# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=36 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 37 --- ## [Do you wash food with Soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-food-with-soap/1023771)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wash-food-with-soap/1023771 "2025-10-09T17:21:13Z")
We’ve had the discussion about washing food: that had input from someone in the farm sector, and transport sector, and retail sector, and they were unanimous that, having seen the way fresh food was treated in their sect… --- ## [Imagine360, a third party health insurance administrator? Experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine360-a-third-party-health-insurance-administrator-experiences/1023825)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine360-a-third-party-health-insurance-administrator-experiences/1023825 "2025-10-09T17:13:09Z")
Our company is switching to this thing. They use “reference based pricing” and the information rolled out is short on any details. Widespread anxiety among all employees about it. Any experience or knowledge about it am… --- ## [Verbing \*Gaslight\* (open spoilers for an 81-yr-old movie whose plot is part of common parlance)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbing-gaslight-open-spoilers-for-an-81-yr-old-movie-whose-plot-is-part-of-common-parlance/1023701)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbing-gaslight-open-spoilers-for-an-81-yr-old-movie-whose-plot-is-part-of-common-parlance/1023701 "2025-10-09T17:09:00Z")
I know there are opinions out there to the effect that native speakers can’t make errors, and words mean whatever we want them go mean. I’m aware of them. I still want to talk about whether we are getting full value out… --- ## [Anyone Use Ooma VoIP Telephone Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-ooma-voip-telephone-service/1023723)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-ooma-voip-telephone-service/1023723 "2025-10-09T12:46:12Z")
Yes, there is a previous topic started on this. In 2007. With no responses. So I’m trying again. Does anyone have experience with this company and their VoIP systems? If yes, I’d love to hear about them. Thanks! --- ## [Claymore anti personnel mine question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claymore-anti-personnel-mine-question/1023728)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claymore-anti-personnel-mine-question/1023728 "2025-10-09T01:59:46Z")
In a very tense scene in a Vietnam war movie (Platoon?) the protagonist is on forward watch one night when the shadowy figure of an enemy soldier slowly emerges from the misty underbrush and approaches him. Our guy glanc… --- ## [Did this person commit a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-person-commit-a-crime/1023476)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-person-commit-a-crime/1023476 "2025-10-08T10:15:02Z")
There was a story on Reddit where someone was overpaid in their account on a Friday by $180,000. They were supposed to get 20k and got 200k. They had the idea that they can gamble the overpayment over the weekend, win an… --- ## [All about small military drones ( below 200# payload )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-small-military-drones-below-200-payload/1023760)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-small-military-drones-below-200-payload/1023760 "2025-10-07T21:47:39Z")
I am curious about everything concerning the drones, cost, effectiveness, and damage to payload ratios. How you, think they possibly could be applied? Just anything? --- ## [How to go about assassinating somebody? {with a squirt gun, this is from 2010}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-go-about-assassinating-somebody-with-a-squirt-gun-this-is-from-2010/550181)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-go-about-assassinating-somebody-with-a-squirt-gun-this-is-from-2010/550181 "2025-10-07T14:41:02Z")
…with a squirt gun, that is. Monday morning is the start of the DC CouchSurfer’s “Water Gun Assassination Game”. All the participants provided a photo, home address, work address, full name, and phone number. I’ll rec… --- ## [When do you quit sending holiday cards to non-responsive family/friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-quit-sending-holiday-cards-to-non-responsive-family-friends/1023678)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-quit-sending-holiday-cards-to-non-responsive-family-friends/1023678 "2025-10-07T12:24:56Z")
poll I’m looking for opinions here. I’ve got a lot of extended family that I haven’t heard from in awhile. Holiday cards ain’t cheap. Postage ain’t cheap either. I usually get pre-printed cards and hand-address each e… --- ## [Tony Blair is back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blair-is-back/1023543)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blair-is-back/1023543 "2025-10-06T22:43:23Z")
