# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=371 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 372 --- ## [Will a B.A. in Economics help me in the law enforcement world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-b-a-in-economics-help-me-in-the-law-enforcement-world/840248)
**Author:** [@bayestheoryIV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayestheoryIV)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-a-b-a-in-economics-help-me-in-the-law-enforcement-world/840248 "2019-09-16T20:38:54Z")
I’m almost done with my Economics degree and am deciding on career options. I wish to go in Economics-related field (Personal Banking) and a few others, but in case those don’t work out or I don’t fit in those profession… --- ## [Too afraid to speak up and now I may mess up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-afraid-to-speak-up-and-now-i-may-mess-up/840150)
**Author:** [@SummerIceWinter2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SummerIceWinter2)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-afraid-to-speak-up-and-now-i-may-mess-up/840150 "2019-09-16T20:22:21Z")
I’ve been working at Wendy’s for a year now and yesterday my manager said that from Friday and on I will now be working in Drive Thru as a Cashier. I have never been a cashier ever in my life! I have always worked around… --- ## [What's happening to the U.S. economy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-to-the-u-s-economy/839380)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-to-the-u-s-economy/839380 "2019-09-16T18:48:31Z")
Here’s a graph showing four interest rates over the past 45 years. Two weeks ago, the 30-year Treasury yield fell below 2% — that’s a record, son! — and the 30-year/1-year difference is on the verge of “inverting.” Ove… --- ## [mydailymoment.biz -- how are they getting through?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mydailymoment-biz-how-are-they-getting-through/840320)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mydailymoment-biz-how-are-they-getting-through/840320 "2019-09-16T16:45:32Z")
I started getting these daily emails from mail@mydailymoment.biz, usually with a recipe and links to several tabloid-style “news” stories. I had never to my knowledge requested to receive them; they have an unsubscribe l… --- ## [Is a recession coming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-recession-coming/840006)
**Author:** [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-recession-coming/840006 "2019-09-16T14:33:27Z")
I recently heard an economist on NPR say the yield curve has been “inverted” for the past three quarters in a row – a circumstance that preceded each of the last seven recessions. --- ## [HELP! Lunarpages was sold to HostPapa. :-(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-lunarpages-was-sold-to-hostpapa/840126)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-lunarpages-was-sold-to-hostpapa/840126 "2019-09-16T13:10:02Z")
I have a hobbyist site, in which I’ve invested much time, effort and emotion. I have a large number of files, some of them of largish size. I even have fans who appreciate my site! (If I had ads I might even be making… --- ## [Need help with elderly parent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-elderly-parent/840095)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-elderly-parent/840095 "2019-09-16T05:57:10Z")
My mom turned 82 this week. Physically, she’s getting weaker, she had stents placed 18 months ago, has somewhat high blood pressure, and tires easily. Fairly typical for an elderly woman. It’s not her physical wellbeing… --- ## [Why no further investigation on Epstein's wealth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-further-investigation-on-epsteins-wealth/840278)
**Author:** [@StuckinNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuckinNJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-further-investigation-on-epsteins-wealth/840278 "2019-09-15T19:19:17Z")
When everything was going down, there seemed to be lots of speculation and conjecture on the source of his wealth. Now it’s crickets… Outside of Les Wexner, no other known clients have been discovered. It takes a lot o… --- ## [Private pilots who will fly someone to a medical appointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-pilots-who-will-fly-someone-to-a-medical-appointment/755340)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-pilots-who-will-fly-someone-to-a-medical-appointment/755340 "2019-09-15T08:24:28Z")
I’m hoping someone here can point me in the right direction or give me some advice. I have a friend, mid-60s, who has multiple health problems that have left him very frail. He is considering going to Johns Hopkins wher… --- ## [Recommendations for "gender fluid, non-bianary" introduction links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-gender-fluid-non-bianary-introduction-links/839857)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-gender-fluid-non-bianary-introduction-links/839857 "2019-09-15T04:06:31Z")
Title kinda says it all. I want to educate myself in order to speak without inserting foot in mouth with people near and dear to me identifying as “gender fluid, non-bianary.” Would appreciate if you can share some infor… --- ## [What to do instead of sucking a butt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-instead-of-sucking-a-butt/840194)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-instead-of-sucking-a-butt/840194 "2019-09-15T02:01:07Z")
I am one of those annoying part time smokers. Left to my own devices I wouldn’t bother with the fags, but if I’m hanging out with a smoker I’ll bum one, and keep up cigarette for cigarette until we move on to something e… --- ## [Thought experiment: What if you had a billion dollars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-what-if-you-had-a-billion-dollars/835761)
**Author:** [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-what-if-you-had-a-billion-dollars/835761 "2019-09-15T01:12:21Z")
Being a poor PhD student (destitute, not a bad student), I was thinking, as perhaps some of us occasionally do, about how nice it would be to have a little more money. Then…how about adding enough to pay my debts? OK, … --- ## [Should all Federal prisoners be automatic "opt-ins" for organ donation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-all-federal-prisoners-be-automatic-opt-ins-for-organ-donation/840190)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-all-federal-prisoners-be-automatic-opt-ins-for-organ-donation/840190 "2019-09-14T22:46:38Z")
Would you approve of all Federal prisoners being an automatic “opt-in” for organ donations while serving their sentences? --- ## [How prestigious is the US News college rankings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prestigious-is-the-us-news-college-rankings/839940)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-prestigious-is-the-us-news-college-rankings/839940 "2019-09-14T14:58:54Z")
I didn’t even know that US News and World report still existed. But, I’m seeing a lot of chatter on social media about their college rankings which came out today. My own university, FSU, came in 18th for public schools … --- ## [Atheists: Would you \*prefer\* that a god exist or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-would-you-prefer-that-a-god-exist-or-not/839793)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-would-you-prefer-that-a-god-exist-or-not/839793 "2019-09-14T08:15:13Z")
