# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=34 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 35 --- ## [Alleged Chinese/Russian “Honeypots” aimed at American tech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-chinese-russian-honeypots-aimed-at-american-tech/1024272)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alleged-chinese-russian-honeypots-aimed-at-american-tech/1024272 "2025-10-26T23:05:31Z")
If this is really happening and these sources are legit, it sounds both slightly hilarious and disquieting. I’m not surprised that the US isn’t as advanced in this type of “sexy”espionage (sending in someone to seduce th… --- ## ["Your Google account is being deleted" message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-google-account-is-being-deleted-message/1024278 "2025-10-26T20:47:39Z")
This is some new idiocy from Google. Apparently my “Google Account” is being deleted because it hasn’t been used in two years. What confused me at first was that the referenced account was my ISP email address, which h… --- ## [How do I stop my dog from jumping on me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-my-dog-from-jumping-on-me/1024251)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-my-dog-from-jumping-on-me/1024251 "2025-10-26T19:18:35Z")
About a month ago, we rescued a wolfhound/something mix. Otis is a year old, so still pretty much a puppy, and since he was picked up off the street by animal control, we know nothing of his history or training. When we… --- ## [Intrusive and anonymous app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intrusive-and-anonymous-app/1024221)
**Author:** [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intrusive-and-anonymous-app/1024221 "2025-10-26T15:23:42Z")
I have an intrusive app popping up unbidden on my PC (Windows 11) which is an almost completely blank square in the middle of the screen. It doesn’t respond to any clicks and refuses to accept a subordinate position amon… --- ## [“Don’t swallow your teeth”: the sin of defining others by what they do for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-swallow-your-teeth-the-sin-of-defining-others-by-what-they-do-for-you/1024237)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-swallow-your-teeth-the-sin-of-defining-others-by-what-they-do-for-you/1024237 "2025-10-26T08:39:07Z")
Okay, this topic may be too complicated to limit to a poll question, at least for me, so I’m expanding it here. I came across this thread on Tumblr, and it stuck with me for various reasons. It’s a Twitter thread about … --- ## [PhraseQuest: Why do things come out of left field](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrasequest-why-do-things-come-out-of-left-field/1024022)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrasequest-why-do-things-come-out-of-left-field/1024022 "2025-10-26T01:22:05Z")
And what’s so bad or surprising that things do come out of left field? --- ## [When to Cancel Unused Credit Card(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-cancel-unused-credit-card-s/1024019)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-cancel-unused-credit-card-s/1024019 "2025-10-25T21:02:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from Season of the Kvetch (October mini-rants): I’ve been meaning to make a thread on this, and @icon has helpfully led right into it in a reply to me in the linked thread quoted just above. … --- ## [DIY a catio or get a prebuilt kit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-a-catio-or-get-a-prebuilt-kit/1022415)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-a-catio-or-get-a-prebuilt-kit/1022415 "2025-10-25T20:14:35Z")
One of our summer projects is to build a catio (an enclosed wire mesh patio for the cat) around our back deck. There are numerous kits available online, as well as DIY blueprints. The kits seem to be quite expensive for… --- ## [What is the advanatage of having Qi2 (pronounced Chi 2) on a phone)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-advanatage-of-having-qi2-pronounced-chi-2-on-a-phone/1024250)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-advanatage-of-having-qi2-pronounced-chi-2-on-a-phone/1024250 "2025-10-25T16:26:47Z")
I got a Pixel 10 pro. One of its biggest new selling points it that it has Qi2 (basically a magnet in the back). This can sort of “snap” things to the phone that are magnetic. But, some things are lost like reverse ch… --- ## [Visiting northern Michigan in October](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-northern-michigan-in-october/1021869)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-northern-michigan-in-october/1021869 "2025-10-25T04:47:51Z")
