# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=295 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 296 --- ## [Are you embarrassed when you talk to your cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-embarrassed-when-you-talk-to-your-cat/921379)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-embarrassed-when-you-talk-to-your-cat/921379 "2020-09-30T06:04:29Z")
Are you embarrassed when you talk to your cat? …or your dog, or hamster, or Tasmanian devil, or sea slug… Admit it, you speak to your pet(s) in a silly voice, don’t you? Of course you do! Everyone does. Well, I certai… --- ## [Having the courage of one’s convictions in tumultuous times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-the-courage-of-one-s-convictions-in-tumultuous-times/921432)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-the-courage-of-one-s-convictions-in-tumultuous-times/921432 "2020-09-30T03:22:11Z")
This is yet another thread inspired by the libertarian acquaintance who is upending his life and moving across the country because he fears civil war over the election no matter who wins, but I’ve been thinking about thi… --- ## [What's the most damaging thing a lame duck president has ever done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-damaging-thing-a-lame-duck-president-has-ever-done/920475)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-damaging-thing-a-lame-duck-president-has-ever-done/920475 "2020-09-29T23:20:02Z")
One issue with the US election process is that the election is held in November, but the newly elected president - if the incumbent isn’t re-elected - doesn’t take office until the middle of the following January. This g… --- ## [Pilots -- General Aviation: For a long flight over water would you prefer a twin piston or single engine turboprop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-general-aviation-for-a-long-flight-over-water-would-you-prefer-a-twin-piston-or-single-engine-turboprop/920975)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-general-aviation-for-a-long-flight-over-water-would-you-prefer-a-twin-piston-or-single-engine-turboprop/920975 "2020-09-29T13:48:36Z")
Usually with flights over water pilots prefer a twin (or more) engine plane. The reason being if there is nowhere to land having a second engine is a safety feature. That redundancy means if one engine goes kaput the o… --- ## [If abortion is banned, how many unwanted pregnancies would lead to back-alley/DIY abortions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-abortion-is-banned-how-many-unwanted-pregnancies-would-lead-to-back-alley-diy-abortions/921684)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-abortion-is-banned-how-many-unwanted-pregnancies-would-lead-to-back-alley-diy-abortions/921684 "2020-09-29T08:50:38Z")
This is not a thread about whether abortion is good or bad, or whether it should be legal or illegal (we have thousands of threads about that). Rather - it is often claimed that, if abortion were banned nationwide, that… --- ## [Poll: What Standard Federal Region do you live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202 "2020-09-29T01:57:59Z")
From here. poll --- ## [Co-owners of house one dies. Stepped up basis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-owners-of-house-one-dies-stepped-up-basis/921506)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-owners-of-house-one-dies-stepped-up-basis/921506 "2020-09-29T00:10:29Z")
I need some creative thinking here since a few lawyers cannot come up with an acceptable solution. Let me explain. 2 married couples own a home purchased for 20k. Now worth 2 million. One couple dies (soon not yet we kno… --- ## [Any critiques of Ginsburg's dying words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-critiques-of-ginsburgs-dying-words/921307)
**Author:** [@GnuMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GnuMe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-critiques-of-ginsburgs-dying-words/921307 "2020-09-28T23:05:04Z")
I’m not sure I totally buy it. NPR reported… “Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced un… --- ## [Youre experience/advice on applying for German citizenship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-experience-advice-on-applying-for-german-citizenship/921452)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-experience-advice-on-applying-for-german-citizenship/921452 "2020-09-28T21:00:03Z")
I am considering applying for German citizenship as the child of a woman whose Jewish family fled Germany in 1939. (I will not comment on the irony of my reasons for taking this step.) I have begun filling out the neces… --- ## ["Do you have McDonald's money?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mcdonalds-money/853553)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-mcdonalds-money/853553 "2020-09-28T20:06:33Z")
Said in response to a child asking the question, “Can we go to McDonald’s?” Growing up, I heard this from my mothers and older siblings a lot. (I never heard it from my father because he would take you to McDonalds whe… --- ## [Stupid questions about my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-questions-about-my-car/914722)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-questions-about-my-car/914722 "2020-09-28T15:49:19Z")
Yesterday my 2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid, which I have owned for an year now, threw its first tantrum. It was a hot day outside, and around 2 pm the car refused to start. Almost every dashboard light came on, including the… --- ## [Air filter for kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-filter-for-kitchen/920950)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-filter-for-kitchen/920950 "2020-09-28T11:13:31Z")
My son has had a house built with no stove or vent fan. What kind of free-standing air cleaner might he need? --- ## [Question about The Last Supper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-last-supper/921643)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-last-supper/921643 "2020-09-27T23:07:59Z")
It was a Passover Seder, right? So which disciple found the Afikoman? Who asked the 4 Questions? --- ## [Recommend a senior cat food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-senior-cat-food/921660)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-senior-cat-food/921660 "2020-09-27T11:38:26Z")
Our cat just hit age 12. She been on a 7+ cat food, and she is doing great. She doesn’t have the “old cat” look yet, and she’s very agile. She can jump from the ground to the windowsill, which is about a 4.5’ jump, and c… --- ## [Recommend a phone for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-phone-for-me/920060)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-phone-for-me/920060 "2020-09-27T03:03:41Z")
Some of you may know that I have recently determined that my current phone (some sort of Moto G) just doesn’t have enough storage space, and there’s no way to fix that. As some of you suspected, it also doesn’t support … --- ## [2016 Ram Hemi starting issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-ram-hemi-starting-issue/921085)
