# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=296 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 297 --- ## [To what extent should a dying person's wishes be honored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-should-a-dying-persons-wishes-be-honored/921444)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-should-a-dying-persons-wishes-be-honored/921444 "2020-09-25T01:50:37Z")
Thread is relevant to Ginsburg, of course, but also about a broader issue. At what point does one’s dying wish become so burdensome that it is no longer worth honoring? Perhaps I’m overly cynical but I think almost any … --- ## [You're very upset with your spouse or significant other. This manifests itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-very-upset-with-your-spouse-or-significant-other-this-manifests-itself/921371)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-very-upset-with-your-spouse-or-significant-other-this-manifests-itself/921371 "2020-09-24T22:25:53Z")
I get very quiet. I’m not doing some intentional silent treatment thing, but I’m pretty talkative normally so it stands out. I don’t know how to explain it…I’m kind of cycling on thoughts. ‘I said this and you did tha… --- ## [Emotions prompted by fonts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotions-prompted-by-fonts/921227)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emotions-prompted-by-fonts/921227 "2020-09-24T16:10:47Z")
This is a thread (inspired by this thread) where you can share the feelings that certain types of fonts may prompt in your heart and mind when you see them. The first example that it crossing my mind now is Comic Sans. I… --- ## [Free Stuff From Amazon? Don’t think it’s brushing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-from-amazon-don-t-think-it-s-brushing/921023)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-from-amazon-don-t-think-it-s-brushing/921023 "2020-09-24T13:29:26Z")
I got a package from Amazon that I didn’t order. The first thing that came to mind was “brushing scam”. So I did a little reading up on brushing scams. I don’t think that’s what this is. A few weeks ago I ordered a hand… --- ## [Do you like Halloween?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-halloween/554502)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-halloween/554502 "2010-09-26T03:11:31Z")
I don’t like dressing up for Halloween. I’m an adult, not a kid. I don’t want to dress up for work. I’m glad that other people enjoy it. I don’t piss on their fun, I don’t demand that no one celebrate the holiday, I just… --- ## [Are expensive pillows ever worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-pillows-ever-worth-it/920997)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-expensive-pillows-ever-worth-it/920997 "2020-09-24T08:42:09Z")
I last bought pillows back in 2012, they’re shot. I bought inexpensive memory foam pillows from either Groupon or one of the other close out sites. I’m planning on doing same thing again and if I can get 8 years out of … --- ## [Work needs me to be able to do 40WPM average on a numpad, but seems very hard. any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-needs-me-to-be-able-to-do-40wpm-average-on-a-numpad-but-seems-very-hard-any-tips/921373)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-needs-me-to-be-able-to-do-40wpm-average-on-a-numpad-but-seems-very-hard-any-tips/921373 "2020-09-24T05:18:42Z")
Long story short my job needs me to master 40 words per minute on a computer numpad to get a promotion, and I’m severely struggling to do it. I’ve been doing typing tutorials online and the best I can get even after a we… --- ## [Unpopular Opinions You Can’t Prove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions-you-can-t-prove/921148)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-opinions-you-can-t-prove/921148 "2020-09-24T02:04:30Z")
As the title says. Things you believe which may not be popular or provable. What are your opinions? Despite government support for electric vehicles, it will be another twenty years before they become popular, and t… --- ## [Tell me about your experiences going to/working with an allergist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-going-to-working-with-an-allergist/921156)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-going-to-working-with-an-allergist/921156 "2020-09-23T21:56:30Z")
I’ve had long-running allergies to (I think) grass and pollen, but now that I’m retired, I’m starting to think that going into an office/traveling every week was protecting me more than I realized, maybe from pet dander … --- ## [Car battery, starter, solenoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-starter-solenoid/921236)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-starter-solenoid/921236 "2020-09-23T21:27:05Z")
