# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=347 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 348 --- ## [The daddy super-hero & the undue influence issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daddy-super-hero-the-undue-influence-issue/845442)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daddy-super-hero-the-undue-influence-issue/845442 "2020-01-10T22:55:14Z")
After many moons, a Skaldthetical. If you don’t like these, I’m sure there’s some thread about football or J K Rowling or Brexit open someplace. Today’s story takes us back to the world of BOB X, the black, bisexual sup… --- ## [How concerned should we be ? Retaliatory Iran/Hezbollah response to Soleimani death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-retaliatory-iran-hezbollah-response-to-soleimani-death/845932)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concerned-should-we-be-retaliatory-iran-hezbollah-response-to-soleimani-death/845932 "2020-01-10T21:41:48Z")
I checked the news first thing this morning. I was so relieved nothing happened during the night. Some sort of terror attack seems inevitable within the next week or so. My concern is it could be from a sleeper cell ins… --- ## [martial strategy conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-strategy-conundrum/846154)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martial-strategy-conundrum/846154 "2020-01-10T18:55:26Z")
I happened upon the service record of President McKinley, which is an interesting read, and was inspired to raise a difficult hypothetical. (This has most likely been done before here.) You joined the army near the outs… --- ## [Who uses Xiidra?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-uses-xiidra/846241)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-uses-xiidra/846241 "2020-01-10T18:53:17Z")
I do. The eye doc said I had dry eyes, so I started using regular wetting drops. When he found I was using them in excess of six or seven times a day, he prescribed Xiidra, which is a medication that stimulates tear pr… --- ## [Why was the bedroom light always on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-bedroom-light-always-on/845883)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-bedroom-light-always-on/845883 "2020-01-10T17:45:09Z")
When I was a child in the nineties, my bedroom faced my neighbor’s bedroom. She was a high schooler. And she left her bedroom light on all through the night. Why would she do that? I remember at the time thinking she… --- ## [Are you addicted to Social Media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054 "2020-01-10T03:56:10Z")
What can I say? Addiction is Addiction. --- ## [Should our Homeowner's Association install solar power? What are the Pros and Cons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-our-homeowners-association-install-solar-power-what-are-the-pros-and-cons/846106)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-our-homeowners-association-install-solar-power-what-are-the-pros-and-cons/846106 "2020-01-10T01:04:53Z")
Our HOA is paying $4000 a year for electricity. I’m volunteering for the solar power committee to investigate whether installing solar power is advantageous for the HOA. I just purchased (outright) rooftop solar for my… --- ## [When rating sellers how much blame for substandard delivery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-rating-sellers-how-much-blame-for-substandard-delivery/845967)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-rating-sellers-how-much-blame-for-substandard-delivery/845967 "2020-01-09T21:02:15Z")
I ordered 3 things from 3 different sellers on Amazon Marketplace/Ebay. It just happens that these things are complementary sense that if all 3 had arrived on time great, 2 on time still fine, 1 I’d make do but none arri… --- ## [Repentance from an atrocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repentance-from-an-atrocity/845966)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repentance-from-an-atrocity/845966 "2020-01-09T19:35:54Z")
This is an idea I’ve been kicking around in my head for the last week or so. Suppose someone commits a truly reprehensible act in their past. The sort of thing that some people may end up in prison for, or may receive th… --- ## [Why does Sunni Qatar support Shia Iran?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sunni-qatar-support-shia-iran/846000)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sunni-qatar-support-shia-iran/846000 "2020-01-09T16:50:57Z")
Why does Qatar, a mostly Sunni country ally itself with Iran, the prototypical Shia nation? Maybe I’ve overestimated the potency of the division between Sunni and Shia in the Islamic world. I would have thought it was p… --- ## [Seniors and dehydration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seniors-and-dehydration/846050)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seniors-and-dehydration/846050 "2020-01-09T16:21:35Z")
