# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=38 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 39 --- ## [How should mass shootings be classified (In reference to Charlie Kirk's final words)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-mass-shootings-be-classified-in-reference-to-charlie-kirks-final-words/1023086)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-mass-shootings-be-classified-in-reference-to-charlie-kirks-final-words/1023086 "2025-09-18T15:53:55Z")
Continuing the discussion from How long would Charlie Kirk have lasted here?: (Backstory in linked thread.) By bringing up this distinction in advance, CK would have forced his questioner to specify whether he was “th… --- ## [How important is setting up a trust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-setting-up-a-trust/1023119)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-setting-up-a-trust/1023119 "2025-09-18T15:20:12Z")
When I was married, I had a family trust so my kids wouldn’t have to deal with probate when we died, but now that I am single I’m not sure I really need one. I have a simple Will with all my assets going to my daughter w… --- ## [I'm done with the agita](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-the-agita/1003681)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-done-with-the-agita/1003681 "2025-09-18T06:57:20Z")
As of this thread, I will no longer be reading, watching or discussing Trump or Biden or any of the stories swirling around them, either online or with people in my sphere. I’m tired of being worried, angry and upset eve… --- ## [International travel: passport; credit cards; travel advisories; STEP; general advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-travel-passport-credit-cards-travel-advisories-step-general-advice/1022368)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-travel-passport-credit-cards-travel-advisories-step-general-advice/1022368 "2025-09-18T04:59:01Z")
I live in the USA and looking for some help from you who frequently travel internationally. It’s been over 10 years for me, and it was usually business travel. I’m retired now. First, passport My passport expired years… --- ## [MacBook P20 15 - Lost my left-click on the Trackpad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-p20-15-lost-my-left-click-on-the-trackpad/1022995)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-p20-15-lost-my-left-click-on-the-trackpad/1022995 "2025-09-17T10:48:51Z")
I’ve lost the left-click on my Trackpad on my MacBook Pro 15, 2.3 GHz 8-core Intel Core i9. My Trackpad settings are: Force Click and haptic feedback: On Look up and data detectors: Tap with Three Fingers Secondary cl… --- ## [Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-clearinghouse-sweepstakes/671354 "2025-09-17T03:24:37Z")
I’ll admit it. I place the stickers on the entry form and send it back. My brother knows a guy who won $5,000 from this, so people really DO win those things. :cool: Has anyone else here won a prize from them, or work… --- ## [External DVD drive does not self start in Windows 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/external-dvd-drive-does-not-self-start-in-windows-11/1023096)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/external-dvd-drive-does-not-self-start-in-windows-11/1023096 "2025-09-16T21:39:27Z")
I have the original CD for Office 2003. It worked OK in Windows 10 although it did ask for permission to modify whenever I started Word. My new mini computer does not have a way to hook up a drive so I bought an external… --- ## [Do you know anyone you're worried will get deported?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-youre-worried-will-get-deported/1023056)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-youre-worried-will-get-deported/1023056 "2025-09-16T20:13:21Z")
As the title says. Do you know anyone with a target on their back? We arrived at a station in life that we have two people come clean twice a month. One is… Mexican? Speaks with a heavy accent. But speaks English. The… --- ## [How long would Charlie Kirk have lasted here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-charlie-kirk-have-lasted-here/1023044)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-charlie-kirk-have-lasted-here/1023044 "2025-09-16T16:58:00Z")
poll --- ## [Non-Apple, non-Samsung smart watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-apple-non-samsung-smart-watch/1022873)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-apple-non-samsung-smart-watch/1022873 "2025-09-16T16:06:52Z")
I bought a Samsung smart watch last November, it crapped out on me (black screen, only info shown is 100% charge) three days ago. Samsung claims warranty expired on August 31 (9.5 month warranty? You surprise me, Samsung… --- ## [Finish Carpentry Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-carpentry-advice/1023040)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-carpentry-advice/1023040 "2025-09-15T22:25:02Z")
Hi everyone. In another thread, I mentioned that I decided to make my own custom sliding closet doors. Well, the first one is built, and now I just need to route in the door pull and then stain & urethane. If you look a… --- ## [Anyone Seen AI submissions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-ai-submissions/1000022)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-ai-submissions/1000022 "2025-09-15T15:04:10Z")
We’ve all seen, I’m sure, that Clarkesworld and Asimov’s got flooded with AI submissions. It’s not ending there. I just looked at the submitted paper list for a conference in India where I’m on the program committee, and… --- ## [Your experiences with natural disasters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-natural-disasters/1022615)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-natural-disasters/1022615 "2025-09-15T05:32:45Z")
I’ve been fortunate enough to have spent most of my life in places where natural disasters are not uncommon. However, I’ve been through a few. Earthquakes I spent a few months teaching English in Japan in 1996. The mor… --- ## [What IF. Warped space-time IS matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-warped-space-time-is-matter/1023029)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-warped-space-time-is-matter/1023029 "2025-09-15T01:55:49Z")
The theory is that matter warps space-time. What if it’s the other way around? --- ## [Trying to get a person to sign paperwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-a-person-to-sign-paperwork/1022981)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-a-person-to-sign-paperwork/1022981 "2025-09-14T11:46:53Z")
…and they won’t. I have a couple of rental properties. Last month (August 1st) I told one of my tenants that I would be raising the rent by $30/month November 1st, giving them 2 months notice and is the first rent incre… --- ## [Yahoo Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail/1022917)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-mail/1022917 "2025-09-14T02:40:59Z")
