# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=303 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 304 --- ## [Pricing when working for/selling to friends & relatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pricing-when-working-for-selling-to-friends-relatives/918511)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pricing-when-working-for-selling-to-friends-relatives/918511 "2020-08-19T20:40:21Z")
I once had an epiphany of sorts when I was buying some carpeting from a guy on the next block who owns a flooring business. I initially found myself thinking to myself “hey, this guy should give me a break on the price b… --- ## [How to swim for exercise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-swim-for-exercise/917385)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-swim-for-exercise/917385 "2020-08-19T13:38:43Z")
I like to swim for exercise, but I figure I could probably be more efficient: burn more calories and use more muscles. I looked for videos on YouTube, but they seemed to come in two varieties: explaining the basics to pe… --- ## [Watch dealers? Value of late-'70s vintage Rolex non-date Submariner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-dealers-value-of-late-70s-vintage-rolex-non-date-submariner/918432)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-dealers-value-of-late-70s-vintage-rolex-non-date-submariner/918432 "2020-08-19T03:13:42Z")
It’s about time I start paring down the possessions. I like the Rolex GMT Master II I bought new in 2001. I also like the late-'70s (?) vintage non-date Submariner (5513?) I got used. Of the two, I wear the GMT more o… --- ## [There is nothing United about these States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-nothing-united-about-these-states/918445)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-nothing-united-about-these-states/918445 "2020-08-19T01:45:31Z")
What even binds this country together anymore? Consumerism and Netflix? The GOP wants a WASP theocracy. The Tea Party / Libertarians / Q Anon want to destroy government. The Democrats want to be relevant. The Left wants … --- ## [Ever know a family member who became a non-person? (from grief or being disowned)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-member-who-became-a-non-person-from-grief-or-being-disowned/917375)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-a-family-member-who-became-a-non-person-from-grief-or-being-disowned/917375 "2020-08-18T19:24:41Z")
\[Other reasons on-topic all ye nitpickers\] This was sparked by a dream I had last night. A young girl had died in a car crash, and her family in their grief and pain basically wiped her existence from their lives (pict… --- ## [iPhone radio app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-radio-app/918005 "2020-08-18T15:35:59Z")
I’m listening to KXLU 88.9 Los Angeles on my office computer. A coworker said she liked it, and found it on the Radio USA app on her Android phone. That sounded pretty good, so I downloaded one of the Radio USA apps on… --- ## [Are there any Kaiser v. RMS Titanic conspiracies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-kaiser-v-rms-titanic-conspiracies/918280)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-kaiser-v-rms-titanic-conspiracies/918280 "2020-08-18T14:36:42Z")
Nat Geo was loaded with documentaries featuring Bob Ballard, James Cameron, and the Titanic today. We’re there any RL conspiracy theories regarding Kaiser Wilhelm and the sinking? --- ## [Another Monty Hall Problem question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monty-hall-problem-question/918336)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-monty-hall-problem-question/918336 "2020-08-18T03:01:33Z")
I made this a new topic after searching various sources as best as I could. I’m not discussing the math, that’s been done to death. It’s simple: Has anyone gone through archives of the show and compiled the actual resul… --- ## [I've thought up a new (I think) clear way to explain the 'Monty Hall Problem"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-thought-up-a-new-i-think-clear-way-to-explain-the-monty-hall-problem/918154)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-thought-up-a-new-i-think-clear-way-to-explain-the-monty-hall-problem/918154 "2020-08-17T21:01:47Z")
Forgive me if this explanation has been used before and I haven’t seen it. So I understood how the math supports the Monty Hall Problem, but couldn’t wrap my head around WHY it works. Then i thought: Don’t make it 3 d… --- ## [Ever know anyone you thought shouldn't be allowed to vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-anyone-you-thought-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-vote/918087)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-know-anyone-you-thought-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-vote/918087 "2020-08-17T10:49:20Z")