My sister and I are going to be in Michigan for several days in mid-October. We’ll be flying into Grand Rapids and then staying somewhere near Boyne City. We’ll have two full days to do some sight-seeing (I’ll have a thi… --- ## [Do you count numbers differently than others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-count-numbers-differently-than-others/1024151)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-count-numbers-differently-than-others/1024151 "2025-10-24T21:42:23Z")
Hard to explain. My wife and I play a lot of darts. Not always Cricket, often 501 (you must achieve exactly 501 points without going over, it’s kinda hard). We also play Cribbage. Also a lot of counting. My wife is a r… --- ## [\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-watson/1024209)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-watson/1024209 "2025-10-24T21:35:29Z")
Looking for famous people, real or fictional, with an assistant or partner named Watson. I can think of three: Sherlock Holmes. Francis Crick. Alexander Graham Bell. Any others? It should meet the followin… --- ## [Explain home audio to me: Is there such a thing as "metrics-driven" audiophilia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-home-audio-to-me-is-there-such-a-thing-as-metrics-driven-audiophilia/1024123)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-home-audio-to-me-is-there-such-a-thing-as-metrics-driven-audiophilia/1024123 "2025-10-24T18:16:18Z")
The home audio market has always kinda weirded me out. The showrooms tend to be a lot of leather couches and fancy lighting mixed with gold-plated digital cables, vacuum tubes, and snake oil. What gives? Is there a way t… --- ## [Shopping for commercial auto insurance (very small business idea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-for-commercial-auto-insurance-very-small-business-idea/1024249)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-for-commercial-auto-insurance-very-small-business-idea/1024249 "2025-10-24T15:21:46Z")
I’m looking for guidance on how to find a commercial auto insurer to cover my manual transmission car as I rent it out to students (for money). This is assuming my regular insurance won’t cover me. Justification: In t… --- ## [If you lived in the late 1930s in Germany when would you decide it is time to leave the country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-lived-in-the-late-1930s-in-germany-when-would-you-decide-it-is-time-to-leave-the-country/1023507)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-lived-in-the-late-1930s-in-germany-when-would-you-decide-it-is-time-to-leave-the-country/1023507 "2025-10-24T01:48:19Z")
I recently watched the video (below) of what looks like a delivery guy on a bike barely outracing ICE agents trying to capture him. This was in downtown Chicago yesterday. Smack-dab downtown, very nice area, I’ve been … --- ## [Do you fold your underwear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-fold-your-underwear/1023498)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-fold-your-underwear/1023498 "2025-10-23T17:33:20Z")
Or do you just cram it in a drawer or similar receptacle? poll --- ## [How do you feel about Christmas decorations (in particular, outdoor lights) that few people will see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-christmas-decorations-in-particular-outdoor-lights-that-few-people-will-see/1011083)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-christmas-decorations-in-particular-outdoor-lights-that-few-people-will-see/1011083 "2025-10-23T02:16:29Z")
We put some outdoor Christmas lights up today. Not many people will see them since our house does not have much visible frontage on the road, and it’s a fairly quiet country road anyway; the only people that will see th… --- ## [ChatGPT Breaking up marriages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-breaking-up-marriages/1023241)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-breaking-up-marriages/1023241 "2025-10-21T15:59:44Z")
I just read this article, and thought others might be interested: On the one hand, these marriages were obviously on the rocks anyway, and if AI wasn’t the trigger, probably something else would have been. Plausibly t… --- ## [How often and how far do I need to drive an old car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-and-how-far-do-i-need-to-drive-an-old-car/1023977)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-and-how-far-do-i-need-to-drive-an-old-car/1023977 "2025-10-21T15:47:40Z")
I have a 2007 Acura that I don’t use too much, but I’d like to keep it running for at least another year. Runs fine. How often do I need to take it for a ride and how far should I go to keep the tires round, the engine … --- ## [What possible justification is there for suppressing/avoiding discussion of menstruation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-possible-justification-is-there-for-suppressing-avoiding-discussion-of-menstruation/1023830)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-possible-justification-is-there-for-suppressing-avoiding-discussion-of-menstruation/1023830 "2025-10-20T23:53:02Z")