Something for UK Dopers: This is rather terrifying. Blair is not going back into politics directly, but according to this, his Institute is increasingly influential, and his ideas even more so. And he doesn’t believe… --- ## [Must things to do in Mexico City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-things-to-do-in-mexico-city/1023689)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-things-to-do-in-mexico-city/1023689 "2025-10-06T20:38:15Z")
In a few months I am traveling to Mexico City with some friends. This is meant to be a fun trip (not business). Any recommendations of things I really should not miss (food or museum or whatever)? I have, of course, s… --- ## [Are call in debate shows (e.g. atheist experience) a positive thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-call-in-debate-shows-e-g-atheist-experience-a-positive-thing/1023669)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-call-in-debate-shows-e-g-atheist-experience-a-positive-thing/1023669 "2025-10-05T19:08:58Z")
I used to be a big fan of The Atheist Experience, and I still enjoy shows like Deconstruction Zone. Basically theists call in, and the atheist host has a bit of a debate with them. It can be entirely civil, and you get … --- ## [Does my dog know he is deaf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-dog-know-he-is-deaf/1023591)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-dog-know-he-is-deaf/1023591 "2025-10-05T16:45:44Z")
Over the past year or 2 my 5-yr-old goldendoodle has gone pretty much stone deaf. He responds to a loud percussive clap, but that is about it. My question is, does he remember that he used to be able to hear? Is he aw… --- ## [Got any good jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-jokes/1023685)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-any-good-jokes/1023685 "2025-10-05T12:47:02Z")
I thought we had a thread for this but if we do, it is some years old. I searched for jokes in the title. So, Dopers, ya got any good jokes? You get points if it can be told in mixed company, and plus-plus points if it… --- ## [USB Fingerprint Readers for Dummy (Me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-fingerprint-readers-for-dummy-me/1023681)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-fingerprint-readers-for-dummy-me/1023681 "2025-10-05T02:43:21Z")
Just to get something out of the way, I freely admit that I don’t really understand passkeys (which doesn’t bother me as much as it probably should, given that every organization / web page / whatever seems to be going a… --- ## [Waving at trains and boats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waving-at-trains-and-boats/1021080)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waving-at-trains-and-boats/1021080 "2025-10-04T21:16:22Z")
Why do people feel impelled to wave at at a train(or boat)-load of complete strangers (and vice versa) but usually not people in cars and buses? (Just idly musing on a tour by rail of the Scottish Highlands) --- ## [How do you decide when it's time to get rid of your vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-when-its-time-to-get-rid-of-your-vehicle/1021864)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-decide-when-its-time-to-get-rid-of-your-vehicle/1021864 "2025-10-04T20:11:48Z")
My husband and I have had this conversation many times, always about my car because I choose to drive them till they die while he freaks out as the mileage approaches 100K. (So my 220K Sonata is making him crazy.) Since … --- ## [Positive masculinity and positive femininity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-masculinity-and-positive-femininity/1023566)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-masculinity-and-positive-femininity/1023566 "2025-10-04T00:30:48Z")
Any difference in the sets of characteristics between the two? Or are they just filtered by how the same characteristics gets expressed by gender? Dedication to family. More emphasis on providing and defending as mascul… --- ## [Here’s what I do for passwords. Thoughts? Secure enough, or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-what-i-do-for-passwords-thoughts-secure-enough-or-no/1023263)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-what-i-do-for-passwords-thoughts-secure-enough-or-no/1023263 "2025-10-04T00:26:33Z")
I’d be interested in learning what the wise sages here think of this. Similar to the @Schnitte thread but I didn’t want to hijack it, here ➜ Plase recommend a solution for my password management needs ■ I don’t use any… --- ## [How often do you poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-poop/1021880)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-poop/1021880 "2025-10-03T04:15:46Z")
When I was a kid, my grandparents made it a point to inquire about the status of your “B.M.” (Bowel movement). This group leans older, right? Old people care about pooping. And for good reason! Few things are as sati… --- ## [Analyzing AI for accuracy of God(s) of various faiths, and AI honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analyzing-ai-for-accuracy-of-god-s-of-various-faiths-and-ai-honesty/1023095)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analyzing-ai-for-accuracy-of-god-s-of-various-faiths-and-ai-honesty/1023095 "2025-10-03T00:09:34Z")
