# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=376 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 377 --- ## [Do you have a social security card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-social-security-card/838943)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-social-security-card/838943 "2019-08-25T00:24:44Z")
Obviously directed at US-types. Not asking about a SS number, but do you have the little piece of cardboard? Feel free to add your age, whether you got a replacement for some reason, where you keep it, etc. I’ve encou… --- ## [Where do you really want to go sightseeing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059 "2019-08-24T23:36:12Z")
Let’s say you get a free week to go sightseeing anywhere in the world, and it has to be somewhere you’ve never been to before: Where do you go? I would love to spend a week relaxing and sightseeing in Catalonia. --- ## [What happened Aug-Nov 2011?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-aug-nov-2011/839187)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-aug-nov-2011/839187 "2019-08-24T22:40:33Z")
Hi. I’m puzzling over something in historical right-track/wrong-track US polls. Generally, the sentiment is negative (wrong track) and this is normal. As I write this, it’s at 57.6% negative, which is about normal or eve… --- ## [Advice for weaning off an MMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-weaning-off-an-mmo/839178)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-weaning-off-an-mmo/839178 "2019-08-24T22:05:59Z")
Pretty much what it says in the title: I’m a freelancer, and I work from home. I’ve got an MMO that has some pretty addictive mechanics for keeping players coming back daily (Rift), and I really -do- enjoy playing it. Th… --- ## [Silent men, do you like talkative women? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-men-do-you-like-talkative-women-why/838647)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-men-do-you-like-talkative-women-why/838647 "2019-08-24T22:02:43Z")
I’m a either great conversationalist and/or a motormouthing Maynard, depending on who you ask. With my talkative friends, male or female, there’s usually a good rhythm of give and take in our conversations. However, I … --- ## [Mutli-lingual US Army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutli-lingual-us-army/839094)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutli-lingual-us-army/839094 "2019-08-24T15:24:59Z")
Anybody have any opinion on how the Army/Navy/Marines is making out with the Spanish speaking intake, and what the plans are? I ask after hearing an Army officer speak of the difficulty he had doing his job but not bein… --- ## [If and when negative interest rates come to America, what will you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-and-when-negative-interest-rates-come-to-america-what-will-you-do/839141)
**Author:** [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-and-when-negative-interest-rates-come-to-america-what-will-you-do/839141 "2019-08-24T10:02:58Z")
Many You-Tube links have been predicting this for quite some time now. Seen where Yahoo just had an article on it today. I will pull it all out, that part is sure. At 61, I’m going to also rebuild my place in the mount… --- ## [Why does caffeine have no effect on me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-caffeine-have-no-effect-on-me/839149)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-caffeine-have-no-effect-on-me/839149 "2019-08-24T08:11:24Z")
I can drink three mugs of very strong coffee… and then go to sleep. It doesn’t keep me awake or make me jittery. The only effect I’ve ever felt was when I hadn’t had any for a few years. The first cup kinda perked me up.… --- ## [Is Law School Worth It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-law-school-worth-it/838821)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-law-school-worth-it/838821 "2019-08-24T06:52:36Z")
I apologize if this was covered before, and the question is being asked in good faith. I read a lot of random books, and one of them was by a law professor (Campos) who argued going to law school was a bad idea for many… --- ## [Does anyone have any experience with Fundrise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-experience-with-fundrise/839056)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-any-experience-with-fundrise/839056 "2019-08-24T06:32:12Z")
A coworker asked on this and I’ve done a little research. All of the reviews I’ve seen come across as paid promotion. It seems they buy commercial real estate (through eREITs (REIT ETFs it seems) and eFunds (whatever t… --- ## [Will Trump try and annex Greenland if Denmark persist in refusing to sell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-try-and-annex-greenland-if-denmark-persist-in-refusing-to-sell/839002 "2019-08-24T01:37:45Z")
What you all think? Personally I am leaning to yes. --- ## [You ever ponder what your young self would think of you now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-ponder-what-your-young-self-would-think-of-you-now/839052)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-ever-ponder-what-your-young-self-would-think-of-you-now/839052 "2019-08-24T01:29:23Z")
Do you have an internal seventeen-year-old you, a five-year-old you, etc, through whose eyes you see your current self on occasion? Do you use this to question whether you’ve drifted far afield from who you considered y… --- ## [Tingling Hands After Exhale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tingling-hands-after-exhale/541352)
**Author:** [@jsmaine22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsmaine22)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tingling-hands-after-exhale/541352 "2019-08-24T01:28:26Z")
This has happened to me since I was in high school, but I think for many years didn’t recur. Lately, I am noticing it more. When I take an deep involuntary breath or sigh, at the point I finish my exhalation there is a l… --- ## [Getting into basic woodworking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-basic-woodworking/805363)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-into-basic-woodworking/805363 "2019-08-23T23:57:26Z")
I’ve always wanted to do woodworking. The thread about getting other hobbies inspired me to start this to try to get some advice. I would like to start learning. I’ve done a couple of small projects at a workshop a coup… --- ## [What Fruits Can Be Effectively Juiced Just By Squeezing the Fuck Out of Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fruits-can-be-effectively-juiced-just-by-squeezing-the-fuck-out-of-them/839119)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fruits-can-be-effectively-juiced-just-by-squeezing-the-fuck-out-of-them/839119 "2019-08-23T23:50:28Z")
I’ve got a handheld squeezer that I like. It’s similar to this one: It’s sold as a “Citrus Squeezer” but I’m going to start experimenting with it. I’m afraid I’ll quickly learn that… --- ## [Remember this childhood game? \[war on a folded piece of paper and a pencil\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-childhood-game-war-on-a-folded-piece-of-paper-and-a-pencil/839063)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-childhood-game-war-on-a-folded-piece-of-paper-and-a-pencil/839063 "2019-08-23T23:48:32Z")
