391 "2025-12-17T00:35:26Z")
I’ve noticed this several times before, but a segment in a recent game show (The Floor) really highlighted it. For those with too much taste to watch low-brow game shows, the main action is two players face off, each wi… --- ## [Car features I don't understand - educate me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-features-i-dont-understand-educate-me/1023741)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 218\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-features-i-dont-understand-educate-me/1023741 "2025-12-16T20:37:20Z")
Every so often I check out a car review on YT. Not buying anything, just trying to keep up with trends and development in the car world. Here are a couple of features that are hailed as either luxurious or necessary. I j… --- ## [Tech needed to live stream a meeting with speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-needed-to-live-stream-a-meeting-with-speakers/1025697)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-needed-to-live-stream-a-meeting-with-speakers/1025697 "2025-12-16T20:04:22Z")
Next year our group is inviting local congressional candidates to speak at our monthly in-person meetings, and we want to live stream them to Zoom. They will be held in a meeting room that holds about 100 people, and we… --- ## [Building the industrial peace complex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-the-industrial-peace-complex/1025616)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-the-industrial-peace-complex/1025616 "2025-12-16T00:12:18Z")
Reflecting on the NYT series on rebuilding the US military, including cost estimates. Got me wondering. What would extensive peace and civil disobedience training for national defence cost? Not interested in why campaign… --- ## [How have the affordability crisis and "K-shaped economy" affected you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-the-affordability-crisis-and-k-shaped-economy-affected-you/1025313)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-the-affordability-crisis-and-k-shaped-economy-affected-you/1025313 "2025-12-15T17:35:38Z")
Over the past year or two, high inflation mixed with stagnant wages, rampant layoffs, AI, and poor jobs availability has led to quality of life declining for many middle-class and lower households. Per AP: Here's why eve… --- ## [Why would physical therapists refuse to treat a former cancer patient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-physical-therapists-refuse-to-treat-a-former-cancer-patient/1025696)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-physical-therapists-refuse-to-treat-a-former-cancer-patient/1025696 "2025-12-15T04:25:01Z")
My wife has had breast cancer in the same breast twice: in 2010 she had a mastectomy and reconstruction of her left breast, and ten years later there was a recurrence in the chest wall of the same area. A second surgery … --- ## [Non-US Dopers: Does your culture have an equivalent to "calling dibs"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-does-your-culture-have-an-equivalent-to-calling-dibs/1025666)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-does-your-culture-have-an-equivalent-to-calling-dibs/1025666 "2025-12-14T22:39:17Z")
“Calling dibs” is like an informal declaration that you (the person calling dibs) are claiming something for yourself before it’s actually available. Dad’s bringing home Indian food? You “call dibs” on the samosas (meani… --- ## [Help Setting Up Dual Monitors w/Work Laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-setting-up-dual-monitors-w-work-laptop/1025623)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-setting-up-dual-monitors-w-work-laptop/1025623 "2025-12-14T20:11:43Z")
Hi. So, I’m getting dual monitors for my home office. It’s mostly because the dated Dell laptop my work provided does not work properly with the ultra-wide monitor I bought, and I need serious real estate to do my job. … --- ## [Have I been hacked? (strange message that came through my car speakers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-been-hacked-strange-message-that-came-through-my-car-speakers/1025672)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-been-hacked-strange-message-that-came-through-my-car-speakers/1025672 "2025-12-14T18:23:32Z")
I came home from an errand just now. I had been listening to a podcast through the car speakers from my phone connected via Bluetooth / Apple CarPlay. After I had parked in the garage, stopped the podcast, but before I t… --- ## [Did anyone else have a class in college that "Everyone flunked the first time"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-have-a-class-in-college-that-everyone-flunked-the-first-time/1025447)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-have-a-class-in-college-that-everyone-flunked-the-first-time/1025447 "2025-12-14T14:55:51Z")
I know it’s not just me because I remember seeing it in college based sitcoms too. But I remember there was a first year Earth Science or something similar class that was a prerequisite for something else important so a… --- ## [ACA goes away, health insurance company has nothing to say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-goes-away-health-insurance-company-has-nothing-to-say/1025649)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aca-goes-away-health-insurance-company-has-nothing-to-say/1025649 "2025-12-13T21:52:33Z")
I’m surprised insurance companies don’t seem to be trying to get ahead of what will certainly be backlash directed at them. I get that the situation may still be considered too fluid for them to comment on. OTOH the ACA… --- ## [What makes a good university good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-university-good/1025428)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-university-good/1025428 "2025-12-13T11:42:38Z")
I know there are some “famous” universities, like the Ivy Leagues and a few other ones. What is it about them that makes them better than others? Is it only their legacy and fame, or do they have measurably better pedago… --- ## [What are these metal things on concrete benches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-metal-things-on-concrete-benches/1025500)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-metal-things-on-concrete-benches/1025500 "2025-12-12T20:01:50Z")
In a number of places, I’ve seen concrete benches (or low walls that might be used as benches) with metal objects attached at intervals, like this: Sometimes they are decorative, sha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=29)