# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=314 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 315 --- ## [Are you wearing eyeglasses and/or contact lenses as you're reading this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-eyeglasses-and-or-contact-lenses-as-youre-reading-this/855425)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-eyeglasses-and-or-contact-lenses-as-youre-reading-this/855425 "2020-06-15T01:48:42Z")
Just wondering how much of the population wears some kind of vision correction. --- ## [Need to install grab rail in shower. Difficulty; ceramic tile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-install-grab-rail-in-shower-difficulty-ceramic-tile/854414)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-install-grab-rail-in-shower-difficulty-ceramic-tile/854414 "2020-06-15T00:43:48Z")
I have a wonky hip and knee, opposite sides. I need to install a grab rail in my shower which is lined with ceramic tile. Will an electronic stud finder work through tile? Can’t very well drill exploratory holes looking … --- ## [Any experience with cortisol reducers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-cortisol-reducers/855663)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-cortisol-reducers/855663 "2020-06-14T23:15:49Z")
So in the aftermath of my surgery my body is apparently in 24/7 stress mode due to healing, and I am coming to believe that I have for some time prior been suffering from increasingly worse chronic stress. I have depress… --- ## [Personal alert products (Life Alert and the like)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-alert-products-life-alert-and-the-like/855575)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-alert-products-life-alert-and-the-like/855575 "2020-06-14T21:25:27Z")
Does anyone have experience with Life Alert or other personal alert products? If you’re not familiar, they’re pendants, often worn on a lanyard, that one carries around the house, and if you have a medical emergency or a… --- ## [Does anyone else think that the rest of the year won't go as badly as some fear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-that-the-rest-of-the-year-wont-go-as-badly-as-some-fear/854818)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-that-the-rest-of-the-year-wont-go-as-badly-as-some-fear/854818 "2020-06-14T20:24:35Z")
With the election coming up (and Trump’s stake in it) and everything that’s happened (and is still happening!) in 2020 up to now (including stuff you may have forgotten about, like the death of Kobe Bryant), I’ve seen a … --- ## [How practical is it to remove a firelace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-practical-is-it-to-remove-a-firelace/855620)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-practical-is-it-to-remove-a-firelace/855620 "2020-06-14T20:05:10Z")
Situation: small San Francisco house with small living room; corner fireplace built when house was built in 1949; lived here 16 years and never used it; has dedicated chimney; hearth and floor of fireplace about 3" above… --- ## [Which was the best year out since 2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-year-out-since-2000/855505)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-year-out-since-2000/855505 "2020-06-14T17:57:05Z")
I think most people can agree that 2020 sucks (at least so far). But my question is: which year, out of the last 20, has been overall the best? The one that comes to mind for me is 2014. Gay marriage legalized and the U… --- ## [Dopers over age 60. Is the current turbulence what the late 60s felt like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-over-age-60-is-the-current-turbulence-what-the-late-60s-felt-like/855480)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-over-age-60-is-the-current-turbulence-what-the-late-60s-felt-like/855480 "2020-06-14T17:51:10Z")
With everything happening this year, from Covid-19 to the protests following the death of George Floyd to the behavior of the POTUS and talk of potential shenanigans in this fall’s election, it seems like this year has b… --- ## [Cities painting BLM on pubic streets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416)
**Author:** [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-painting-blm-on-pubic-streets/855416 "2020-06-14T17:49:16Z")
So my nearest city, which I of course don’t live in, painted BLM across a major intersection. Fully spelled out in huge yellow letters, but without the hash tag, applied by city workers. This can’t be legal right? Is th… --- ## [Tweets and long messages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-and-long-messages/855642)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tweets-and-long-messages/855642 "2020-06-14T08:21:08Z")
