# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=33 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 34 --- ## [What actually happens if you take a glug of Olive Oil each evening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actually-happens-if-you-take-a-glug-of-olive-oil-each-evening/1024300 "2025-11-04T19:29:13Z")
You’ve probably seen this question pop up as an ad/inducement to visit a site. Maybe you have a super ad blocker? So what and WHY should I drink a glug of Olive Oil? Better complexion? Better elimination? Pearly white t… --- ## [EEOC complaint against Amazon for disparate treatment of women drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeoc-complaint-against-amazon-for-disparate-treatment-of-women-drivers/1024258)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eeoc-complaint-against-amazon-for-disparate-treatment-of-women-drivers/1024258 "2025-11-04T02:08:36Z")
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-amazon-worker-sues-eeoc-dropping-disparate-impact-cases-after-trump-order-2025-10-21/ A woman claims Amazon discriminates against female drivers by not allowing sufficient bat… --- ## [How would you fare in an apocalypse (1-5 Rating Poll)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-fare-in-an-apocalypse-1-5-rating-poll/1024364)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-fare-in-an-apocalypse-1-5-rating-poll/1024364 "2025-11-03T20:33:41Z")
poll Inspired by ‘Just in case you haven’t enough to worry about already’ about the possibility of the internet going down. Responses pretty much ranged from ‘good riddance’ to ‘our entire infrastructure is run off the i… --- ## [What do you think are the odds of the US descending into a second civil war in the next decade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-the-odds-of-the-us-descending-into-a-second-civil-war-in-the-next-decade/1024317)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-are-the-odds-of-the-us-descending-into-a-second-civil-war-in-the-next-decade/1024317 "2025-11-03T15:38:54Z")
I’ve head the phrase “Civil War II” bandied about on the internet a lot recently, from sources legit and not-so-legit. No one seems to think it’s actually going to happen but a lot of us are starting to think it’s possib… --- ## [Replacement for Nova launcher on Android device](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-nova-launcher-on-android-device/1024311)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-nova-launcher-on-android-device/1024311 "2025-11-03T12:00:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from Android tablet/Google Play recommendations: I ran across this in a thread about buying a particular tablet, but this is about to become an issue for me, as i use Nova launcher on my phone… --- ## [Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yale-professor-who-studies-fascism-fleeing-us-to-work-in-canada/1016299)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yale-professor-who-studies-fascism-fleeing-us-to-work-in-canada/1016299 "2025-11-03T07:30:00Z")
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’ Jason Stanley, who wrote the 2018 book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, has accepted a… --- ## [ISO clever (but not "Smart") solution to this communication issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-clever-but-not-smart-solution-to-this-communication-issue/1024487)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-clever-but-not-smart-solution-to-this-communication-issue/1024487 "2025-11-03T02:23:34Z")
My husband and I live alone in a 3-level house, which is as non-”Smart” as a house can be these days, being linked to the internet through Comcast cable (computer and TV) plus my smart phone, which is all I want. Top le… --- ## [Did I just get age slighted? And is this my life now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-get-age-slighted-and-is-this-my-life-now/1024406)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-get-age-slighted-and-is-this-my-life-now/1024406 "2025-11-02T23:08:44Z")
I don’t know if this is actually weird or me just being self-conscious about my age. I went to a Cajun restaurant. I’m dining alone. I order red beans and rice with a side of andouille sausage. The sausage comes out in… --- ## [Are we living in this time on purpose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-living-in-this-time-on-purpose/1024467)
**Author:** [@SaSaLeLe2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaSaLeLe2011)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-living-in-this-time-on-purpose/1024467 "2025-11-02T06:30:35Z")
In my opinion, I feel like there’s a reason why we’re living in the 2020’s. My biggest reason is that these European countries used to have big empires, spanning across the world, but now they don’t exist. --- ## [Analog chess clock recommendations (a nice one)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analog-chess-clock-recommendations-a-nice-one/1024440)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analog-chess-clock-recommendations-a-nice-one/1024440 "2025-11-01T18:05:43Z")
