# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=323 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 324 --- ## [Do people who didn’t go the traditional 4 year college route ever get over it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-didn-t-go-the-traditional-4-year-college-route-ever-get-over-it/852923)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-didn-t-go-the-traditional-4-year-college-route-ever-get-over-it/852923 "2020-05-02T19:23:26Z")
I’m sure this is just my small sample size, but two people I know really can’t seem to get over that they weren’t traditional college students and seem to still be bitter about it Me: I was a typical traditional college… --- ## [Computer experts: recommend replacement monitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-recommend-replacement-monitor/852993)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-experts-recommend-replacement-monitor/852993 "2020-05-02T17:03:56Z")
I need a replacement desktop-PC monitor–My 10-year-old Asus just died–no response when I press power button. The monitor is/was: ASUS VH198T Info/specs: I’d like new monitor to be as similar as possible–used only fo… --- ## [Sell me on: Bill Gates as a COVID-19 "expert"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-bill-gates-as-a-covid-19-expert/852948)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-bill-gates-as-a-covid-19-expert/852948 "2020-05-02T15:56:02Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I like a lot of what he says, he’s obviously a smart guy and done a lot of good for the world via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and has done a lot of good work to try and help alleviate the cu… --- ## [Amazon not delivering packages on time, anyone else notice this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-not-delivering-packages-on-time-anyone-else-notice-this/846929)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-not-delivering-packages-on-time-anyone-else-notice-this/846929 "2020-05-02T14:50:47Z")
A couple times this week they have delivered a day late. I have prime. Anyone else have issues? The drivers use an Amazon truck but they told me they work for a local guy, not for Amazon. We are getting a … --- ## [WTF is happening to my cell phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-happening-to-my-cell-phone/852900)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-happening-to-my-cell-phone/852900 "2020-05-02T13:36:26Z")
I’m putting this in IMHO because I don’t know if there’s a factual answer to the question. I have an Android phone, use Chrome as the browser, and have all the regular upgrades and security features. For the last week o… --- ## [40 yr old male, left leg has gradually (10yrs or more) turned outward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-yr-old-male-left-leg-has-gradually-10yrs-or-more-turned-outward/852944)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-yr-old-male-left-leg-has-gradually-10yrs-or-more-turned-outward/852944 "2020-05-02T04:23:42Z")
I’m a 40-year-old male, overweight but active. I hike and walk a lot as part of my job. Tonight, my wife convinced me to do a 20-minute core yoga video. As part of the video we were laying on our stomachs and doing some … --- ## [Buildings, Streetscapes, Etc. That Are Out Of Place Geographically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buildings-streetscapes-etc-that-are-out-of-place-geographically/852927)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buildings-streetscapes-etc-that-are-out-of-place-geographically/852927 "2020-05-02T04:08:47Z")
Where are some buildings, park scenes, street scenes, etc. that are out of place geographically? For example, this fountain, and the buildings behind it, look like something you’d see in Madrid or Cordoba. Except it’s i… --- ## [Do you think a normal guy would ever wear women's undies ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-a-normal-guy-would-ever-wear-womens-undies/249200)
**Author:** [@Robin73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin73)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-a-normal-guy-would-ever-wear-womens-undies/249200 "2020-05-02T04:03:36Z")
My roomate and I threw a big costume party last weekend and she and her new boyfriend came as June and Ward Cleaver ( Leave it to Beaver). Except he came as June in a Pretty dress and high heels. They talked about doing … --- ## [Need a little help, FAST. what should I tell this woman? \[updated title: ill husband has passed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-little-help-fast-what-should-i-tell-this-woman-updated-title-ill-husband-has-passed/852781)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-little-help-fast-what-should-i-tell-this-woman-updated-title-ill-husband-has-passed/852781 "2020-05-02T03:45:14Z")
a friend of mine, she says her husband is ill. He is an alcoholic. He has stopped eating, stays upstairs in his room all day long except for an hour or two. Can hardly breathe. Has all kinds of things wrong. Has st… --- ## [Catastrophic work of intelligence agencies in relation to Kim Jong Un](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catastrophic-work-of-intelligence-agencies-in-relation-to-kim-jong-un/852962)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catastrophic-work-of-intelligence-agencies-in-relation-to-kim-jong-un/852962 "2020-05-02T03:23:17Z")