When I was a kid in the 70s, I believe we called it “Star wars”. Basically, each kid takes a half of the paper. On each half, both players draw their ships (usually a bunch of X’s and H’s) To fire at the other ships, Y… --- ## [Does both Benadryl and Dramamine Work Equally on Vertigo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-both-benadryl-and-dramamine-work-equally-on-vertigo/838811)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-both-benadryl-and-dramamine-work-equally-on-vertigo/838811 "2019-08-23T23:11:41Z")
So, a couple days ago I rolled over in bed. Unfortunately, the room kept going round even after I stopped rolling. Damn vertigo! Yeah, real unpleasant even in a relatively minor form, like what you get from food poiso… --- ## [How Would You Pick A Doctor (Not Medical Advice)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-pick-a-doctor-not-medical-advice/839131)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-pick-a-doctor-not-medical-advice/839131 "2019-08-23T22:59:58Z")
I trust the Admin understands this is not seeking medical advice, per se. Two-part question: (A) My daughter is in need of a second opinion. She has a handful of doctors from which to pick, but she wants to make sure t… --- ## ["Don't scream, until I stop."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-scream-until-i-stop/839013)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-scream-until-i-stop/839013 "2019-08-23T19:07:13Z")
This wandered into my head as a sort of punchline looking for a setup, but I have no idea what to do with it. It sounds like a music lyric to me. Maybe from a Death Metal tune or a particularly rude Punk love song. I’m… --- ## [Dental Implants - is it supposed to feel weird when you chew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants-is-it-supposed-to-feel-weird-when-you-chew/648645)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implants-is-it-supposed-to-feel-weird-when-you-chew/648645 "2019-08-23T18:37:11Z")
Dentist put the porcelain crown on my implant post last Thursday. Overall a expensive 6 month project, but thankfully pain free. Except, it feels weird chewing on that implant. There’s no pain. It’s more of a pressure s… --- ## [Surgery question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surgery-question/838737)
**Author:** [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surgery-question/838737 "2019-08-23T14:06:26Z")
Next week I am going in for elbow surgery to fix chronic tendinitis. The doctor is asking if I want “biologic” treatments done at time of surgery, but isn’t providing much information on the 2 options. One is called pla… --- ## [Painters! Applying urethane alkyd enamel on cabinets. Ok without a sprayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painters-applying-urethane-alkyd-enamel-on-cabinets-ok-without-a-sprayer/839085)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painters-applying-urethane-alkyd-enamel-on-cabinets-ok-without-a-sprayer/839085 "2019-08-23T13:25:32Z")
I am ready to paint my cabinets this weekend, and after looking at a lot of different paints I have chosen Behr’s urethane alkyd enamel. Sounds like it’s great for an application like cabinets, and initially I really wa… --- ## [Just how advanced is modern technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-advanced-is-modern-technology/838644)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-advanced-is-modern-technology/838644 "2019-08-23T12:31:37Z")
If you had to score planet Earth as a whole on how advanced its technology is what would you rate it? --- ## [Has anyone done a LS conversion in their truck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-done-a-ls-conversion-in-their-truck/838890)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-done-a-ls-conversion-in-their-truck/838890 "2019-08-23T00:10:48Z")
I recently acquired a really sweet all original 1981 Chevrolet C20 Silverado 3/4 Ton truck from a business across the parking lot from my work for a song. They only used it to move traffic cones from job site to job sit… --- ## [Peripheral Neuropathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-neuropathy/839064)
**Author:** [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-neuropathy/839064 "2019-08-22T21:01:05Z")
I have peripheral neuropathy and I don’t know why. But I might know why, but it just seems too weird and random. Back in the fall, I noticed that my feet had become very sensitive and all my shoes felt like they were ru… --- ## [Now That We're Allowed To Talk About Cannabis Use, Let's Talk About Cannabis Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-were-allowed-to-talk-about-cannabis-use-lets-talk-about-cannabis-use/837890)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-were-allowed-to-talk-about-cannabis-use-lets-talk-about-cannabis-use/837890 "2019-08-22T15:55:41Z")
In an ATMB thread that is no longer on the front page, a moderator said that the team has decided to loosen up on the rules about talking about ganja, thanks in no small part to the fact that it’s about to be legal in Ch… --- ## [Greenland To Buy The US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenland-to-buy-the-us/839026)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greenland-to-buy-the-us/839026 "2019-08-22T13:38:12Z")
A satire piece is spreading around social media with the claim that Greenland has offered to buy the US. Assuming that any thing that is owned can be bought and sold, what would that look like? Let’s say that the sale h… --- ## [Fully disabled veterans student loan debt will be forgiven.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-disabled-veterans-student-loan-debt-will-be-forgiven/839034)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-disabled-veterans-student-loan-debt-will-be-forgiven/839034 "2019-08-22T12:28:59Z")
This appears to be a well thought out solution that will help our nation’s disabled veterans. The program has been in place for awhile and this step removes the burdensome paperwork. Just imagine, a government program wi… --- ## [Privacy on Glassdoor, good/bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-on-glassdoor-good-bad/839032)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-on-glassdoor-good-bad/839032 "2019-08-22T11:48:52Z")
So, I’m looking to hear the experiences of anybody who has posted a company or employer review on Glassdoor. How are their privacy protocols? I don’t mean antifraud protocols, I mean, how likely is it that my boss will… --- ## [Please do my homework for me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-my-homework-for-me/838914)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-do-my-homework-for-me/838914 "2019-08-22T10:08:38Z")
Ok, provocative thread title ;). Also possibly “Please let me experiment on you”… The actual situation: I may have mentioned at some point that right now I’m enrolled as a student in IT, and this year I have a research… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=377)