Do senior citizens have a compromised hydration regulator? Last few years I have noticed more and more that I can usually cure my headaches by drinking a bottle of water even though I am not thirsty. Same with cramping … --- ## [The Ancient Origin and Myths of Israel and Judaism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-origin-and-myths-of-israel-and-judaism/840235)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ancient-origin-and-myths-of-israel-and-judaism/840235 "2020-01-09T14:19:05Z")
Mysteries of ancient human prehistory intrigue me. Of the “great religions” only Hinduism predates Judaism’s King Josiah, and, while the details are hugely mysterious and very controversial and surely fascinating, the H… --- ## [Recommend part for electronics project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-part-for-electronics-project/846079)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-part-for-electronics-project/846079 "2020-01-09T02:04:04Z")
I had an idea for a wearable electronic project. There would be a set of LEDs embedded in a long-sleeved shirt, controlled by an Arduino. I would wear gloves containing some sort of contact sensors. Then when I juggle, a… --- ## [Makeup and Job Interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-and-job-interviews/845686)
**Author:** [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-and-job-interviews/845686 "2020-01-08T22:46:15Z")
I haven’t been actively looking for a new job. But a recruiter reached out to me and, well, one thing led to another and now I have an interview on Thursday. It has been a hot minute since I’ve interviewed which led me t… --- ## [The Wedding vs Dad's Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wedding-vs-dads-wallet/845720)
**Author:** [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wedding-vs-dads-wallet/845720 "2020-01-08T18:17:59Z")
Here’s the setup. Dad has two daughter’s. Daughter 1 married recently (in dad’s town) and dad paid X dollars to cover wedding expenses. Daughter 2 decided to do a destination wedding (rhymes with Wow-eee) with long #$… --- ## [How to procede with my mother's severe short-term memory loss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-procede-with-my-mothers-severe-short-term-memory-loss/845519)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-procede-with-my-mothers-severe-short-term-memory-loss/845519 "2020-01-08T15:09:51Z")
This might be a GQ question but I’m asking for advice, so I’m putting it here. In the last few years, my mom (age 76) has had increasingly bad short-term memory loss. It seems to have manifested itself as being pretty b… --- ## [What's a good NYC entertainment guide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-nyc-entertainment-guide/846104)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-nyc-entertainment-guide/846104 "2020-01-08T08:08:11Z")
I go to New York a few times a year to visit relatives. I used to check the Village Voice and Time Out to see what was going on that week as far as concerts, etc. But both of those have gone under in the last few years. … --- ## [Water heater pilot light won't stay lit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-heater-pilot-light-wont-stay-lit/845900)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-heater-pilot-light-wont-stay-lit/845900 "2020-01-08T00:04:08Z")
On New Years Day I ended up having to take a cold shower, because, as I discovered later, the pilot light on the water heater had gone out. I re-lit it yesterday morning; it stayed lit for I think the rest of the day, b… --- ## [Books to help family/friends deal with someone's addiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-to-help-family-friends-deal-with-someones-addiction/846086)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-to-help-family-friends-deal-with-someones-addiction/846086 "2020-01-07T23:56:20Z")
Have a friend who is an addict. I am going to Naranon meetings. Are there any books to help me ? --- ## [Do you call it "soy" sauce or "soya" sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-it-soy-sauce-or-soya-sauce/845166)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-it-soy-sauce-or-soya-sauce/845166 "2020-01-07T23:31:47Z")
I’m referring of course to the dark coloured cooking and seasoning ingredient from China. How do you refer to this stuff? --- ## [Why is trapped wind so damn painful? (maybe a bit TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trapped-wind-so-damn-painful-maybe-a-bit-tmi/846064)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trapped-wind-so-damn-painful-maybe-a-bit-tmi/846064 "2020-01-07T21:39:25Z")
