# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=37 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 38 --- ## [What do you teach your children about money, wealth, and personal finances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-money-wealth-and-personal-finances/1022975)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-teach-your-children-about-money-wealth-and-personal-finances/1022975 "2025-09-29T01:10:28Z")
In this thread @Spice\_Weasel made the following comment on how they teach their child about money… Similarly, there is this thread asking “What should schools be teaching” that focuses heavily on personal finances and … --- ## [Alternative to Fitbit Zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-fitbit-zip/1023447)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-fitbit-zip/1023447 "2025-09-28T17:58:37Z")
I’ve been using a Zip for 10 years. It meets my needs very well. It now only synchs the time, not my steps. There’s been less and less support for it from Fitbit and this tracker model hasn’t been available for years. It… --- ## [The Straight Dope Message Board Enemies List™](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-enemies-list/1023288)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-message-board-enemies-list/1023288 "2025-09-27T19:47:15Z")
In a thread about the guy who had the temerity to write a book titled “The Straight Dope” without being Cecil I suggested adding him to our Enemies List™. That got me thinking, who would be on it and in which order?. So… --- ## [Middle-aged guys: do you sweat a lot at the gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-guys-do-you-sweat-a-lot-at-the-gym/1023400)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-aged-guys-do-you-sweat-a-lot-at-the-gym/1023400 "2025-09-27T16:15:52Z")
i’m in my early 50s and i sweat A TON at the gym, particularly after lifting. i am not abnormally sweaty (i don’t think!) otherwise, no night sweats, etc. but leaving the gym today, my shirt and my gym towel are both f… --- ## [What would make computer clock go wonky?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-computer-clock-go-wonky/1023397)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-make-computer-clock-go-wonky/1023397 "2025-09-27T02:03:00Z")
About a month ago, running Win-10, the clock in the toolbar started randomly losing time, jumping back by 5 or 10 minutes. I could sync it and it would keep perfect time, but then jump back. Then I upgraded to Win-11 a… --- ## [Starbucks workers sue in three states over uncompensated change to dress code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-workers-sue-in-three-states-over-uncompensated-change-to-dress-code/1023164)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-workers-sue-in-three-states-over-uncompensated-change-to-dress-code/1023164 "2025-09-26T22:02:27Z")
Starbucks workers are suing the company for not compensating them for the cost of replacement clothes after changing the dress code. I hope they win. --- ## [Tell me about your experience with Fitness Trackers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-fitness-trackers/1023380)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-fitness-trackers/1023380 "2025-09-26T13:29:43Z")
I am reading reviews of Fitness Trackers. I know Fitbit is popular and has been available for over a decade. I’m strongly considering the Samsung because it links with their Android phones. Do you wear a Fitness Tracke… --- ## [How is the iPhone spam call & text blocking these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-iphone-spam-call-text-blocking-these-days/1023401)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-iphone-spam-call-text-blocking-these-days/1023401 "2025-09-26T03:18:21Z")
Does anyone here have a relatively recent iPhone, from the last year or two? Doesn’t have to be the super recent one that just came out a few weeks ago, but something with spam call screening and spam text filtering? How… --- ## [Recommend a Good Topical Treatment for First-Degree Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-topical-treatment-for-first-degree-burns/1023350)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-topical-treatment-for-first-degree-burns/1023350 "2025-09-26T02:47:50Z")
…with some blistering. Yesterday, I scalded my right leg between the hip and the knee. I immediately sprayed it with cold water and applied an ice pack for an hour. I now have two quarter-sized patches on my leg where b… --- ## [Who are you loyal to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-loyal-to/1023152)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-loyal-to/1023152 "2025-09-25T22:31:55Z")
Loyalty is a strange concept, especially if you look at it in terms of priorities and conflicts. There is loyalty to your country, your family, your spouse, your kids, your siblings, your job, your profession, your relig… --- ## [What's the deal with the rich angry white dude (usually conservative or right wing) archtype?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-rich-angry-white-dude-usually-conservative-or-right-wing-archtype/1022589)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-rich-angry-white-dude-usually-conservative-or-right-wing-archtype/1022589 "2025-09-25T21:58:09Z")
Perhaps the best example of this is Donald Trump himself. But other examples would include prominent right-leaning self-help gurus or manosphere influencers such as Jordan Peterson, Dave Ramsey, Andrew Tate, Justin Wall… --- ## [New puppy, allergy (but not?) and ozone air cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-allergy-but-not-and-ozone-air-cleaner/1023360)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy-allergy-but-not-and-ozone-air-cleaner/1023360 "2025-09-25T21:49:45Z")
A pappy came into my life Aug 30th. An adorable beagle girl. She’s the fourth dog in my life. I’ve been going down in size as I age and while I don’t hunt, I hate small yapping rat dogs and I don’t want the hassle of a l… --- ## [What is the deal with being barefoot on a yacht?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-being-barefoot-on-a-yacht/1023006)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-being-barefoot-on-a-yacht/1023006 "2025-09-25T01:10:29Z")
I like watching some YouTube videos of yachts (living vicariously) and almost always the people showing the yacht are barefoot. Why? Do yacht owners make everyone take off their shoes before boarding? Do the owners onl… --- ## [Logistics of prayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistics-of-prayer/1023271)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistics-of-prayer/1023271 "2025-09-24T23:06:59Z")
I’ll try to be non offensive here, but I have some honest questions about people who pray. (I have never prayed, so forgive me). When someone says, “You’re in my prayers” or “I’ll pray for you,” do they mean it literal… --- ## [Please help me buy a Windows 11 Laptop (thanks all, ordered)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-buy-a-windows-11-laptop-thanks-all-ordered/1023311)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-buy-a-windows-11-laptop-thanks-all-ordered/1023311 "2025-09-24T19:39:10Z")