Hey writers! I am seeing a lot of dozen to two dozen tweet long missives out there. Now, i am sure your message is important. But if it takes more than a couple tweets, Twitter is not the way to get your message out the… --- ## [Do I need to use a VPN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-a-vpn/855650)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-to-use-a-vpn/855650 "2020-06-14T07:12:42Z")
The only time I ever use my phone for streaming, shopping, browsing, etc I use either my data plan or home WiFi. I never connect to public WiFi. Should I be using a VPN anyway? If so tell me why, and which one? I have a… --- ## [Being furloughed but boss still making me work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-furloughed-but-boss-still-making-me-work/855579)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-furloughed-but-boss-still-making-me-work/855579 "2020-06-14T05:30:59Z")
I am salaried (exempt) not hourly. As part of COVID my company is making employees take furlough days. Thing is they are requiring someone to be on call during the furlough andif anyone objects they say it is part of t… --- ## [Which party does the Libertarian Party have more in common with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-does-the-libertarian-party-have-more-in-common-with/855349)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-does-the-libertarian-party-have-more-in-common-with/855349 "2020-06-14T05:17:03Z")
Dunno what to put here for “message”… --- ## [So, how exactly do history/civics classes proceed in red states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-do-history-civics-classes-proceed-in-red-states/855542)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-exactly-do-history-civics-classes-proceed-in-red-states/855542 "2020-06-14T04:37:13Z")
…and other conservative bastions? This topic falls very neatly between GQ, GD, & IMHO: I am basically looking for a factual answer as to how such classes proceed \[GQ\], but also would thus appreciate some first hand expe… --- ## [I Don't Like this Shorthand Way of Using People's Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-this-shorthand-way-of-using-peoples-names/855318)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-this-shorthand-way-of-using-peoples-names/855318 "2020-06-14T01:22:01Z")
I’m not sure what to call this new trend of using generic innocuous names to embody the image of disagreeable people. There’s a few out there. Mary Sue means an untalented writer trying to glorify themselves through a … --- ## [Covid and black people. What's the offense here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-black-people-whats-the-offense-here/855443)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-black-people-whats-the-offense-here/855443 "2020-06-13T21:44:26Z")
So a black friend of mine posted a meme on FB. It basically says Bill Gates’ wife thinks health care workers should get the vaccine first and then black people. My friends response to this was “SMH”. And then another bla… --- ## ["The Essential Workers" is a shoe-in for Time Person Of The Year right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-workers-is-a-shoe-in-for-time-person-of-the-year-right/854358)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-essential-workers-is-a-shoe-in-for-time-person-of-the-year-right/854358 "2020-06-13T21:21:14Z")
Unless Nancy Pelosi does something else major this year Presidential election or not I think that has to be the winner. --- ## [Would a geopolitical disagreement affect your marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-geopolitical-disagreement-affect-your-marriage/855550)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-geopolitical-disagreement-affect-your-marriage/855550 "2020-06-13T07:13:10Z")
There has been a lot of talk about how political disagreements can tear a marriage apart - disagreements over race, gender, etc. - usually with the view that those are issues of fundamental human rights or truth/untruth … --- ## [What would a time traveler have to do to convince you he's really one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-time-traveler-have-to-do-to-convince-you-hes-really-one/855305)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-time-traveler-have-to-do-to-convince-you-hes-really-one/855305 "2020-06-13T04:24:12Z")
Related to this thread, but starting a separate one so as not to derail it: Say someone shows up in our world and claims he’s from the year 2200 and got here via time machine. You can hardly understand a word he’s sayin… --- ## [Sight-seeing bucket list.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sight-seeing-bucket-list/837708 "2020-06-13T04:23:42Z")
Do you have a bucket list for sights, either in the US or elsewhere? What are the sights you want to see before you die? --- ## [If you could travel to the year 1820, how could you prove you were from the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-travel-to-the-year-1820-how-could-you-prove-you-were-from-the-future/854931)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-travel-to-the-year-1820-how-could-you-prove-you-were-from-the-future/854931 "2020-06-13T03:03:22Z")