As a gift I would like to get someone I know a nice analog chess clock. Yes, I know digital ones exist and are arguably better at timing the game. I don’t care. I want old-school. I want some elegance. Well built, w… --- ## [ID this Halloween costume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-halloween-costume/1024475)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-halloween-costume/1024475 "2025-11-01T15:11:02Z")
There was a group of teens that came to the house trick-or-treating last night. One of them was dressed in long hair and fake beard, wearing Jesus-style robes, and dribbling a basketball. My first thought was . Which is… --- ## [You’re suddenly given an extra $1000 per month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-suddenly-given-an-extra-1000-per-month/1024206)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-suddenly-given-an-extra-1000-per-month/1024206 "2025-11-01T01:06:02Z")
How do you spend it? And if you don’t mind sharing your sense of currently solid middle to above and secure or lower middle to below. --- ## ["As Trump’s Policies Worry Scientists, France and Others Put Out a Welcome Mat"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-trump-s-policies-worry-scientists-france-and-others-put-out-a-welcome-mat/1016334)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-trump-s-policies-worry-scientists-france-and-others-put-out-a-welcome-mat/1016334 "2025-10-31T21:52:20Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/europe-trump-science-research.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.704.La7s.wtrw55oJfxcB&smid=url-share European universities have begun recruiting researchers who lost their jobs in the admi… --- ## [Am I behind for my age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-behind-for-my-age/1024365)
**Author:** [@SaSaLeLe2011](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaSaLeLe2011)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-behind-for-my-age/1024365 "2025-10-31T11:32:51Z")
So I’m 14, never kissed a girl, never had sex, never dated a girl. I have no autonomy whatsoever, and I moved to Europe from America recently. No girls at my brand new school in Europe like me (not many did in America). … --- ## [What's your "Go To" OTC pain reliever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-otc-pain-reliever/1024392)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-otc-pain-reliever/1024392 "2025-10-31T11:23:14Z")
I take a daily low dose aspirin but it got to me wondering, do people still take aspirin for pain relief? So here’s a poll. I realize that what’s available over the counter will be dependent on location but since this … --- ## [Help with reading/translating shirt design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-reading-translating-shirt-design/1024436)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-reading-translating-shirt-design/1024436 "2025-10-30T22:49:47Z")
I don’t even know if this is English (Russian?) And, sorry, this fuzzy screen grab is as good as it’s going to get. All help appreciated. --- ## [Just in case you haven't enough to worry about already](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-enough-to-worry-about-already/1024325)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-case-you-havent-enough-to-worry-about-already/1024325 "2025-10-30T13:23:14Z")
--- ## [Cat videos on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-videos-on-youtube/1024394)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-videos-on-youtube/1024394 "2025-10-30T03:28:47Z")
I watch WAY too much YouTube, and of course it feeds me things it thinks I’ll like. A specific kind of cat video is popping up a lot. A little kitten is being intimidated by a big dog, and the mom cat comes out of nowher… --- ## [Why would my attorney join another law firm so late in her career?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-my-attorney-join-another-law-firm-so-late-in-her-career/1024386)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-my-attorney-join-another-law-firm-so-late-in-her-career/1024386 "2025-10-30T02:26:45Z")
My business attorney, Jones, has been practicing for 36 years. I have been her client for about 10 years, since my previous one retired and recommended her. She has won many awards over the years. She has a partnership… --- ## [Question re verifying Global Protect on my employer’s laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-verifying-global-protect-on-my-employer-s-laptop/1024389)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-verifying-global-protect-on-my-employer-s-laptop/1024389 "2025-10-29T23:25:50Z")
I’ve got a question re verifying Global Protect on my employer’s laptop. Do any of you do anything after installing patches to show your IT director that you have done so? I have a good habit of allowing Microsoft’s pat… --- ## [What "Original Locations" have you been to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-original-locations-have-you-been-to/1024224)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-original-locations-have-you-been-to/1024224 "2025-10-29T22:31:30Z")