CIA, FBI, MI6, BND, all these agencies are presented in movies as almighty powers that can do pretty much about anything, yet in reality each of them fails to reveal whether some fat narcissistic dictator is alive or not… --- ## [Please recommend a Windows backup program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-windows-backup-program/852499)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-windows-backup-program/852499 "2020-05-02T00:54:27Z")
I’m looking for a new backup program for my Windows 10 PC. I have been using Acronis True Image but a few months ago, I set up Storage Spaces, a sort of software-based RAID, and Acronis True Image does not support Storag… --- ## [What the hell is this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this/852788)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-this/852788 "2020-05-02T00:27:15Z")
This was posted on another board but no one had any reasonable guesses. Backstory: guy buys a bag of unsalted organic tortilla chips from Trader Joe’s and finds this: He says he’s g… --- ## [Why is toilet paper always measured in bizarre non-euclidean formats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-toilet-paper-always-measured-in-bizarre-non-euclidean-formats/852331)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-toilet-paper-always-measured-in-bizarre-non-euclidean-formats/852331 "2020-05-02T00:03:03Z")
We all have the standard size of the “roll” but the problem is that most manufacturers of toilet paper don’t sell rolls but rather they sell “Double Rolls” or “Mega Rolls” or “Super Mega” but then you look at the rolls s… --- ## [Glasses fog up due to face mask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-fog-up-due-to-face-mask/852725)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-fog-up-due-to-face-mask/852725 "2020-05-01T23:38:56Z")
The masks are mandatory in where I live (Germany - Lower Saxony) because of COVID-19 and I have to wear it in public transport and supermarkets. I can’t see around properly because they fog up all the time (my glasses ge… --- ## [Living in locked down SoCal California but traffic is still the exact same as it was last month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-locked-down-socal-california-but-traffic-is-still-the-exact-same-as-it-was-last-month/850044)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-in-locked-down-socal-california-but-traffic-is-still-the-exact-same-as-it-was-last-month/850044 "2020-05-01T21:47:30Z")
In my city traffic patterns have not changed at all despite the fact we’re all being told to shelter in place. Still plenty of traffic at normal “working” hours so there’s a ton of people on the roads at 8am and 5pm, the… --- ## [Who Else is Obsessed With Abandoned Buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-obsessed-with-abandoned-buildings/48565)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-is-obsessed-with-abandoned-buildings/48565 "2020-05-01T21:37:35Z")
For some strange reason, I’ve always had this fascination with abandoned buildings. In college, I would sometimes drive out into rural areas and explore abandoned houses, just to see what was there. It’s not like I expec… --- ## [Online purchase, seller wants confirmation??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-purchase-seller-wants-confirmation/852714)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-purchase-seller-wants-confirmation/852714 "2020-05-01T16:05:57Z")
So I bought a clothesline last week on my visa card, the sale went through fine. Today I had a call to confirm that I was the cardholder and that I was legit? I have never had a follow up from an online transaction be… --- ## [What do you think of buying former rental vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-buying-former-rental-vehicles/852636)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-buying-former-rental-vehicles/852636 "2020-05-01T14:33:32Z")
I’m in the market for a used car and there are some good deals available for cars that were previously rental vehicles. I’ve heard two opposite opinions on this - one is that rental cars are bad because the renters don’t… --- ## [What countries have the best intelligence agencies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-have-the-best-intelligence-agencies/852935)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-have-the-best-intelligence-agencies/852935 "2020-05-01T07:54:04Z")
I don’t know if we’d actually be able to know this since a good one would probably keep it secret. The reason I ask is I read in another thread that the south Korean intelligence agencies think Kim Jong un is fine but T… --- ## [What's the rationale behind anti-abortion groups promoting the myth of reversible abortions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rationale-behind-anti-abortion-groups-promoting-the-myth-of-reversible-abortions/852107)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-rationale-behind-anti-abortion-groups-promoting-the-myth-of-reversible-abortions/852107 "2020-05-01T05:23:05Z")