Here’s the sitch: I have a very old car that I’m not interested in putting a lot of money into. It also has an old battery (either 7 or 9 years old) which I would replace if that’s all it was. But I don’t know. The batte… --- ## [What are these weird-looking scammy texts all about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-weird-looking-scammy-texts-all-about/921306)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-weird-looking-scammy-texts-all-about/921306 "2020-09-23T20:09:51Z")
In the past couple months I’ve gotten between a half dozen to a dozen texts from an unfamiliar number that consist of just a nonsense string of symbol characters, always palindrome-style, with a link in the middle. Somet… --- ## [Women - how often do you experience catcalls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-experience-catcalls/916937)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 399\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-experience-catcalls/916937 "2020-09-23T18:45:02Z")
The other day I was talking on the phone w/ my 30 yr old daughter in Orange County CA. She says she and her fiance have really been isolating, but that the one time she has been going outside lately is to run. She says… --- ## [Store Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-returns/921315)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-returns/921315 "2020-09-23T16:07:39Z")
A post in the “Viewmaster” thread in General Questions made me wonder something. The poster mentioned he received a talking Viewmaster that didn’t work, so his dad took it apart to fix it. When I think back to my childho… --- ## [What’s the most important factor for a good car sound system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-most-important-factor-for-a-good-car-sound-system/921043)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-most-important-factor-for-a-good-car-sound-system/921043 "2020-09-23T12:33:04Z")
Opinions? Facts? I’m no audio expert, but I like listening to music while I drive, and assume there are several key factors, including: Overall quietness of the car; Having speakers near ear level; Speaker quality. … --- ## [Bersa Thunder 9MM vs CZ 75 B 9MM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bersa-thunder-9mm-vs-cz-75-b-9mm/372369)
**Author:** [@ChicanoRojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChicanoRojo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bersa-thunder-9mm-vs-cz-75-b-9mm/372369 "2006-09-15T15:12:43Z")
I have the decision to buy a hand gun. And it has come down to these two hand guns. Which one is better for home security? :confused: or…is a Mossberg 88 Maverick better? :confused: --- ## [What are the differences between Doctors and Nurses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-differences-between-doctors-and-nurses/649713)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-differences-between-doctors-and-nurses/649713 "2013-02-09T02:32:48Z")
I’m in Nursing school right now and a lot of questions arise in the difference between Nursing responsibilities and Doctors. It seems that we work in collaboration. Doctors are obviously in charge and give out the orde… --- ## [Any orchid growers out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-orchid-growers-out-there/921193)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-orchid-growers-out-there/921193 "2020-09-23T04:21:57Z")
I’m curious if we have amongst us anyone with a passing knowledge of growing orchids. You know, the indoor kind you see at the flower shop. I am not by nature especially good with plants. My houseplants are all of only… --- ## [Advice on powerline adapters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-powerline-adapters/920738)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-powerline-adapters/920738 "2020-09-23T03:17:55Z")
Like everyone working from home these days, my wife does lots of Zoom calls, and I’d prefer to give her the stability of a wired connection rather than wifi, if possible. Seven years ago, I bought a couple of these powe… --- ## [Need new printer/scanner/etc. Opinions sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-new-printer-scanner-etc-opinions-sought/917446)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-new-printer-scanner-etc-opinions-sought/917446 "2020-09-23T02:54:36Z")
Some of my computer equipment is dated, if not actually dying or dead. One of those items i my old scanner/printer. Also the HP black and white printer which is, apparently, not compatible with Windows 10 and does not … --- ## [Give me your probability estimates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-probability-estimates/921105)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-probability-estimates/921105 "2020-09-22T20:40:49Z")
What are the chances! Who knows? This thread takes a bunch of contemporary events and asks you to guess at the chance it works out. You don’t have to justify things unless you want to. Perhaps you’ll be the next Jean… --- ## [Is it rude to ask someone if they are retired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-someone-if-they-are-retired/921091)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-ask-someone-if-they-are-retired/921091 "2020-09-22T15:03:24Z")