So apparently the idea for a suicide prevention hotline came about in 1935 when a priest was tasked with doing the funeral of an adolescent girl who had died by suicide after getting her first period. Because menstruatio… --- ## [Corner Crossing - Large portions of US public land inaccessible to public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-crossing-large-portions-of-us-public-land-inaccessible-to-public/975691)
**Author:** [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-crossing-large-portions-of-us-public-land-inaccessible-to-public/975691 "2025-10-20T20:06:03Z")
I’ve been reading about the corner crossing controversy for a couple years now and don’t think it’s been brought up here. I live in an area of the US that has this patchwork of public and private land. Before I knew of t… --- ## [Your favorite books on Middle Eastern history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-books-on-middle-eastern-history/1024053)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-books-on-middle-eastern-history/1024053 "2025-10-20T15:04:51Z")
The most recent query about this was over 10 years ago, and I have to assume there has been some good writing since then. I’m particularly interested in the modern Middle East - say, post-WWI. I recently read Fromkin’s A… --- ## [How often do you wash your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050 "2025-10-19T20:02:24Z")
For some reason, in my area car washes are everywhere. I recently signed up for a membership at one, where I can get my car washed once a day for a monthly fee. I pretty much go every day. Washing my car has become a … --- ## [Getting an Ebay purchase from Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-ebay-purchase-from-japan/1023976)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-ebay-purchase-from-japan/1023976 "2025-10-19T15:44:09Z")
So I order an item. DHL sends me confusing emails about how to get it through customs. Interacting with robots gets me nowhere. Finally, it comes down to them needed my SSN. The furriner I just talked to (and yelled at a… --- ## [Canadopers: is the job market really THAT bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-is-the-job-market-really-that-bad/1024049)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-is-the-job-market-really-that-bad/1024049 "2025-10-19T00:46:10Z")
Now that I am Canadian, I have filed for permanent residence for Tom\_Scud. After a couple of IT-related false starts, his application is moving along - quoted processing times are around a year, but it seems like there’s… --- ## [Unintended Consequences From $100k Visas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-from-100k-visas/1023317)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-from-100k-visas/1023317 "2025-10-18T22:17:09Z")
This Economist article implies expensive specialty visas will just be a boon to the Indian computer industry. It does not much mention China but easily might. What other unintended consequences might such a policy have… --- ## [Describe the most representative photo/image of Uranus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960)
**Author:** [@oligArchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oligArchie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960 "2025-10-18T12:56:18Z")
I have an image of Uranus in our guest bathroom. No one has ever commented on it. Not that I have a butt-ton of visitors or anything. Which probably explains most of my this problem. The image I have framed and displaye… --- ## [When should you replace a car? (maintenance costs vs purchase/lease costs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-you-replace-a-car-maintenance-costs-vs-purchase-lease-costs/1023839)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-you-replace-a-car-maintenance-costs-vs-purchase-lease-costs/1023839 "2025-10-18T00:46:33Z")
Financially & practically speaking, is there an “optimal” point at which an already paid-off car should be replaced/traded in for another vehicle? I currently drive a 2016 Subaru Crosstrek, and it’s actually been totall… --- ## [Safe smoke creation (Halloween costumes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-smoke-creation-halloween-costumes/1023957)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-smoke-creation-halloween-costumes/1023957 "2025-10-17T22:12:16Z")
My 8 year old son wants a Halloween costume: a dragon. Because in my normal life I am a programmer nerd, I enjoy chances to explore my more creative side. So I am going to build him a back-pack mounted dragon costume, I … --- ## [Product polling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-polling/1024066)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-polling/1024066 "2025-10-17T20:34:29Z")
Do independent polling houses exist where they decide what they want to poll based on the projected value of the poll they are going to conduct? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=35)