# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=358 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 359 --- ## [How much combined sales tax do you pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-combined-sales-tax-do-you-pay/838835)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-combined-sales-tax-do-you-pay/838835 "2019-11-12T16:10:40Z")
I saw this article and wasn’t particularly impressed. Isn’t most people’s sales tax around 9 to 10%? The poll they did doesn’t really mean much. N Little Rock is 9.5%. 6.5% Ark state sales tax, 2% city, 1% county. Litt… --- ## [Bends Over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bends-over/843285)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bends-over/843285 "2019-11-12T12:57:15Z")
I’ve been seeing this a lot lately and figure it must have some other meaning that I’m unfamiliar with. Does anyone understand this use of “bends over”? --- ## [Medical ethics and parent-mandated "virginity tests"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ethics-and-parent-mandated-virginity-tests/843150)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ethics-and-parent-mandated-virginity-tests/843150 "2019-11-12T11:38:36Z")
There’s a Pit thread about it already, but I’m interested in the medical ethics of the situation, especially if the child is underage. If a father asks a doctor to check his daughter for virginity, what should the doc… --- ## [Does anyone have experience working with Amazon FIRE Tablet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-working-with-amazon-fire-tablet/843157)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-working-with-amazon-fire-tablet/843157 "2019-11-12T06:01:26Z")
It is a great Tablet for $50. It has Gigabytes of stuff I do not need. I need a file manager and a good Browser. Can anyone advice me how to edit preferences? Post Scriptum. I left this forum due to political disagr… --- ## [Do you have any experience with Discord?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-experience-with-discord/843229)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-experience-with-discord/843229 "2019-11-11T21:01:47Z")
For many years I have suffered from loneliness. It turns out Discord existed since 2015. :smack::smack::smack: Skype existed since 2003. Team Speak existed since 2001. Cyberilliteracy is a real problem. Can anyone … --- ## [iPad users - experiences with iPadOS 13?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-users-experiences-with-ipados-13/843259)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-users-experiences-with-ipados-13/843259 "2019-11-11T19:13:34Z")
Hi all, I have last year’s iPad Pro (11 inch). It currently running version 12.4 of iOS. It’s nagging me to upgrade the OS to iPadOS 13.2.2. I’ve heard a few horror stories about the launch version of iOS 13, but I’m n… --- ## [How do you write the number seven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-the-number-seven/841956)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-the-number-seven/841956 "2019-11-11T16:48:07Z")
The natural number seven. In handwriting, there are typically two widely used glyphs: the “traditional” Hindu way; more or less like this, possibly with curved lines: https://www.drodd.com/images15/7-11.jpg or the “Eu… --- ## [Have you ever deliberately worn jeans/NOT dressed up for a (white collar) job interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-deliberately-worn-jeans-not-dressed-up-for-a-white-collar-job-interview/843101)
**Author:** [@The\_Maple\_Leaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Maple_Leaf)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-deliberately-worn-jeans-not-dressed-up-for-a-white-collar-job-interview/843101 "2019-11-11T13:29:48Z")
My first query on this website was whether those of you who held white-collar jobs that allowed jeans or had no dress code around the office were also allowed to dress that way when you had face-to-face client meetings. … --- ## [Effects of anesthesia (in general) and Versed (in particular)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-anesthesia-in-general-and-versed-in-particular/828388)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effects-of-anesthesia-in-general-and-versed-in-particular/828388 "2019-11-11T13:13:27Z")
I had cataract surgery day before yesterday around mid-morning. My friends who have had it have virtually all said, “Piece of cake, in and out in half an hour, no problems at all,” and I was prepared for that and hoping … --- ## ["Checked by Radar"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checked-by-radar/843008)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/checked-by-radar/843008 "2019-11-11T05:32:31Z")
This may be a long shot: I understand, when radar was new technology, the public was not given full disclosure about the use of radar to monitor speed. And, while there may have been a precedent-setting court case in mul… --- ## [Do I need a used laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-used-laptop/843253)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-used-laptop/843253 "2019-11-11T01:22:27Z")
I have a music setup in my garage, I call it The Grateful Dead Jukebox. It’s a 1TB external hard drive loaded with decades of Dead music plugged into an old, crappy laptop. Then I have an ancient amplifier plugged into t… --- ## [What's the best way for a man to tell a woman he doesn't want to be physical anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-for-a-man-to-tell-a-woman-he-doesnt-want-to-be-physical-anymore/843022)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-for-a-man-to-tell-a-woman-he-doesnt-want-to-be-physical-anymore/843022 "2019-11-10T23:49:07Z")
Scenario: Man and woman meet, they casually date for several weeks. They’ve been physically intimate, stopping just short of intercourse (not for lack of will on her part, but on his). He decides he isn’t going to be any… --- ## [Do you buy magazines? Did you ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-magazines-did-you-ever/843014)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-magazines-did-you-ever/843014 "2019-11-10T20:23:04Z")
I was watching a YouTube video where an adult was talking to a couple of teenagers (I believe they were both 19) about his views of what he thought about modern teenagers were like and how accurate or inaccurate the teen… --- ## [Trapping carbon and returning nitrogen to the soil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapping-carbon-and-returning-nitrogen-to-the-soil/843132)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapping-carbon-and-returning-nitrogen-to-the-soil/843132 "2019-11-10T15:21:50Z")
I wonder if there is a composting method available that could return nitrogen to the soil while trapping the carbon without composting it? I see a lot on the hemp industry right now and how they are using it to make wood… --- ## [Hostility Among Africans In America To African Americans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostility-among-africans-in-america-to-african-americans/843125)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hostility-among-africans-in-america-to-african-americans/843125 "2019-11-10T09:52:34Z")
