# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=359 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 360 --- ## [Modern Monetary Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-monetary-theory/843097)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-monetary-theory/843097 "2019-11-07T17:17:03Z")
Just a thread for people’s opinion on Modern Monetary Theory. Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a heterodox economic theory purporting to describe how money really works. Unfortunately it appears Cecil never did a column,… --- ## [Does anyone have any advice on how to not think about a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-advice-on-how-to-not-think-about-a-thing/843001)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-advice-on-how-to-not-think-about-a-thing/843001 "2019-11-07T16:27:41Z")
Going through some medical things and found out that I am claustrophobic. Well, maybe not all tight spaces but for sure MRI machines. I lived through the lumbar one which they put you in feet first. I was not at all happ… --- ## [What might this effort look like, to pursue improving my neck and nerve issues with distant doctors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-this-effort-look-like-to-pursue-improving-my-neck-and-nerve-issues-with-distant-doctors/843126)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-this-effort-look-like-to-pursue-improving-my-neck-and-nerve-issues-with-distant-doctors/843126 "2019-11-07T16:25:40Z")
I’m trying to figure out what it might look like to make a more concerted effort to improve my neck and my nerve functions. I’m 62 and have degenerative disk disease, which in my neck is doing enough damage to result in … --- ## [Furniture advice - pros and cons of buying new vs second-hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-advice-pros-and-cons-of-buying-new-vs-second-hand/842873)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furniture-advice-pros-and-cons-of-buying-new-vs-second-hand/842873 "2019-11-07T14:59:31Z")
I have an opportunity to buy a second-hand dresser that is described as “Kling #505, manufactured during 1950’s, 10 dovetailed drawers, solid cherry, excellent condition, recently refinished, on wheels, 56"width x 21"de… --- ## [Request for book recommendations - modern medicine/psychology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-book-recommendations-modern-medicine-psychology/843121)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-book-recommendations-modern-medicine-psychology/843121 "2019-11-07T13:55:44Z")
I’m interested in doing some reading about trends in modern medicine. I find myself interested in the weight that is given to an individual’s self report of symptoms - especially in conditions with few clear objective f… --- ## [Have you used Greyhound lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-used-greyhound-lately/843040)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-used-greyhound-lately/843040 "2019-11-07T11:42:11Z")
I am considering traveling by Greyhound from Virginia Beach to Portland around May 8th to see sights, get rest and catch up on my reading, and I would like info and opinions from those who have traveled this way recently.… --- ## [Has anyone here ever been in an actual food fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-in-an-actual-food-fight/842577)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-been-in-an-actual-food-fight/842577 "2019-11-07T05:09:46Z")
Food fights are one of those things that are constantly in movies and TV shows and yet I’ve never seen one happen in real life once, nor has anyone I ever asked. Is this some weird thing that used to happen all the time… --- ## [Things that make you go lol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-go-lol/842959)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-go-lol/842959 "2019-11-06T22:57:04Z")
I’m taking a stand-up class at Second City Chicago. Turns out it’s mostly about writing. One exercise was coming up with topics we thought had potential to be humorous. Not jokes, just topics. I’d love to get some ideas… --- ## [Restoring a leather jacket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-a-leather-jacket/843039)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-a-leather-jacket/843039 "2019-11-06T22:13:21Z")
Over the weekend I pulled out a footlocker and looked inside. There was a very nice lambskin G-1 flight jacket in it. Unfortunately, the old house has damp spots and the footlocker was in one of them. The jacket has a… --- ## [Decent waterproof phone/watch with GPS tracking for a kiddo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-waterproof-phone-watch-with-gps-tracking-for-a-kiddo/843056)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-waterproof-phone-watch-with-gps-tracking-for-a-kiddo/843056 "2019-11-06T19:54:19Z")