Somehow we got on this topic over the weekend, talking about popular chains or franchises and if we’ve ever been to an original location. I thought of two at the time, and remembered a third later on. I have been to th… --- ## [How do you value raw land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-value-raw-land/1017710)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-value-raw-land/1017710 "2025-10-29T21:38:36Z")
First off, I don’t trust looking at assessed value. I find that does not reflect FMV of land. Houses are cookie cutter. Small lot, set number of beds & baths so that one can look at comps in the area and get a pretty … --- ## [Weight Loss for the overweight and obese and good medical news thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-for-the-overweight-and-obese-and-good-medical-news-thread/1000744)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-for-the-overweight-and-obese-and-good-medical-news-thread/1000744 "2025-10-29T17:56:16Z")
We don’t seem to have an active thread and I know we’ve had many in the past. This is meant to be a positive thread and reasonable suggestion are strongly suggested. So I got pretty sick just after Christmas and had … --- ## [The ethics of being a "Prepper" or "Stockpiling" supplies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-being-a-prepper-or-stockpiling-supplies/1022654)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-being-a-prepper-or-stockpiling-supplies/1022654 "2025-10-29T17:34:31Z")
Youtube has started serving me up with vids about what to in case SHtF or society goes into a major breakdown. Everything from what supplies to amass, where best to go, how to turn your ordinary suburban house into a fo… --- ## [Advice on dealing with cursing in the workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dealing-with-cursing-in-the-workplace/1024288)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-dealing-with-cursing-in-the-workplace/1024288 "2025-10-29T01:20:16Z")
I have a new employee who curses loudly and excessively at my workplace (a big box home improvement retailer). Literally hardly a single sentence that comes out of his mouth contains a profanity (the “F” word and all it’… --- ## [Company Won't Honor Stock Certificate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-wont-honor-stock-certificate/1024077)
**Author:** [@SusanS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanS)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-wont-honor-stock-certificate/1024077 "2025-10-28T15:58:26Z")
I’ve read what has been written about similar situations, but mine has a different wrinkle. My husband recently died. Going through his papers I found a stock certificate in both our names for a company that has since be… --- ## [What's the worst museum you've ever been to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-museum-youve-ever-been-to/1023881 "2025-10-28T12:24:39Z")
Inspired by a recent visit to Benjamin Franklin House in London. I’ve been to a ton of old historical homes especially in London, and this one by far has the least going on. It’s actually where Benjamin Franklin lived f… --- ## [What is this thing? (huge muffler outside an industrial building?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-huge-muffler-outside-an-industrial-building/1024340)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-huge-muffler-outside-an-industrial-building/1024340 "2025-10-28T00:45:13Z")
Does anybody know what this thing is? It looks like a huge vehicle muffler. The building appears to be leased to Verizon, but that could be the suite next door, it’s unclear. There is another unit just like it a few y… --- ## [Computer problem -- won't start, not even a BIOS screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-problem-wont-start-not-even-a-bios-screen/1024296)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-problem-wont-start-not-even-a-bios-screen/1024296 "2025-10-27T19:11:24Z")
I put it here because it’s my gaming computer, but if this should go into IMHO, that’s fine, too. I have a computer that I built a few years ago, say 6 years ago. Over the years, I’ve upgraded the hard drives and video… --- ## [New Gig Harbor High School principal promises ‘servant leadership, open door’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gig-harbor-high-school-principal-promises-servant-leadership-open-door/1024029)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gig-harbor-high-school-principal-promises-servant-leadership-open-door/1024029 "2025-10-27T16:37:56Z")
Posted on September 3rd, 2025 By: Christina T Henry Incoming Gig Harbor High School Principal Bob Marshall fist-bumped students Wednesday morning, as a parade of cars and buses delivered their passengers. A gauntlet of… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=34)