# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=342 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 343 --- ## [Why did it take so long for cars and trucks to get automatic choke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-so-long-for-cars-and-trucks-to-get-automatic-choke/847383)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-so-long-for-cars-and-trucks-to-get-automatic-choke/847383 "2020-02-05T00:00:39Z")
You can recognize a vintage car when it has a choke knob. Pull it out, start the car, and wait a few minutes before pushing in. Cars and trucks switched to automatic choke in the late 50’s? VW still had manual choke for… --- ## [How are you responding to online paywalls and ad blocker-blockers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-responding-to-online-paywalls-and-ad-blocker-blockers/846778)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-responding-to-online-paywalls-and-ad-blocker-blockers/846778 "2020-02-04T19:50:22Z")
As for myself, I pay for virtually no sites online. I was an SDMB subscriber at one point, and I think I paid actual money. I pay for Amazon Prime–I guess that counts, sort of. I intend, eventually, to give dailykos.com … --- ## [Key factors for long term success of a species](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-factors-for-long-term-success-of-a-species/847485)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-factors-for-long-term-success-of-a-species/847485 "2020-02-04T18:32:51Z")
I know we have many animals like Opossums and Crocodiles, alligators etc that have remained almost unchanged for a very long time. We have many other creatures that have evolved and changed and the species itself never w… --- ## [Professional norms around legal recreational marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-norms-around-legal-recreational-marijuana/846939)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professional-norms-around-legal-recreational-marijuana/846939 "2020-02-04T13:41:04Z")
Just curious, in states / countries where the recreational use/possession of mota has been legalized, what are the general professional norms around casual discussion of its use? For context, I mean typical white-collar… --- ## [Window treatments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-treatments/847394)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/window-treatments/847394 "2020-02-04T03:31:19Z")
Given your druthers, what is your preferred window treatment? Poll up shortly. --- ## [Explaining something bad without being perceived as condoning something bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-something-bad-without-being-perceived-as-condoning-something-bad/847403)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-something-bad-without-being-perceived-as-condoning-something-bad/847403 "2020-02-04T02:23:24Z")
Some Dopers here may have had experiences like this: Someone asks how or why Germans could have ever gotten behind something as evil as Nazism. You reply - well, there were understandable reasons for it - Germany was hu… --- ## [Can sales agents live from poor salary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sales-agents-live-from-poor-salary/847219)
**Author:** [@wolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolly)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-sales-agents-live-from-poor-salary/847219 "2020-02-03T23:18:58Z")
I once tried to join as a sales agent for a networking company but I didn’t like the woman who interviewed me.She asked me a couple of questions about qualities,self-esteem and all that crap and in the end she gave me an… --- ## [Good offbeat sites to visit in Manhattan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-offbeat-sites-to-visit-in-manhattan/847270)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-offbeat-sites-to-visit-in-manhattan/847270 "2020-02-03T22:23:02Z")
Not looking for famous stuff like WTC, Empire state building, Met art museum, etc. --- ## [Which celebrity deaths will affect you deeply and in what way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-celebrity-deaths-will-affect-you-deeply-and-in-what-way/847223)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-celebrity-deaths-will-affect-you-deeply-and-in-what-way/847223 "2020-02-03T21:32:39Z")
Since celebrity death is a hot topic right now, which future ones will make you extremely sad? Or happy? I’ll be sad when the final Beatle dies (Paul or Ringo) as it will seem like the end of something really huge. And … --- ## [Looking for the best 1TB HDD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-best-1tb-hdd/847051)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-best-1tb-hdd/847051 "2020-02-03T12:55:07Z")
I’m looking for the best 1TB HDD for my friend’s HP 17-an179wm Omen 17.3" laptop. Going by the Amazon reviews, there looks to be a 10-15% failure rate, either immediately or a few months to a year down the line when ac… --- ## [craigslist postings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-postings/847366)
**Author:** [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-postings/847366 "2020-02-03T10:17:16Z")
It’s easy for a reasonably aware person to spot ads placed on craigslist by scammers (I see them in autos for sale and the pets section all the time). When I spot one, if it’s something I would buy if it was a legitimat… --- ## [How are you dealing with paywalls and ad blocker-blockers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-dealing-with-paywalls-and-ad-blocker-blockers/847407)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-dealing-with-paywalls-and-ad-blocker-blockers/847407 "2020-02-03T05:14:37Z")
It’s gotten pretty bad online. I’ll be reading news.google.com and half the articles I click on have paywalls (New York Times, Washington Post). And it’s not just the major pubs; every little podunk paper now seems to wa… --- ## [Locations for watching a night time rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-for-watching-a-night-time-rocket-launch-from-kennedy-space-center/846489)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locations-for-watching-a-night-time-rocket-launch-from-kennedy-space-center/846489 "2020-02-03T03:25:39Z")
I’ve got a chance to be in Florida for a night time rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Because it’s at night, it looks like the visitors center will be closed. What are other options for good places to… --- ## [How can I find and get this toy??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-and-get-this-toy/667244)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-find-and-get-this-toy/667244 "2020-02-02T22:47:01Z")
Passed up buying this for our new granddaughter 10 years ago, dammit. Now, with a grandson on the way, I’m searching and can’t find it. It’s a clown (or some brightly colored character) riding a bike. The bike (with g… --- ## [Replace with same car or get something different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-with-same-car-or-get-something-different/833915)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-with-same-car-or-get-something-different/833915 "2020-02-02T21:39:10Z")