Sidestepping the age-old debate of whether a god exists or not, I would like to ask: If you are atheist, would you \*\*\*prefer \*\*\*that a god exist or not? (Not going to elaborate about what such a god might be like - cou… --- ## [Legal opinion on Virginia law related to solar panels on residential units](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-opinion-on-virginia-law-related-to-solar-panels-on-residential-units/840104)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-opinion-on-virginia-law-related-to-solar-panels-on-residential-units/840104 "2019-09-14T00:55:44Z")
A Virginia law allows homeowners to install solar panels. Does this law allow my HOA rules to further restrict use or even prohibit solar panels? Virginia has a law allowing the owner of residential units to install sol… --- ## [Tarot Card readings and fortune tellings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarot-card-readings-and-fortune-tellings/840035)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarot-card-readings-and-fortune-tellings/840035 "2019-09-14T00:09:40Z")
I have a step niece who is starting some sort of business where she will do this. Once years ago at a Ren fest my gf at the time paid like $5 to do this. This is about my only experience with it. Anyone here have any e… --- ## [odd jury summons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-jury-summons/840168)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-jury-summons/840168 "2019-09-13T23:56:05Z")
While I was not at home, I received a jury summons from Flurm County District Court. On it, the qualifications for jury duty at the court house in Sprungfeld (a town not too far from me, closer than Tirith, the really bi… --- ## [Why are there so many "acting" officials in the Trump Admin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-acting-officials-in-the-trump-admin/840131)
**Author:** [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-acting-officials-in-the-trump-admin/840131 "2019-09-13T23:20:13Z")
I mean, it’s a Pub-controlled Senate. Shouldn’t he have an easy time getting his nominees confirmed? --- ## [Recommendation for Snow Removal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-snow-removal/840021)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-snow-removal/840021 "2019-09-13T22:52:02Z")
Believe it or not, I have lived in Montana for the past 10 years and have never needed a snowblower. My full-size truck had a 7-foot steel plow for my long asphalt driveway, and I used a snow shovel to deal with the deck… --- ## [Do lesbians/gay men put as much emphasis on sense of humor in one's partner as straight women do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lesbians-gay-men-put-as-much-emphasis-on-sense-of-humor-in-ones-partner-as-straight-women-do/840123)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-lesbians-gay-men-put-as-much-emphasis-on-sense-of-humor-in-ones-partner-as-straight-women-do/840123 "2019-09-13T20:54:59Z")
Most people would like a good sense of humor in their partner but I’ve heard it much more from straight women than from other demographic groups. Is it just confirmation bias? Something else? Is there something to this? … --- ## [Odd things you have accidentally photographed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-accidentally-photographed/839213)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-accidentally-photographed/839213 "2019-09-13T20:50:11Z")
Once at the beach from my hotel balcony I saw a large number of people gathered at the water’s edge a few hundred feet down the shore from the hotel. After a while they dispersed but a few hours later gathered again at t… --- ## [Towels smell musty only when wet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/towels-smell-musty-only-when-wet/840140)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/towels-smell-musty-only-when-wet/840140 "2019-09-13T17:13:36Z")
I have some towels that smell musty only when wet. They were damp for a couple days and started smelling musty, when I washed them they smelled fine, but as soon as they get wet 30 seconds later they smell musty again. I… --- ## [How did your parents meet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-parents-meet/839991)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-parents-meet/839991 "2019-09-13T13:11:20Z")
I asked my mum this and she told me that it was a Friday, she had been working all day and wasn’t feeling particularly well, when she went home that evening she had no intention of doing anything except having an early n… --- ## [Anybody Have a Purple Mattress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-purple-mattress/832427)
**Author:** [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-purple-mattress/832427 "2019-04-17T17:13:08Z")
I would love to hear your opinions. Please add what kind of sleeper you are (side or back) and how much you weigh. --- ## [Help with Athlete's Foot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-athletes-foot/839950)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-athletes-foot/839950 "2019-09-12T22:42:26Z")
So first of all, I have not seen my Dr. about this. I read that Athlete’s foot can normally be taken care of with over the counter products. I am a Boy Scout leader and early July was my troops week at summer camp. I … --- ## [Who has seen the Milky Way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-milky-way/839904)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-milky-way/839904 "2019-09-12T19:49:41Z")
When I was much younger, one of the greatest influences on my life was seeing the night sky and the Milky Way. Closest I ever came to religion. It saddens me to think that so many people have no idea of the grandeur of … --- ## [What are the dumbest questions you've been asked more than once?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dumbest-questions-youve-been-asked-more-than-once/839767)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-dumbest-questions-youve-been-asked-more-than-once/839767 "2019-09-12T18:57:31Z")
The fact that some employees were confused about Easter in this thread got me to thinking about stupid questions. Not stupid questions once person asked you once, but stupid questions you’ve unbelievably been asked by mu… --- ## [Spending time with old’uns vs. young’uns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-time-with-old-uns-vs-young-uns/840058)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spending-time-with-old-uns-vs-young-uns/840058 "2019-09-12T17:45:17Z")
My immediate family lives several states (a multiple hour plane ride) away: my parents and my sibling’s family, including two nephews, who are 12 and 10. My parents are getting up there in age, of course. I have extended… --- ## [Sexuality is False](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexuality-is-false/839799 "2019-09-12T17:24:29Z")
http://www.buddhism.org/?p=435 The link is saying that sexual desire is false and an illusion of sorts because it’s based on the false construct of a “self”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=372)