**Author:** [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-ram-hemi-starting-issue/921085 "2020-09-26T23:29:34Z")
Not sure if I should post here or in GQs… Mostly trouble free truck, but when I went to start it this morning, it started at and maintained about 4,000 RPMs. I shut it down, started again and exactly the same thing. I t… --- ## [POLL: What would you do if a civil war breaks out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-would-you-do-if-a-civil-war-breaks-out/921336)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-would-you-do-if-a-civil-war-breaks-out/921336 "2020-09-26T19:48:16Z")
Come Nov 5 – hopefully a hypothetical – suppose the general discontent and riots give way to regional armed skirmishes, then state battlegrounds, then eventually a full-blown civil war. Violence ravages the United States… --- ## [Rough bars and bar fights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-bars-and-bar-fights/920604)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rough-bars-and-bar-fights/920604 "2020-09-26T18:44:14Z")
Perhaps I’m sheltered but I’ve never been in a bar where a fight took place. The worst was when the group of students I was in had an awkward few seconds when another group wanted to use the pool table. Are bar fights c… --- ## [How to talk to a new amputee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-talk-to-a-new-amputee/921491)
**Author:** [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-talk-to-a-new-amputee/921491 "2020-09-26T10:07:31Z")
My first neighbour is a nice person. We’re not close, but we will always engage in a little bit of small talk about things, weather, our families even. He’s an elderly man who appears to be in good shape. I’m 43, he’s ab… --- ## [Serious infection after surgery: what should we do? (Need answer fast.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-infection-after-surgery-what-should-we-do-need-answer-fast/921117)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-infection-after-surgery-what-should-we-do-need-answer-fast/921117 "2020-09-25T22:16:18Z")
Three weeks ago, my wife had an outpatient surgical procedure. It all seemed to go fine, but on Saturday (two days ago) she was feeling badly and, long story short, she was admitted to the hospital with a massive infecti… --- ## [About Facebook Backgrounds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-facebook-backgrounds/921526)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-facebook-backgrounds/921526 "2020-09-25T18:43:15Z")
Does anyone know if I can add backgrounds to the limited selection of backgrounds provided in FaceBook? Most annoying is the fact that certain backgrounds I like have disappeared. I would like them back. Seems to me the … --- ## [Super Glue for Hot Conditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-glue-for-hot-conditions/921430)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-glue-for-hot-conditions/921430 "2020-09-25T17:51:58Z")
Our dishwasher has small, plastic clips to adjust spacing between rows of tines to accommodate different size dishes. But, these plastic clips break off. I just want to glue them in one place (and forget the adjustment f… --- ## [What Could Superman Do to Fight Wildfires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-superman-do-to-fight-wildfires/920801)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-superman-do-to-fight-wildfires/920801 "2020-09-25T16:06:00Z")
IMHO because there’s no factual answer; could have gone in Cafe Society, but I’m asking for plausible physical speculation based on established super powers. Anyway…best I can come up with it to get a really big steel p… --- ## [Runaway element on stove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaway-element-on-stove/921504)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaway-element-on-stove/921504 "2020-09-25T15:37:43Z")
The front-left element on our stove – the one that gets the most use – has a tendency to ‘run away’. That is, you’ll set it to, say, 4, and as soon as you leave the kitchen or are occupied doing something else, the elem… --- ## [Are there "Black Karens"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-black-karens/919103)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-black-karens/919103 "2020-09-25T13:44:01Z")
No not Karen Black. I know originally Karen was used as a slur for exclusively “White middle aged women with too much time on their hands” but there’s been more and more videos lately of Karen’s of other races who act j… --- ## [What android phones are people liking these days? (google fi compatible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-android-phones-are-people-liking-these-days-google-fi-compatible/921429)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-android-phones-are-people-liking-these-days-google-fi-compatible/921429 "2020-09-25T12:35:43Z")
I currently have a Moto X4. It’s been pretty good. The battery is not holding a charge as long as it used to (it’s 2 years old) and I might replace the battery, but I might just buy a new phone. I bought this phone most… --- ## [Suppose the 2020 election is "stolen." What would you do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-2020-election-is-stolen-what-would-you-do-about-it/921155)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-the-2020-election-is-stolen-what-would-you-do-about-it/921155 "2020-09-25T10:24:25Z")
Let’s say that the 2020 presidential election is “stolen” by the candidate and party that you oppose (either Trump and the R’s, or Biden and the D’s.) They steal the election in a way that is brazenly unethical, obvious,… --- ## [Question about cigarette smoke and Covid 19. Maybe not what you're thinking, better explanation inside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cigarette-smoke-and-covid-19-maybe-not-what-youre-thinking-better-explanation-inside/912121)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cigarette-smoke-and-covid-19-maybe-not-what-youre-thinking-better-explanation-inside/912121 "2020-09-25T05:57:10Z")
Lets say a person with the virus approaches a smallish store or enclosed building. Before they open the door they take a big drag on their cigarette and flick the cigarette away. They enter the building and exhale their … --- ## [A new scam preying on writers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-scam-preying-on-writers/921386)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-scam-preying-on-writers/921386 "2020-09-25T05:53:47Z")
My wife has over a dozen books out, all traditionally published. Today she got this email - I’ve removed all identifying information. It has come to my attention book written and published by you used my picture without… --- ## [Are "Birthday Weeks" a thing now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-birthday-weeks-a-thing-now/921044)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-birthday-weeks-a-thing-now/921044 "2020-09-25T05:48:02Z")
Basically the idea is that now not only do you celebrate your birthday on your actual birthday, but now you celebrate it every day the surrounding week as well. So basically you’re suppose to be treated like it’s your bi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=294) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=296)