Not sure I have, really. Well, a part of me has often thought there ought to be a minimal competence test for voting, but I realize the countless problems with that. But I was moved to start this thread by a conversati… --- ## [Print periodicals clandestinely reducing their frequency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-periodicals-clandestinely-reducing-their-frequency/918250)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-periodicals-clandestinely-reducing-their-frequency/918250 "2020-08-17T09:48:10Z")
I have a print subscription to Time Magazine. The terms and conditions say that a one-year subscription buys you 52 issues. They also say that the magazine publishes 17 double issues per year, each of which covers two we… --- ## [Things that surprisingly cost more overseas than in the US (or your home country)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-surprisingly-cost-more-overseas-than-in-the-us-or-your-home-country/917942)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-surprisingly-cost-more-overseas-than-in-the-us-or-your-home-country/917942 "2020-08-17T07:43:41Z")
There are some things that are cheaper in the US due to economies of scale or tax policy and such. And somethings that I generally presume would be cheaper overseas. But occasionally I am caught off guard by things tha… --- ## [How to help a person who talks fast and gabbles, always with praise of others - family and whoever is present?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-person-who-talks-fast-and-gabbles-always-with-praise-of-others-family-and-whoever-is-present/918218)
**Author:** [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-person-who-talks-fast-and-gabbles-always-with-praise-of-others-family-and-whoever-is-present/918218 "2020-08-17T04:22:03Z")
My sister is a kind lady and earlier in life a natural nurse. She is now a manager in a tertiary college - polytechnic. Stable mild WASP background. She is bright and enthusiastic, engaging and generous. No alcohol, gam… --- ## [Answering a different question than the one asked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-a-different-question-than-the-one-asked/918139)
**Author:** [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-a-different-question-than-the-one-asked/918139 "2020-08-17T00:45:29Z")
So, there’s this girl. Shes great in every way but she does this thing. On many occasions I’ve asked her a question and the answer I recieved was an answer - to a different question. There is some correlation but not rea… --- ## [Non-Trump voters: would you give Trump wide powers if it guaranteed fewer COVID deaths?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-trump-voters-would-you-give-trump-wide-powers-if-it-guaranteed-fewer-covid-deaths/917532)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-trump-voters-would-you-give-trump-wide-powers-if-it-guaranteed-fewer-covid-deaths/917532 "2020-08-16T21:04:11Z")
Based on the thread elsewhere musing over how dictatorships might be better equipped on a practical level to handle the current issues. Supposing there was a harsh method guaranteed to significantly reduce the spread, c… --- ## [Is mockery funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mockery-funny/918178)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mockery-funny/918178 "2020-08-16T20:53:01Z")
Personally, I think mockery (or derision) can be hilarious. It can also be sick and twisted. One can definitely go too far for good humor. Sometimes, it’s funny because it’s sad or embarrasing but rings true. There are … --- ## [Recommendations for an AM FM internet radio alarm clock with bluetooth and USB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-an-am-fm-internet-radio-alarm-clock-with-bluetooth-and-usb/918079)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-an-am-fm-internet-radio-alarm-clock-with-bluetooth-and-usb/918079 "2020-08-16T12:16:53Z")
I’m in the market for a new alarm clock. I’m tired of using my phone. (For many years, I would wake up in the mornings to the sound of N.P.R.'s All Things Considered but I stopped monitoring the news so closely after 20… --- ## [Bird ID help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-id-help/918206)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-id-help/918206 "2020-08-16T11:33:13Z")
Sorry, I couldn’t remember if bird/animal ID questions go in GQ or IMHO. Please move if needed. We’ve had a bird at our sunflower feeder today that I can’t identify, and I’m usually pretty good at this sort of thing. At… --- ## [Politics of nuclear weapons in space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-of-nuclear-weapons-in-space/918172)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-of-nuclear-weapons-in-space/918172 "2020-08-16T05:15:24Z")
What would happen if some country decided to put an atomic bomb into an orbit, not with intention to attack somebody now, but potentially later if there was a need to do so? How would the world react? Would the origina… --- ## [Grand Niece with my birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-niece-with-my-birthday/918226)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_UnderDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_UnderDuck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-niece-with-my-birthday/918226 "2020-08-16T03:05:10Z")