Just casually, in conversation with a stranger, is it rude to ask if they are retired? I’ve been getting asked that a lot lately. (I’m not.) Do I look that old? It strikes me as somewhat equivalent to asking someone if t… --- ## [Making A Super Simple Blog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-super-simple-blog/921206)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-a-super-simple-blog/921206 "2020-09-22T05:04:24Z")
I’m looking to make a super simple blog along the same visual format as http://theworstthingsforsale.com/ . Just a photo or two, a blurb and on to the next entry. In a perfect world, I could tag the entries so someone … --- ## [Jewish Dopers, how to plan to observe the High Holidays this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-how-to-plan-to-observe-the-high-holidays-this-year/920092)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-how-to-plan-to-observe-the-high-holidays-this-year/920092 "2020-09-21T22:43:53Z")
My local Reform congregation is going totally online for the whole thing, except a socially-distanced Tashlich in a local park with a lake. It’s going to be really weird, even weirder for me as I’m a household of one wit… --- ## [Request for previous concepts "are against natural law", especially old-timey articles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-previous-concepts-are-against-natural-law-especially-old-timey-articles/920936)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-previous-concepts-are-against-natural-law-especially-old-timey-articles/920936 "2020-09-21T17:02:31Z")
My non-Trump loving but still very conservative parents read and shared their take on a recent Time magazine article about Gender Creative Parenting. They were appalled and had never heard of anything like this before. (… --- ## [How comfortable are you around those with different political opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-around-those-with-different-political-opinions/914097)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-comfortable-are-you-around-those-with-different-political-opinions/914097 "2020-09-21T14:52:17Z")
There’s an acquaintance I speak to occasionally on topic-focused forms of social media, and whom I’ve met once. He seems like a generally chill, stable person. But he’s a libertarian, and he’s expressed opinions (not in … --- ## [How will Michael Anthony Richards be remembered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-anthony-richards-be-remembered/921130)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-anthony-richards-be-remembered/921130 "2020-09-21T14:36:06Z")
As the best character in one of the funniest sitcoms ever, or the lame sitcom guy who yelled the N-word at a comedy club and possibly became one of the first examples of Cancel Culture in the 20th century? --- ## [Doctor Doesn't Want Me Taking Sulfur Supplements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-doesnt-want-me-taking-sulfur-supplements/920984)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-doesnt-want-me-taking-sulfur-supplements/920984 "2020-09-21T09:30:56Z")
My physician returned my call a couple of days ago. I asked him if I should take a sulfur supplement. He apparently thinks definitely not (thru his representative). Anyway don’t worry, I won’t take it then. They do sell… --- ## [John Eastman's essay re: Kamala Harris' citizenship: lawyers, does he have a point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-eastmans-essay-re-kamala-harris-citizenship-lawyers-does-he-have-a-point/918307)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-eastmans-essay-re-kamala-harris-citizenship-lawyers-does-he-have-a-point/918307 "2020-09-21T05:16:52Z")
John Eastman’s essay in Newsweek last week about Kamala Harris’ citizenship status has sparked a lot of angry voices, but ISTM that it shouldn’t have done so. If you haven’t read it, it’s worth reading, just so you can … --- ## [Do you think of the bad side as "shrewder" than the good side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-of-the-bad-side-as-shrewder-than-the-good-side/921094)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-of-the-bad-side-as-shrewder-than-the-good-side/921094 "2020-09-21T01:35:21Z")
Regardless of which stance one may hold on an issue, one sentiment seems to commonly shared: “The bad side is cunning, smart, ruthless, and knows how to play the game. Our side, the good side, is too soft, dumb, naive, … --- ## [How will Michael Richard Pence be remembered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-richard-pence-be-remembered/919845)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-michael-richard-pence-be-remembered/919845 "2020-09-20T23:17:35Z")
Personally, I think he will be remembered as a weak-willed suck up that wore his Christianity on his sleeve…but what say you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=295) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=297)