With no notice and no preparation, you are transported to the year 1820 stark naked. A passerby takes pity on you and gives you some clothes. “I am from the year 2020!” you claim. Telling them about technologies or worl… --- ## [Repeating the end of one's spoken sentence to one's self?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repeating-the-end-of-ones-spoken-sentence-to-ones-self/855487)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repeating-the-end-of-ones-spoken-sentence-to-ones-self/855487 "2020-06-13T02:53:14Z")
Not at the same volume as the sentence, quite, almost contemplative or as listening to a recording of what one just said. And repeated regularly, not just a one time occurrence. Is there a word for it, and does it indi… --- ## [A poll on current events: racism vs. coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-on-current-events-racism-vs-coronavirus/855343)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-on-current-events-racism-vs-coronavirus/855343 "2020-06-13T02:49:04Z")
Okay, no handholding with this poll, no requests for nuance or hypotheticals. Just answer the question in the way you feel is most accurate. Same with the political divisions. --- ## [Clothesline, keep or remove?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothesline-keep-or-remove/855203)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothesline-keep-or-remove/855203 "2020-06-13T00:56:31Z")
My wife and I bought a house that was built in 1955 to use as a rental property. The house has the typical 50s clothesline in the backyard, 2 large metal pipes sunk into the ground and 2 smaller metal pipes as the crossb… --- ## [You get looped back to January 1, 2020. Whatcha gonna do different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-looped-back-to-january-1-2020-whatcha-gonna-do-different/855210)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-looped-back-to-january-1-2020-whatcha-gonna-do-different/855210 "2020-06-12T23:49:39Z")
You wake up January 1 knowing everything you know now. From the macro to the micro. Covid. Murder hornets. Riots. If you remember specific lottery numbers or stock swings, go for it. Friend unexpectedly passes? Ma… --- ## [Judicial responsibility for no-knock raids should not be ignored](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-responsibility-for-no-knock-raids-should-not-be-ignored/855573)
**Author:** [@Anita\_Dayoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Dayoff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judicial-responsibility-for-no-knock-raids-should-not-be-ignored/855573 "2020-06-12T23:40:12Z")
In our governmental system of checks and balances it appears that the judiciary has failed us by frequently acting as little more than a rubber stamp for requests by the executive branch. Every one of those warrants, ma… --- ## [Got cicadas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-cicadas/855535)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-cicadas/855535 "2020-06-12T22:42:40Z")
Here in my western burb of Chicago, we’ve got quite a few. As I understand, this is a brood that comes out 4 yrs before the big 17-yr brood. Not overwhelming as the big one, but still pretty loud, w/ a lot of shells an… --- ## [Advice? Awkward horrible situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-awkward-horrible-situation/855366)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-awkward-horrible-situation/855366 "2020-06-12T18:33:48Z")
Background information, spoilered for those in a hurry: \[spoiler\]With the onset of quarantine in Pennsylvania, my business was deemed essential, but changes in the method of operation and decreased demand led to my layi… --- ## [Can I legally keep items delivered incorrectly to my address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-legally-keep-items-delivered-incorrectly-to-my-address/855316)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-legally-keep-items-delivered-incorrectly-to-my-address/855316 "2020-06-12T17:30:42Z")
According to the FTC, if a vendor ships stuff to me that I didn’t order, I am legally allowed to keep it. This is great news for me. A couple of months ago, a vendor shipped me $350 worth of cleaning supplies I never o… --- ## [Your first trip (or trips) abroad – what shocked, surprised or fascinated you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-trip-or-trips-abroad-what-shocked-surprised-or-fascinated-you/852376)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-trip-or-trips-abroad-what-shocked-surprised-or-fascinated-you/852376 "2020-06-12T16:33:47Z")
Obviously inspired by this thread, which brought back memories of going to France some time around 1970-71 (I guess), when the world was a far less uniform place. I mean, France was only twenty miles away from England, b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=313) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=315)