I need something light weight for travel with good battery life. It should be able to play basic games, nothing fancy. I live on a PC, so this will be my second computer, not prime. I figure: 1 TB SSD storage At lea… --- ## [What is the advantage of motorcycles with small wheels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-advantage-of-motorcycles-with-small-wheels/1022564)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-advantage-of-motorcycles-with-small-wheels/1022564 "2025-09-24T03:31:47Z")
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of motorcycles with (what appear to me to be) small wheels. These are some examples. At first I thought they were what we used to call minibikes, but they seem to be street legal and hig… --- ## [Hacked Email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacked-email/1023153)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hacked-email/1023153 "2025-09-23T19:06:07Z")
At work, we have been using Yahoo for email for many, many years. I have had this issue arise twice now, within a few weeks of one another. I sent an email to a customer regarding a past-due invoice. I asked if there wa… --- ## [Weird phone call from CVS(?) about genetic swab test they want to send me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-phone-call-from-cvs-about-genetic-swab-test-they-want-to-send-me/1023314)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-phone-call-from-cvs-about-genetic-swab-test-they-want-to-send-me/1023314 "2025-09-23T17:27:09Z")
I just had a call, supposedly from CVS and an 800 number, where they pretty nearly insisted that they were going to send me a mouth swab genetic test, because all senior citizens over the age of 65 are eligible for predi… --- ## [Can AI Ever Be Secure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ai-ever-be-secure/1023315)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-ai-ever-be-secure/1023315 "2025-09-23T15:33:17Z")
This Economist article argues (probably) no. That a system which has access to everything will always be exploitable. I enjoy reading about AI but my knowledge of cybersecurity and computer science is both dated and li… --- ## [College guests speakers, back then Vs today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-guests-speakers-back-then-vs-today/1023133)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-guests-speakers-back-then-vs-today/1023133 "2025-09-23T00:32:17Z")
Even before Charles Kirk, YouTube had videos of similar personalities visiting university auditoria, like Ben Shapiro, or the strange event featuring Milo Yiannopoulos, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Steven Crowder that led… --- ## [My Apple Watch calendar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apple-watch-calendar/1023269)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apple-watch-calendar/1023269 "2025-09-22T15:53:45Z")
My watch is displaying the week as MTWTFSS instead of SMTWTFS like everything else. What’s up with that? --- ## [Resubscribing to the Washington Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resubscribing-to-the-washington-post/1022946)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resubscribing-to-the-washington-post/1022946 "2025-09-22T00:33:22Z")
I picked up a subscription shortly after Trump was elected the first time, and really appreciated the paper. I dropped it when Bezos tried hard enough to kill it that a lot of the best reporters left. But they are still … --- ## [Plase recommend a solution for my password management needs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plase-recommend-a-solution-for-my-password-management-needs/1023259)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plase-recommend-a-solution-for-my-password-management-needs/1023259 "2025-09-21T18:25:14Z")
I use Firefox as a browser under an account that syncs across all my devices (an iPhone and several Windows machines), and I also use its built-in password manager (which used to be called Lockwise but is now simply the … --- ## [Quirky/Oddly Specific Things You're Attracted To](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-oddly-specific-things-youre-attracted-to/1022815)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-oddly-specific-things-youre-attracted-to/1022815 "2025-09-21T17:31:27Z")
Just about everyone is drawn to physical indicators of health (clear skin, good teeth, etc.). And I haven’t met anyone who wasn’t drawn to confidence, intelligence, and a sense of humor. But what I’m interested in is c… --- ## [Wedding vows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-vows/1023248)
**Author:** [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-vows/1023248 "2025-09-21T11:15:50Z")
I am eloping soon. This is not a seat- of -the -pants thing. “Mrs. Trees” and I have been living in sin for 20 years. We’ve only recently gotten a little sense of taking life seriously. We are to be wed 2 weeks from now… --- ## [Cleaning mold on furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-mold-on-furniture/1023178)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-mold-on-furniture/1023178 "2025-09-20T15:41:07Z")
I just realized that a chair I own similar to this one has white spots (on black fabric) that look like mold to me. Ignoring how it got there for the purposes of this thread (I think I just sat back in it while my back … --- ## [Had you heard of Charlie Kirk before he was killed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-you-heard-of-charlie-kirk-before-he-was-killed/1023003)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-you-heard-of-charlie-kirk-before-he-was-killed/1023003 "2025-09-20T14:47:36Z")
poll No political discussion, no gun control discussion, not even any suspect or assassination discussion, please… Just one, simple question: Who here had NOT heard of Charlie Kirk before he was killed? Raise your hand… --- ## [Starship keeps exploding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-keeps-exploding/1018911)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-keeps-exploding/1018911 "2025-09-20T03:43:10Z")
SpaceX blew up another Starship. Like… Mercury, Gemini and Apollo didn’t blow up four or five times. The shuttle program killed two shuttles’ worth of astronauts, but that was over 100 missions. And it still wasn’t ac… --- ## [For those that walk outside regularly. Prefer winter or summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-walk-outside-regularly-prefer-winter-or-summer/1023074)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-that-walk-outside-regularly-prefer-winter-or-summer/1023074 "2025-09-19T15:23:55Z")
This is a binary choice, no spring/fall bullshit. I’d rather be wearing boots/coat/gloves/scarf walking in snow. --- ## [Recommendation for a lock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-a-lock/1023107)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-a-lock/1023107 "2025-09-19T12:43:43Z")
I live in a condo. The management wants to have a key for each apartment in case of smoke detector inspection or something similar. However the previous occupant replaced the lock with a Medeco lock and gave the manage… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=38)