I watch a TV show about a Nigerian immigrant woman living in Detroit. There was a scene where she and some of her African friends were discussing men, and they all agreed that the preferred order of men they’d be open to… --- ## [Experiences with kids’ treehouses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-kids-treehouses/843171)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-kids-treehouses/843171 "2019-11-10T03:36:41Z")
Next spring I am thinking of building a treehouse in one of the trees in our yard for my two girls to play in. They will be 7 and 10 years old. But it is a fairly large project and large investment (I will be getting a p… --- ## [Best/worst holiday to have a birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-holiday-to-have-a-birthday/843102)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-holiday-to-have-a-birthday/843102 "2019-11-09T18:02:01Z")
One of my friends will be a father in March, and the due date is March 17. We had a conversation today whether that’s a good or bad day to have a birthday. From your experience or those of your friends, what holidays a… --- ## [What is considered 'prostitution'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-prostitution/843182)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-prostitution/843182 "2019-11-09T13:36:49Z")
A pal of mine, a woman, is way into the kink community. She wants to start up an event planning firm putting together kink events and gangbangs. Honestly, who knew there was such a demand from the ladies to be the cent… --- ## [Hotel Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-christmas/843122)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-christmas/843122 "2019-11-09T00:43:39Z")
We have booked ourselves into a fairly upmarket (black tie for dinner) hotel for Christmas; just the two of us as we were going to be alone anyway this year. I appreciate that a UK Christmas will not be exactly the same… --- ## [Traindemocrats.org for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traindemocrats-org-for-real/843158)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traindemocrats-org-for-real/843158 "2019-11-08T18:25:08Z")
There is an organization that calls itself traindemocrats.org that sends me an email at least once every day, often more, with misleading if not outright false headlines. Just now I got one with the subject line “Kentuc… --- ## [What's your boggart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-boggart/843087)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-boggart/843087 "2019-11-08T18:01:57Z")
Specifically with regard to the Harry Potter world. If you don’t know: a boggart is a type of spirit that feeds off your fear. It is a shape shifter, so it will always take the form of the thing you fear the most. Sca… --- ## [Internet for those in rural/underserved areas - Unlimitedville? Verizon Jetpack? Hotspots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-for-those-in-rural-underserved-areas-unlimitedville-verizon-jetpack-hotspots/842985)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-for-those-in-rural-underserved-areas-unlimitedville-verizon-jetpack-hotspots/842985 "2019-11-08T17:13:19Z")
So we are moving to the middle of nowhere - at least as far as cable/cell/internet are concerned. It’s actually about 20 mi from Augusta and a thriving area with a huge winter population and a growing year 'round one, b… --- ## [Are school age boys wearing the same fashions after 40 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-school-age-boys-wearing-the-same-fashions-after-40-years/842944)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-school-age-boys-wearing-the-same-fashions-after-40-years/842944 "2019-11-08T03:30:53Z")
Today when I dropped off my middle school age kiddo, he was wearing a blue Nike shirt with a yellow swoosh, some kind of blue denim jeans, checkered Vans shoes, and a navy hoodie. In 1982, when my father dropped me off… --- ## [What is considered long hair on women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-long-hair-on-women/790966)
**Author:** [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-long-hair-on-women/790966 "2019-11-08T02:22:53Z")
I always assumed that shoulder length was the universal baseline for long hair, but after hanging out in hair care forums it seems that a lot of people think hair isn’t long until it reaches at least mid-back. What say y… --- ## [Heating question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heating-question/843062)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heating-question/843062 "2019-11-08T01:04:02Z")
Inside temperature is 68 degrees, thermostat is set on 70 degrees, outside temp is 73 degrees. If door is left open for a few minutes is it wasting energy? --- ## [Is being a teacher so bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-a-teacher-so-bad/685543)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-a-teacher-so-bad/685543 "2019-11-08T00:53:22Z")
I have a friend who is a teacher and is looking to get out of the profession. She likes the kids (mostly) but what with the meddlesome parents, bad administration, unrealistic expectations, and tuned out coworkers, she’… --- ## [Gifts at the nursing home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-at-the-nursing-home/843149)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-at-the-nursing-home/843149 "2019-11-08T00:50:02Z")
My uncle is in a publicly funded memory unit at a nursing home. And that’s a good thing. He’s cray. He is well attended, and safe, and relatively happy, and even likes the food from the “mess hall,” because he’s pretty s… --- ## [Which of these do you consider offal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-consider-offal/842963)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-do-you-consider-offal/842963 "2019-11-07T19:50:07Z")
Based on your personal understanding, which of the items in this poll would you classify as offal? --- ## [On self-efficacy in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-self-efficacy-in-the-world/842949)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-self-efficacy-in-the-world/842949 "2019-11-07T19:08:54Z")
Pick a statement. Which one resonates with you the most? Feel free to give reasons if you like (Poll options coming) --- ## [Please recommend a food vacuum sealer machine that doesn't suck / is not a total waste of money.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-food-vacuum-sealer-machine-that-doesnt-suck-is-not-a-total-waste-of-money/843004)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-food-vacuum-sealer-machine-that-doesnt-suck-is-not-a-total-waste-of-money/843004 "2019-11-07T18:53:52Z")
A year or so ago I bought a Foodsaver vacuum sealer (that specific model, in fact). We buy bulk stuff at Costco and use the sealer to divide it up and put it in the freezer. We use if for hamburger, sausage, roasts, deli… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=359)