So I get lying about how abortion will give you breast cancer or whatever. It’s evil, of course, but it’s consistent with discouraging abortion. But what’s the deal with all these advertisements telling women they can re… --- ## [Speakers Of Other Languages: How Does Your Language/Culture Reference 'Coming Out Of The Closet'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-of-other-languages-how-does-your-language-culture-reference-coming-out-of-the-closet/852761)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-of-other-languages-how-does-your-language-culture-reference-coming-out-of-the-closet/852761 "2020-05-01T02:28:07Z")
How do other languages refer to the act of revealing one’s non-normative sexual identity? Is it just “coming out of the closet” translated into the local tongue (Do the Spanish say … saliendo del armario? The French … so… --- ## [Co-ed contact sport touching etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-ed-contact-sport-touching-etiquette/158207)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-ed-contact-sport-touching-etiquette/158207 "2020-05-01T00:07:31Z")
I seem to have to a slight problem and don’t know what to do about it. I have just started to play water polo, been playing for two months or so and we seem to be almost 50-50 men to women. Since water polo is a contac… --- ## [what brands of semi auto .223 rifles in the $400-700 range are good or bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brands-of-semi-auto-223-rifles-in-the-400-700-range-are-good-or-bad/852634)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-brands-of-semi-auto-223-rifles-in-the-400-700-range-are-good-or-bad/852634 "2020-04-30T21:17:42Z")
Looking at AR-15 type 223 rifles, there are a lot of different models in the $400-700 range. Some are by very well known companies (colt, ruger, smith & wesson, bushmaster) as well as a lot of less well known names (DPMS… --- ## [The butterfly effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-butterfly-effect/794543)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-butterfly-effect/794543 "2020-04-30T19:02:26Z")
Is it likely that my mundane actions, such as buying cigarettes or going to the mall is drastically changing the course of history? --- ## [That "too late" feeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-too-late-feeling/852647)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-too-late-feeling/852647 "2020-04-30T16:16:14Z")
It’s something I’ve been wrestling with being closer each day to 30 and still living at home. I have a lot of regrets about not taking my early schooling seriously or even going for the career I wanted to in the beginnin… --- ## [Need to find a new hosting site & move an entire site out of GoDaddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-new-hosting-site-move-an-entire-site-out-of-godaddy/820151)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-new-hosting-site-move-an-entire-site-out-of-godaddy/820151 "2020-04-30T16:00:49Z")
What alternatives are there to GoDaddy to host our site? What options are there to finding someone to move the site from there to another one? It’s already built there on Wordpress but we want to find a host with bette… --- ## [USA - Which delivery drivers do you tip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-which-delivery-drivers-do-you-tip/852884)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-which-delivery-drivers-do-you-tip/852884 "2020-04-30T15:48:53Z")
Question prompted by this thread over in GQ, I’m curious what the norm is for which deliveries get tipped and which don’t? Even in the UK and Australia it has become almost the norm to tip fast food delivery drivers (Pi… --- ## [Web browser "Brave" - anyone else tried it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-brave-anyone-else-tried-it/852618)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-browser-brave-anyone-else-tried-it/852618 "2020-04-30T11:49:31Z")
It automatically blocks ads and trackers, resulting in improved speed and privacy. From a review (Cnet): I’ve been using it for several days and, so far, it can’t be beat. Browsing was immediately and recognizably fas… --- ## [Pretend for a moment that our president had a more "normal" personality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretend-for-a-moment-that-our-president-had-a-more-normal-personality/852672)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretend-for-a-moment-that-our-president-had-a-more-normal-personality/852672 "2020-04-30T06:37:58Z")
…but for the tendency towards extreme self-aggrandizement, and endless self-praise. If you loath him now would you still? If you are fond of him now do you find this quality appealing in other people you admire? --- ## [Another CT...what is the real death toll in China? (yeah, another freaking video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ct-what-is-the-real-death-toll-in-china-yeah-another-freaking-video/850835)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ct-what-is-the-real-death-toll-in-china-yeah-another-freaking-video/850835 "2020-04-30T04:15:02Z")
Ok, so I’m going all CT this week. Though, perhaps we will use the term cover up instead. This one has to do with…what is the real death toll in China, as opposed to the official one. Officially, China’s death toll is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=324)