I occasionally suffer from trapped wind in my upper digestive system - I experience this as a dull ache behind and slightly to my right of my Sternum - the pain grows in intensity until it feels like I have been stuck th… --- ## [It's that time of year, and before you make a resolution to lose weight, I have a request...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-of-year-and-before-you-make-a-resolution-to-lose-weight-i-have-a-request/845668)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-time-of-year-and-before-you-make-a-resolution-to-lose-weight-i-have-a-request/845668 "2020-01-07T15:22:05Z")
Please don’t First, diets don’t work in the long term: http://janetto.bol.ucla.edu/index\_files/Mannetal2007AP.pdf It’s not in this study, but I’ve heard that as little as 5% of people who lose weight on a diet keep it … --- ## [Drive the car to me! - reasonable, or a scam startoff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-the-car-to-me-reasonable-or-a-scam-startoff/846001)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drive-the-car-to-me-reasonable-or-a-scam-startoff/846001 "2020-01-07T12:25:41Z")
Back story - I’m selling my old car. I put it on the car sales website before Christmas, and that was a bad time to do it because Christmas, but I’ve had a few messages from interested people but nobody yet come up to se… --- ## [Not the brightest crayon in the box: euphemisms for the dim-witted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-brightest-crayon-in-the-box-euphemisms-for-the-dim-witted/843831)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-the-brightest-crayon-in-the-box-euphemisms-for-the-dim-witted/843831 "2020-01-07T11:04:07Z")
Not the brightest crayon in the box. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. A few fries short of a happy meal. As sharp as a cue ball. We’ve all heard these in one form or another at some point: euphemisms for the slo… --- ## [How good and/or expensive is veterinary medicine in other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-and-or-expensive-is-veterinary-medicine-in-other-countries/845947)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-and-or-expensive-is-veterinary-medicine-in-other-countries/845947 "2020-01-07T08:13:39Z")
I’m curious as to how costly veterinary medicine is in other countries, and how good it is if you can afford it. edited to add: I don’t know why the whole title didn’t display. --- ## [I definitely believe the 20's start today, 1/1/2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-definitely-believe-the-20s-start-today-1-1-2020/845751)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-definitely-believe-the-20s-start-today-1-1-2020/845751 "2020-01-07T02:31:58Z")
And not a year from today. And Randall Munroe apparently agrees in today’s XKCD. NB: I do believe our current century started on 1/1/2001. So no, I don’t mind slight seeming inconsistencies in my position. What do t… --- ## [Thoughts on Early Retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-early-retirement/845944)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-early-retirement/845944 "2020-01-07T01:42:31Z")
I have given it a lot of thought and I am going to retire on May 1st at 56 years old. I’d love to hear from others who have done so or are also contemplating it. First I will answer the most common questions I have been … --- ## [Can these graphics cards be plugged into gaming laptops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-these-graphics-cards-be-plugged-into-gaming-laptops/845949)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-these-graphics-cards-be-plugged-into-gaming-laptops/845949 "2020-01-06T20:49:43Z")
Can these graphics cards be installed into gaming laptops? Or are they just for PCs? --- ## [Starving artists? The struggle to make a living doing what you love and have a passion for.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artists-the-struggle-to-make-a-living-doing-what-you-love-and-have-a-passion-for/845534)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starving-artists-the-struggle-to-make-a-living-doing-what-you-love-and-have-a-passion-for/845534 "2020-01-06T18:49:25Z")
Do you know any people with talents in music, art, performing, writing, etc… that are either struggling thru and making a meager living off of it? had to give it up and take a regular job? married into money or have a … --- ## [In My Humble Opinion, I am absolutely convinced that there will NEVER be a better (X) than (X)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-humble-opinion-i-am-absolutely-convinced-that-there-will-never-be-a-better-x-than-x/845344)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-my-humble-opinion-i-am-absolutely-convinced-that-there-will-never-be-a-better-x-than-x/845344 "2020-01-06T18:43:36Z")
Just your personal opinion, of course, but what will never, ever be topped? Movie, book, athlete, song, album, violinist, TV character, Christmas song, fast food burger, poet, whiskey, president, supermodel, etc. etc. Y… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=348)