# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=346 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 347 --- ## [Do you include apes when you think of "Monkeys"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-include-apes-when-you-think-of-monkeys/846146)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-include-apes-when-you-think-of-monkeys/846146 "2020-01-16T15:54:00Z")
I was taught that monkeys have tails, apes do not. Which, unless you’re a biologist type, seems a bit pedantic. Penguins can’t fly but they’re still considered birds, after all. So I guess I’m not interested in the sc… --- ## [Oats and wheat germ - Healthy breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oats-and-wheat-germ-healthy-breakfast/846176)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oats-and-wheat-germ-healthy-breakfast/846176 "2020-01-16T11:37:59Z")
I’m trying to lose a little weight and cut down on my sugar intake. I always eat breakfast and it’s almost always cereal on work days. I typically have Honey Nut Cheerios or Frosted Mini Wheats for breakfast, but I kno… --- ## [Why does YouTube flicker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-youtube-flicker/846435)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-youtube-flicker/846435 "2020-01-16T03:14:33Z")
Not all the time, but eventually after a few minutes. --- ## [Bots in Word With Friends? Is this some kind of phishing attempt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bots-in-word-with-friends-is-this-some-kind-of-phishing-attempt/840555)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bots-in-word-with-friends-is-this-some-kind-of-phishing-attempt/840555 "2020-01-16T01:22:56Z")
Note, this is a question about something that’s happening in the game Words With Friends, but it’s not about the game itself, which is why I didn’t put it in the Game Room. I have a core group of friends and family that… --- ## [Being born broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-born-broken/845703)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-born-broken/845703 "2020-01-16T01:14:35Z")
http://9-1.huntergatherers.org/ So I’m not entirely sure how accurate this is. Suggesting that humans of the modern day are born “broken” in a sense. I mean the whole things reads of the sort of nonsense I saw in Freud … --- ## [Fight my ignorance re: discount brokerages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-re-discount-brokerages/846424)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fight-my-ignorance-re-discount-brokerages/846424 "2020-01-15T21:38:07Z")
My only investing experiences to date have been with my 401(k) and my HSA. In both circumstances, I had a list of available investments to choose from. Now I’m looking to step outside of those and invest a little on my … --- ## [Taking gifts from men you aren't interested in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-gifts-from-men-you-arent-interested-in/846127)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-gifts-from-men-you-arent-interested-in/846127 "2020-01-15T20:44:56Z")
Okay, I’m seeking opinions, humble or otherwise. I know what Miss Manners would say so I’m not asking her. Theres this man in my apt building. We started talking and since I love football, I watch it on the tv in the lo… --- ## [Please help me troubleshoot a connection problem between TV and headphones via Toslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-troubleshoot-a-connection-problem-between-tv-and-headphones-via-toslink/846038)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-troubleshoot-a-connection-problem-between-tv-and-headphones-via-toslink/846038 "2020-01-15T16:52:16Z")
My parents have two TV sets and asked me to get them wireless headphones. I checked the respective outputs and saw that I needed headphones with an optical audio input via Toslink, so I ordered these. I knew beforehand t… --- ## [I love my child, but sometimes I don't like her](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-child-but-sometimes-i-dont-like-her/846393)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-my-child-but-sometimes-i-dont-like-her/846393 "2020-01-15T16:29:20Z")
I feel horrible for having such thoughts, and would appreciate any tips to help me be a better parent. My teenager has ADHD, sensory disorder, is on the autism spectrum, and has learning disabilities. She is also rude, … --- ## [Has anyone seen U.S. paper currency dated later than 2013?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-u-s-paper-currency-dated-later-than-2013/846261)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-u-s-paper-currency-dated-later-than-2013/846261 "2020-01-15T02:51:29Z")
If you are American, take some paper money out of your wallet and look at it. Down near the bottom, near the portrait, read the series date. What is it? If you’re like me, it says Series 2013, as it has done since…wel… --- ## [Vegans/vegetarians - do you rank different animal farming industries at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-vegetarians-do-you-rank-different-animal-farming-industries-at-all/846346)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-vegetarians-do-you-rank-different-animal-farming-industries-at-all/846346 "2020-01-14T22:26:59Z")
This is a question primarily for vegans, plus vegetarians who are such on the basis of a desire to reduce exploitation of, or harm to animals… Would you say that there is any kind of ranking (from let’s say ‘awful’ to ‘… --- ## [Critical low levels of CO2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-low-levels-of-co2/846373)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critical-low-levels-of-co2/846373 "2020-01-14T17:49:42Z")
If humans had not come along and started putting CO2 back into the atmosphere would the levels have eventually become too low for life forms as we know them to exist in large quantities. If so roughly how long would this… --- ## [In what ways, if any, was Jim Crow ignored/flouted by whites in the South?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-if-any-was-jim-crow-ignored-flouted-by-whites-in-the-south/846192)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-if-any-was-jim-crow-ignored-flouted-by-whites-in-the-south/846192 "2020-01-14T14:55:46Z")
I’ve been working in Alabama for going on four months. Frankly, I’m surprised how modern it seems and how nice the people are, considering it’s pretty darn red as a state. I saw more Confederate flags in my home state of… --- ## [Spacebar on Keyboard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacebar-on-keyboard/846169)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacebar-on-keyboard/846169 "2020-01-14T14:37:29Z")
Today, my keyboard randomly wouldn’t work for a couple of seconds. This also happened the other day. My keyboard is a Microsoft Wired 600. Help. --- ## [PhDs who are referred to as Dr, and those who aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phds-who-are-referred-to-as-dr-and-those-who-arent/844312)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phds-who-are-referred-to-as-dr-and-those-who-arent/844312 "2020-01-14T00:43:32Z")