Nevermind. I’m dumm :slightly\_smiling\_face: --- ## [Really disturbed by the breaking news headlines beginning "Trump Says ..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-disturbed-by-the-breaking-news-headlines-beginning-trump-says/1022980)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-disturbed-by-the-breaking-news-headlines-beginning-trump-says/1022980 "2025-09-14T00:45:11Z")
I’m referring to the headlines around Kirk’s shooting, not general political blatherings. The WaPo (and I think the NYT too) had the announcement of Kirk’s death and now the suspect in custody as “Trump Says Kirk has d… --- ## [Lessons of History: "How Rome’s Senators Got Robbed of Their Republic"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-of-history-how-rome-s-senators-got-robbed-of-their-republic/1017104)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lessons-of-history-how-rome-s-senators-got-robbed-of-their-republic/1017104 "2025-09-13T11:56:10Z")
Thoughtful and thought-provoking (short) Atlantic article (gift link, I hope): … Augustus was Rome’s first emperor. In so becoming, he dismantled the republic and founded a monarchy that would last for more than a m… --- ## [Dog Bite on my Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bite-on-my-dog/1022973)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bite-on-my-dog/1022973 "2025-09-13T11:55:15Z")
On Tuesday, I picked up the dog from daycare and he was limping. I thought he probably sprained something. By today, he wasn’t limping anymore, but he wouldn’t leave his groin alone. Licking incessantly. So we looked, an… --- ## [Toronto tourist advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-tourist-advice/1022923)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-tourist-advice/1022923 "2025-09-12T23:40:36Z")
I plan on visiting Toronto next week. Not sure yet whether it’ll be a day trip or an overnighter. It’s been about ten years since I visited the city and I imagine a lot has changed. One thing I used to do when I visited… --- ## [Tell me about Illinois toll roads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-illinois-toll-roads/1011446)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-illinois-toll-roads/1011446 "2025-09-12T13:59:46Z")
I will be visiting a friend near Jackson, MI this summer and from SE MN the 3 driving options I have are 1) through Chicago (ugh), through the UP (pretty, but a long drive), or using the Badger ferry (might do this one w… --- ## [Strippers and blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strippers-and-blow/1022780)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strippers-and-blow/1022780 "2025-09-12T07:45:11Z")
Yes, this will be the thread that gets the views. I saw a news story yesterday about a local strip club being shut down because a police investigation determined there was drug use and drug sales going on there. This m… --- ## [Selling on eBay, FB Marketplace, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-ebay-fb-marketplace-etc/1022795)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-ebay-fb-marketplace-etc/1022795 "2025-09-11T20:07:32Z")
There are bits and pieces of adjacent threads here, but nothing that summarizes what I’m looking for. I’m beginning to get rid of stuff, and surprisingly, some of it has value. I have an old iPod Classic 160GB that stil… --- ## [Lisbon suggestions for November](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisbon-suggestions-for-november/1018549)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisbon-suggestions-for-november/1018549 "2025-09-11T19:31:26Z")
My wife and I are going to Lisbon for the Thanksgiving holiday, arriving Wed morning and leaving Sunday afternoon. I managed to snag cheap direct flights, and we just booked a hotel in the Chiado area so those pieces are… --- ## [Prime Video Loading Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-video-loading-problem/1022855)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-video-loading-problem/1022855 "2025-09-11T11:37:20Z")
Suddenly, about Thursday off last week, my Amazon Prime Video stopped working. I successfully sign into Prime. I can scroll the menu of movies and series. However, when I click choose something, it spins for 10 or 14 … --- ## [POLL: Your perception of a word's definition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-perception-of-a-words-definition/1022823)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-perception-of-a-words-definition/1022823 "2025-09-10T16:29:19Z")
I am curious about this, because it never occurred to me that the definition I have believed to be true for this word all my life is not the correct one. I posed this question on my Facebook page, and the overwhelming ma… --- ## [How much to charge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-charge/1022882)
**Author:** [@Tonyawilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tonyawilder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-charge/1022882 "2025-09-10T14:14:40Z")
So I have a associate that is staying with me him his wife and their kid they have my room I’m on prepaid power my power was at 20% now it’s at 80% they have used my toilet paper my paper towels my trash bags and ate my … --- ## [Are there any hosted email services that allow custom, powerful spam filters (APIs, ML, LLM)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hosted-email-services-that-allow-custom-powerful-spam-filters-apis-ml-llm/1022883)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hosted-email-services-that-allow-custom-powerful-spam-filters-apis-ml-llm/1022883 "2025-09-10T13:00:20Z")
Spam is becoming an increasing problem for me in Gmail, with a few messages sneaking through every day despite the built-in spam filters and my manual ones. They are overwhelmingly political spam, which I started receiv… --- ## [Which society will be the first to enshrine "personhood" for AIs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-society-will-be-the-first-to-enshrine-personhood-for-ais/1022876)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-society-will-be-the-first-to-enshrine-personhood-for-ais/1022876 "2025-09-10T04:47:54Z")
“Dolphins are people too” — or so claim the advocates of dolphin personhood. Spanish apes almost got personhood back in 2007. There are many other such efforts for different animals, arbitrary divisions of humans, and of… --- ## [Alternatives to Skechers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-skechers/1022843)
**Author:** [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-skechers/1022843 "2025-09-09T20:56:43Z")
I like Skechers shoes for their comfort and lightness but the durability sucks. I bought a pair of the trail model at the end of June. I wear them every day and average about 2 miles walking a day. So after around 70 day… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=39)