Having trouble finding what I’m looking for. I want to get my 9 y/o a watch that is waterproof, can make and receive calls, and that I can track on my phone. Bonus if it has a camera and can do video chat. Bonus bonus i… --- ## [Please help me locate this story - originally in Readers' Digest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-locate-this-story-originally-in-readers-digest/843023)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-locate-this-story-originally-in-readers-digest/843023 "2019-11-06T15:50:44Z")
The story titled ‘Watches of the Night’ appeared in the Readers’ Digest magazine in the late 80s I think. The short story is about a woman author reflecting on the loss of loved ones in the wee hours of the morning, unab… --- ## [How many women have done porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-have-done-porn/469953)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-women-have-done-porn/469953 "2019-11-06T05:25:04Z")
No, no – not a poll asking if YOU, dear reader, have done porn. I’m wondering how many women have had actual explicit sex on camera for money, ever. Now, this isn’t in GQ because I realize that we’re not going to get an… --- ## [Ob/Gyn care for new immigrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ob-gyn-care-for-new-immigrant/843000)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ob-gyn-care-for-new-immigrant/843000 "2019-11-06T01:29:17Z")
One of my CNAs has a friend who recently arrived from Cameroon and found she is pregnant.\* She is currently jobless and is seeking affordable prenatal care. I suggested Medicaid but is there a better path? This happ… --- ## [Is there a profession that it's a great time to be right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-profession-that-its-a-great-time-to-be-right-now/842597)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-profession-that-its-a-great-time-to-be-right-now/842597 "2019-11-06T00:52:48Z")
I was talking with a colleague last week about how most of our fellow doctors are pretty miserable. Over the last couple of decades we’ve ceded a lot of the control to big corporate entities, so we’re just widget-generat… --- ## [Do 1-inch free weight plates above 25lbs exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-1-inch-free-weight-plates-above-25lbs-exist/842997)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-1-inch-free-weight-plates-above-25lbs-exist/842997 "2019-11-05T23:53:47Z")
I’d like my barbell to stand a little higher above the ground than 25lbs plate allow. Is there a way to do that? I’ve tried finding free weight plates above 25lbs since they tend to have a wider diameter but I haven’t b… --- ## [Why were the Countries of Europe so Helpless and Did Nothing to Resist Nazi Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-countries-of-europe-so-helpless-and-did-nothing-to-resist-nazi-germany/842958)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-countries-of-europe-so-helpless-and-did-nothing-to-resist-nazi-germany/842958 "2019-11-05T22:33:34Z")
I am reading ‘the rise and fall of the third reich’. I got the impression Hitler talked and bluffed his way to most of Europe. This question has two parts. Why does it seem like all the other countries have leaders wh… --- ## [Are there any Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express type places in Iceland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hampton-inn-holiday-inn-express-type-places-in-iceland/842897)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hampton-inn-holiday-inn-express-type-places-in-iceland/842897 "2019-11-05T19:43:26Z")
Places that have things like free parking, and a free hot breakfast bar; priced high enough to keep out the riff raff but not so high as to be considered luxury places, located near a highway exit on the outskirts of tow… --- ## [The Sealioning Comic (original source matl)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sealioning-comic-original-source-matl/842792)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sealioning-comic-original-source-matl/842792 "2019-11-05T17:48:28Z")
From the OP on the concurrent Sealioning thread, this comic strip is identified as the source of the concept and term. I do not wish to post about Sealioning itself. And I’m able to grasp the concept from the comic str… --- ## [Nude Praying.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-praying/842975)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nude-praying/842975 "2019-11-05T16:22:30Z")
True story. When I was a little kid, I apparently prayed often. I was brought up Roman Catholic. Anyway, sometimes I’d find myself on the toilet. And I would cease praying reasoning God didn’t want me to pray naked. I do… --- ## [Excruciatingly Hot, Burning Surge up the Back of the Neck/Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excruciatingly-hot-burning-surge-up-the-back-of-the-neck-head/426545)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excruciatingly-hot-burning-surge-up-the-back-of-the-neck-head/426545 "2019-11-05T15:11:48Z")