Background for those who know me you know I am a strong believer in Lord Jesus but don’t always agree with the common religiosity involved around Christianity. I’m also a Chaplain and as such I am there to meet the peopl… --- ## [Can someone explain the price difference in these two Anker power banks - need answer fastish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-price-difference-in-these-two-anker-power-banks-need-answer-fastish/1023489)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-price-difference-in-these-two-anker-power-banks-need-answer-fastish/1023489 "2025-10-02T13:03:13Z")
This one is $229 - Amazon.com: Anker Prime Power Bank, 26,250mAh 3-Port Portable Charger with 300W Max Output, Two-Way Charging, TSA-Approved, App Control, for MacBook, iPhone 17/16 Series, and More (Base Not Included) :… --- ## [SoCal, West Coast Dopers: What Do You Call A Supermarket/Grocery Store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-west-coast-dopers-what-do-you-call-a-supermarket-grocery-store/989143)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socal-west-coast-dopers-what-do-you-call-a-supermarket-grocery-store/989143 "2025-10-02T12:22:04Z")
I’ve noticed in sitcoms that the characters will say they’re going to “the market” when the context suggests a supermarket, or a grocery store, or a big box retailer. They did this on Modern Family, which is specifically… --- ## [Fasting Blood Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fasting-blood-test/1023580)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fasting-blood-test/1023580 "2025-10-02T10:30:27Z")
I got off work today at 0700, and went to breakfast at a diner, after which I kept a 0815 cardiologist appointment. It went well, and the doc closed it out by ordering a CBC panel and a lipid panel and sending me to the … --- ## [How many kitty cats would it take to kill a person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kitty-cats-would-it-take-to-kill-a-person/1023418)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-kitty-cats-would-it-take-to-kill-a-person/1023418 "2025-10-02T01:18:29Z")
The wee beasties can certainly be vicious but the problem I see would be that a typical cat can’t deliver a killing bite to the throat. I’m thinking of the scene in Jurassic Park where Wayne Knight is attacked by a bunch… --- ## [Paypal account limited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-account-limited/1023493)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-account-limited/1023493 "2025-10-01T22:41:34Z")
I’ve been using this particular paypal account for like a year. It’s the one that pays all my streaming services (automatic recurring payments) and steam games. Just tried to buy Icarus on Steam and paypal rejected it. H… --- ## [Outside of English, does your language have an equivalent to “rolling in \[one’s\] grave”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-of-english-does-your-language-have-an-equivalent-to-rolling-in-one-s-grave/1023437)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-of-english-does-your-language-have-an-equivalent-to-rolling-in-one-s-grave/1023437 "2025-10-01T05:52:56Z")
Here in English, we have a delightful turn of phrase. If the memory, legacy, example, values, etc. of a dead person are offended, then we say “\[offended dead person\] is rolling in their grave.” For example, tell your de… --- ## [The first against the wall will be …](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-against-the-wall-will-be/1023503)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-against-the-wall-will-be/1023503 "2025-09-30T17:14:10Z")
You merkin’s duely elected leader and his administration have committed many scurrilous acts of external and internal harm. The esteemed @Monty has documented so instances that lesser mortals strain to keep pace. I am c… --- ## [Seeking language learning websites or apps that DON'T use ai](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-language-learning-websites-or-apps-that-dont-use-ai/1020988)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-language-learning-websites-or-apps-that-dont-use-ai/1020988 "2025-09-29T18:12:58Z")
Hi, everybody. The question is pretty much there in the thread title - I’m looking for websites or apps for language learning that do not use artificial intelligence. Are there any Dopers out there who have any recomme… --- ## [How do you feel about converting to the Metric system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-converting-to-the-metric-system/978666)
**Author:** [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Replies:** 488\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-converting-to-the-metric-system/978666 "2025-09-29T03:59:25Z")
How do you feel about the Metric System? For those of you (like older Canadians) who started their lives on pounds, miles, Fahrenheit, and gallons, how painful was the switch to Metric? I remember visiting Canada some … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=37)