A satellite falls out of the sky directly onto your parked vehicle, disintegrating most of it and flattening the rest. You’ve had it a while but it still had legs, and you were not prepared or expecting to have to replac… --- ## [Do you wash your hands before dining at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-hands-before-dining-at-home/847286)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-your-hands-before-dining-at-home/847286 "2020-02-02T19:37:08Z")
This is a companion to a thread I posted a few days ago, “Do you wash your hands before dining at restaurants?”. The question in this thread is whether you wash your hands before dining when you’re at home. Suppose you… --- ## [What's the pint of snooze alarms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pint-of-snooze-alarms/847123)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pint-of-snooze-alarms/847123 "2020-02-02T10:43:47Z")
I think snooze alarms are stupid. If you need to wake up at 9, then just wake up. Why set it for 8 am and then grab your phone every few minutes just to hear the same damn alarm again? Just wake up at 9 and deal with it.… --- ## [what kinds of technology advances could allow the elderly and disabled to live independently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinds-of-technology-advances-could-allow-the-elderly-and-disabled-to-live-independently/847026)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kinds-of-technology-advances-could-allow-the-elderly-and-disabled-to-live-independently/847026 "2020-02-02T06:00:15Z")
This is a brainstorming session, I know its not possible to predict what’ll happen in 40 years. But in another thread about retirement, people were discussing long term care and health care in retirement. Part of my ass… --- ## [Dental Implant Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implant-question/846808)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implant-question/846808 "2020-02-01T20:59:40Z")
I had a tooth extracted over the summer (#28, if it matters) with the intention of getting an implant. Its going to cost near $4000 out of pocket when all is said and done. Is not doing anything a viable option? I’m used… --- ## [In future "Greatest People Ever" lists, who alive today will rank in the top 100?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-future-greatest-people-ever-lists-who-alive-today-will-rank-in-the-top-100/827870)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-future-greatest-people-ever-lists-who-alive-today-will-rank-in-the-top-100/827870 "2020-02-01T12:42:32Z")
A bizarre nerf ball accident has propelled your consciousness forward 200 years. When you come to, you find yourself looking at a list of the “Greatest People in History”, this list compiled in December, 2218. Who, aliv… --- ## [What was the best purchase in history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-purchase-in-history/847237)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-purchase-in-history/847237 "2020-02-01T07:07:47Z")
Who in history, that we know of, got the most for the least? The 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between Spain and Portugal along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coas… --- ## [Have you heard of this art-related scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-this-art-related-scam/847134)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-this-art-related-scam/847134 "2020-02-01T06:53:17Z")
I know a woman who is an artist. I think she’s a good artist (not that I’m competent to judge) but she has never been in galleries in the city or anything. She is also extremely Christian. At a meeting the other day sh… --- ## [Praise for Canadian health care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-for-canadian-health-care/847249)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-for-canadian-health-care/847249 "2020-02-01T02:53:55Z")
I wrote in this thread about my wife’s unexpected heart attack last weekend due to a Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD). It has been a tough week, but the prognosis for full recovery is good. Anyhow, I wanted… --- ## [Donald Trump is going to win in 2020, are you happy about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-going-to-win-in-2020-are-you-happy-about-it/847098)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-going-to-win-in-2020-are-you-happy-about-it/847098 "2020-01-31T22:49:29Z")
I’m not looking for a debate, so please don’t fight the hypothetical. Anyway Betfaire currently has his odds around 54%; seems disappointingly likely to me. What I want to know is how you feel about it. Please imagin… --- ## [You are in close proximity to Obama or Trump, what do you do/say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-in-close-proximity-to-obama-or-trump-what-do-you-do-say/847142)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-in-close-proximity-to-obama-or-trump-what-do-you-do-say/847142 "2020-01-31T21:23:47Z")
Say you are in a crowd and either Obama or Trump suddenly comes by - or you are a restaurant/shop owner and Obama or Trump come in all of a sudden. You are within just a few feet of the President (or ex-President); maybe… --- ## [I've ran out of clean underwear... need answer quick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937 "2020-01-31T17:09:25Z")
I’ll post a poll on this. I’m on a business trip. I change my underwear everyday and I don’t have a unworn pair for tomorrow which is my return travel day. Do I: --- ## [Yellow Urine in healthy non medicated male](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-urine-in-healthy-non-medicated-male/846660)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-urine-in-healthy-non-medicated-male/846660 "2020-01-31T03:51:30Z")
From memory, during childhood I recall having passed dark yellow urine when suffering from fever etc. Now as an adult if passing light yellowish urine, regularly, would it indicate Poor kidney function Poor hydration… --- ## [Are you affected by celebrity deaths? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-affected-by-celebrity-deaths-why-or-why-not/847049)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-affected-by-celebrity-deaths-why-or-why-not/847049 "2020-01-31T02:44:01Z")
Over in the Game Room, and throughout the media, folk are expressing their dismay over Kobe Bryant’s recent death. As is often the case in such situations, I wonder at the display of emotion. I am certainly open to cri… --- ## [Do you subscribe to an online 'newspaper'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847265)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-subscribe-to-an-online-newspaper/847265 "2020-01-31T02:05:08Z")
Error, apologies. No poll option showed up (I think). --- ## [Please please please give me any advice on how to secure my first \*real\* full-time job post-college.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-please-please-give-me-any-advice-on-how-to-secure-my-first-real-full-time-job-post-college/803864)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-please-please-give-me-any-advice-on-how-to-secure-my-first-real-full-time-job-post-college/803864 "2020-01-30T22:09:35Z")
It would be difficult for me to overstate how desperate I’m becoming with all of this. I graduated in March with a BA in Communication and - at the rate I’ve been going - I seem to be securing a job interview every 6-8 … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=343)