I’ve noticed that in my workplace (government/engineering/research) there are lots of people with PhD, but there are a few that everyone refers to as Dr. \, and most others are just referred to by first name or … --- ## [Making Online Payments Using Skrill - Thoughts and Opinions Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-online-payments-using-skrill-thoughts-and-opinions-please/846343)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-online-payments-using-skrill-thoughts-and-opinions-please/846343 "2020-01-13T21:01:04Z")
In a nutshell, I need to make recurring online payments, and for reasons not pertinent to my question Paypal is not an option. I have never had cause to use anything other than Paypal when I haven’t been able to use just… --- ## [So who else hates working from home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-hates-working-from-home/846191)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-else-hates-working-from-home/846191 "2020-01-13T20:50:18Z")
…and also working on a laptop…? I have this nice job over summer working for the University on a research project - which by the way is fantastic and makes me really happy - but one thing that doesn’t make me happy is t… --- ## [How shady is this rental/lease situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-shady-is-this-rental-lease-situation/846357)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-shady-is-this-rental-lease-situation/846357 "2020-01-13T20:21:56Z")
My daughter, currently a sophomore in college in Boston, and 2 of her friends are looking for an apartment for September. They believe they’ve found one, good location, short walk to the T, rent is OK, and are planning o… --- ## [I'm Sixty One](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sixty-one/846221)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sixty-one/846221 "2020-01-13T20:02:00Z")
Exactly sixty one years ago my mom’s pediatrician noted on the chart that it had been a medically noneventful birth and that I was healthy with a good Apgar score. A designation was also made regarding my sex. Those of … --- ## [Spinal Tumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-tumor/843775)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spinal-tumor/843775 "2020-01-13T03:58:59Z")
Not asking for medical advice. :slight\_smile: Back in August I had an episode of syncope. Two days in the hospital without a definitive diagnosis later, I was sent to my PCM, a cardiologist, and a neurologist. We’re … --- ## [Best computer keyboards.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-computer-keyboards/846324)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-computer-keyboards/846324 "2020-01-13T02:57:50Z")
I’m looking for a keyboard. What do you recommend that’s not too expensive? I’m not looking for a gaming keyboard, I just want one that’s good for typing. I already have a Logitech K120 and a Microsoft Wired 600, so I’m… --- ## [Software defined radio - anyone tried this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-defined-radio-anyone-tried-this/846285)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-defined-radio-anyone-tried-this/846285 "2020-01-12T17:30:38Z")
I’m looking to downsize my PC/multimedia footprint as much as possible. I came across this while searching for an FM radio that would send Bluetooth to a speaker, as detailed in this thread. Has anyone used SDR? How we… --- ## [Alternative to surgery to bypass your stomach - balloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-surgery-to-bypass-your-stomach-balloon/846230)
**Author:** [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-surgery-to-bypass-your-stomach-balloon/846230 "2020-01-12T04:40:27Z")
I’m afraid of dentists, spiders, snakes and so on but I know I should loose weight…so is there an alternative for surgery. My idea is to swallow an empty balloon and fill it after it is in my empty stomach. Any concerns? … --- ## [Bluetooth radio - does this exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluetooth-radio-does-this-exist/846142)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bluetooth-radio-does-this-exist/846142 "2020-01-11T23:31:43Z")
I’m looking for an FM receiver only that can connect to a discrete bluetooth speaker (plus wired is OK). Everything I’ve found online is a receiver with built-in speakers that can connect to another bluetooth source, i.e… --- ## [Do building inspectors check for ADA compliance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-building-inspectors-check-for-ada-compliance/846164)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-building-inspectors-check-for-ada-compliance/846164 "2020-01-11T21:36:23Z")
I thought this might be GQ material but moved it over here since perhaps standard practice varies from place to place. Management moved my department into a newly erected temporary building back in July. Since then I h… --- ## [How many of you are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/845959)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/845959 "2020-01-11T19:44:14Z")
There is one CCitizen on several forums. There are six of me on Twitter – all banned. There is one of me in Runescape. My account is 15 yo – old then many player. --- ## [Statins the cause of increased tribalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-the-cause-of-increased-tribalism/846224)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-the-cause-of-increased-tribalism/846224 "2020-01-11T19:37:09Z")
A BBC article suggests that low cholesterol results in lower serotonin which causes increased aggression and hostility and various other bad side effects. Statins, which reduce cholesterol, are one of the most prescribed… --- ## [Question for grant writers/non profit organization managers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-grant-writers-non-profit-organization-managers/846234)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-grant-writers-non-profit-organization-managers/846234 "2020-01-11T16:59:46Z")
I’ve received conflicting information on what standard protocol is for paying grant writers (in the US) these days, and am curious as to who is right. When I was a grant writer, back in the 1980s, I held salaried positi… --- ## [A question about using a restroom at a restaurant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-using-a-restroom-at-a-restaurant/845675)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-using-a-restroom-at-a-restaurant/845675 "2020-01-11T15:49:18Z")
A few days ago three of my children and I were having dinner at a small, independent restaurant located a few miles north of Springfield, Ohio. It was not busy; I think there was only one other customer. After dinner I … --- ## [Advice on Taking Finasteride.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-taking-finasteride/846089)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-taking-finasteride/846089 "2020-01-11T03:53:34Z")
Good news. Or at least a mixed bag of news. I finally had a catheter inserted in my urethra. Doesn’t sound like good news. But in a way it was. I actually found out that there was very little pain involved. What was I so… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=345) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=347)