Since I was a youngin’, every so often (maybe once a year), if I tweak my head the wrong way (and it doesn’t seem at all as if I’m really over extending my neck), I’ll get in almost incapacitating painful, hot surge the … --- ## [2009 Toyota Camry ABS, VSC, Skid Control lights on. Trying to DIY and fix it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-toyota-camry-abs-vsc-skid-control-lights-on-trying-to-diy-and-fix-it/842603)
**Author:** [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-toyota-camry-abs-vsc-skid-control-lights-on-trying-to-diy-and-fix-it/842603 "2019-11-05T13:17:41Z")
I’ve got a 2009 Toyota Camry LE with the V6 engine in it. The car has a little over 300K miles on it, but still rides and drives like a dream. A month or so ago the ABS, stability control, and skid control lights would c… --- ## [Baldies, chrome domes, cue balls, come hither](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldies-chrome-domes-cue-balls-come-hither/842891)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldies-chrome-domes-cue-balls-come-hither/842891 "2019-11-05T11:10:49Z")
My genetics are writ in stone, and I long ago decided that I would skip ‘balding’ and go straight to ‘bald.’ That day has come and now my head is very cold at all times. I have a full beard and so it’s been a long time … --- ## [Small motor for powering a music box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-motor-for-powering-a-music-box/842703)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-motor-for-powering-a-music-box/842703 "2019-11-05T05:38:33Z")
I have a little hand-cranked music box like this. I’m thinking about adding a small motor and drive circuit and making a nice box for it with my laser cutter. This Youtube video shows one example of exactly what I’m try… --- ## [History question: Were drive in restaurants really that good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-question-were-drive-in-restaurants-really-that-good/842800)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-question-were-drive-in-restaurants-really-that-good/842800 "2019-11-05T02:52:20Z")
I really dont remember them. The TV show “Happy Days” was for the first season centered around one. The ones I know of are similar to say a Sonic. So what were they like? Was the food good? Were the carhops pretty gir… --- ## [Am I delusional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-delusional/842831)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-delusional/842831 "2019-11-05T01:04:34Z")
Okay, trying not to spin this. China Wife and I are toward the end of the divorce process in the US. One big factor. My eldest, came out as lesbian nearly 4 years ago. China Wife seems to think she is the victim of bei… --- ## [What's your dream (small) "master bath"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dream-small-master-bath/832258)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-dream-small-master-bath/832258 "2019-11-05T00:02:11Z")
Given a small master bath, 4’x5’ floorspace and a 3’ square shower, what little features, accents, materials, additions, colors would you use to make it “perfect”? We are about to cash out some equity in our poor little… --- ## [Halloween thread - Ghost stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-thread-ghost-stories/842665)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-thread-ghost-stories/842665 "2019-11-04T20:37:18Z")
Does anyone have any ghost stories they would like to share? I find this an interesting thread which I’ve seen other other boards. Some people its just an odd “things that go bump in the night” or some expereince when a… --- ## [What would the Republican argument be against putting people to work on our failing infrastructure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-republican-argument-be-against-putting-people-to-work-on-our-failing-infrastructure/842217)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-republican-argument-be-against-putting-people-to-work-on-our-failing-infrastructure/842217 "2019-11-04T17:35:03Z")
During the Democratic Primary debate on October 15, Sen. Bernie Sanders discussed putting jobless people to work on the U.S.'s crumbling infrastructure. As a matter of fact, Sen. Sanders introduced such a measure into Se… --- ## ["Trying to" is now "tryna"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-is-now-tryna/842623)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-is-now-tryna/842623 "2019-11-04T17:00:55Z")
As in “I’m tryna get the housework done fast…” Am I the last person to find this out? Sigh. --- ## [Office work vs restaurant work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-work-vs-restaurant-work/842642 "2019-11-04T08:25:05Z")
Caught up with a high school friend recently and we caught up with each other’s lives. We also compared notes on careers/work environments. Maybe this is a grass is greener on the other side situation, but let me ask fel… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=358) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=360)