Just born yesterday. Other than the fact that I will be sure that this is a lucky little girl, is there any kind of folk tradition concerning shared birthdays in extended families? --- ## [Reporting power outages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-power-outages/917336)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-power-outages/917336 "2020-08-15T22:52:49Z")
My parents, in southern Connecticut, lost power yesterday afternoon, due to Tropical Storm Isaias. When my mother told me on the phone, I asked her if she called it in, and she said she had. That’s something we always di… --- ## [Do you consider your parents as being “better” than you? What about your kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-your-parents-as-being-better-than-you-what-about-your-kids/918032)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-your-parents-as-being-better-than-you-what-about-your-kids/918032 "2020-08-15T17:42:57Z")
By whatever moral or ethical standards you subscribe to, do you view your parents as being “better“ than you? I understand that this can be a complex idea, especially since the real answer will likely vary depending on … --- ## [Rosuvastatin pronunciation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosuvastatin-pronunciation/918103)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosuvastatin-pronunciation/918103 "2020-08-15T14:55:40Z")
I can’t remember how my doctor said it but I think of it as ro-SU-vastatin. The automated voice at Walgreens calls it rosu-VAST-atin. Is that voice programmed to pronounce drugs correctly? Dennis --- ## [Is there a name for this kind of argument (only one thing matters)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-argument-only-one-thing-matters/681560 "2020-08-15T04:00:03Z")
One of the arguments I find the most irritatingly obtuse litters public comment - letters to editors, public posts, comment streams. The general form is "Why is \[person, group or government body\] wasting money on \[some r… --- ## [Who is staying in hotels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-staying-in-hotels/917997)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-staying-in-hotels/917997 "2020-08-15T01:58:07Z")
Have you noticed the number of cars parked at local hotels? I’ve noticed that tho lots are not full, there are nevertheless several cars - probably 1/2 full. Are you seeing anything similar? Who is traveling in these … --- ## [How long does intergenerational trauma usually last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-intergenerational-trauma-usually-last/918050)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-intergenerational-trauma-usually-last/918050 "2020-08-14T22:15:25Z")
Intergenerational trauma is when a parent is traumatized (by abuse, mental illness, war, a personality disorder, etc) so they traumatize their kids directly and indirectly. The kids grow up and traumatize their own kids. … --- ## [(Poll) Which of the Great Lakes do you think is the Greatest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-of-the-great-lakes-do-you-think-is-the-greatest/917833)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-of-the-great-lakes-do-you-think-is-the-greatest/917833 "2020-08-14T07:28:42Z")
I have a tee shirt that I bought last summer that says “LAKE ERIE: Some lakes are greater than others.” Being a Clevelander, I’m partial to Lake Erie. I find it to be the greatest because it’s closest to me. You may hav… --- ## [Have you ever changed your mind about an issue as a result of something you read here on the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-changed-your-mind-about-an-issue-as-a-result-of-something-you-read-here-on-the-sdmb/916978)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-changed-your-mind-about-an-issue-as-a-result-of-something-you-read-here-on-the-sdmb/916978 "2020-08-14T00:29:30Z")
poll --- ## [In light of the pandemic's effect on schools is it appropriate to discuss Barron Trump now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-light-of-the-pandemics-effect-on-schools-is-it-appropriate-to-discuss-barron-trump-now/915268)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-light-of-the-pandemics-effect-on-schools-is-it-appropriate-to-discuss-barron-trump-now/915268 "2020-08-13T23:34:11Z")
Barron Trump is just a child. He has no control over his circumstances and doesn’t deserve to be in the public eye. At the same time his father is doubling on an extremely reckless and controversial non-plan to reopen … --- ## [Are youngsters\* getting snarkier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-youngsters-getting-snarkier/917686)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-youngsters-getting-snarkier/917686 "2020-08-13T23:28:01Z")
The grandkids just visited. Mrs. L says they’re getting disrespectful. I think they’re picking it up from TV (even Disney). Any thoughts? \*Youngsters-14 years old or so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=304)