# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=392 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 393 --- ## [Annual checkup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-checkup/835669)
**Author:** [@Mcmechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mcmechanic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-checkup/835669 "2019-06-21T01:42:11Z")
I’m trying to understand if this situation is normal, or if I have a shitty doctor. So, I have my annual checkup every year with the same Doctor, and the only healthcare network available in my area. A few years ago, the… --- ## [Why isn't implicit differentiation using infinitesimals taught earlier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-implicit-differentiation-using-infinitesimals-taught-earlier/830933)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-implicit-differentiation-using-infinitesimals-taught-earlier/830933 "2019-06-20T23:15:55Z")
And by “earlier,” I mean as the very first thing. Let me explain. I was watching a 3Blue1Brown video on implicit differentiation. This is one area of Calculus that had faded almost into nothingness in my memory. As a… --- ## [Do you know any happy families?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-any-happy-families/835642 "2019-06-20T23:03:21Z")
All happy families are (supposedly) alike according to Tolstoy. But do you really know any families that you would consider truly happy? By truly happy, please understand that I’m setting a pretty high standard. I don… --- ## [Did Trump call Countess of Dumbarton "nasty"? \[ed. originally Dumbarton confused w/Sussex\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-call-countess-of-dumbarton-nasty-ed-originally-dumbarton-confused-w-sussex/834915)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-call-countess-of-dumbarton-nasty-ed-originally-dumbarton-confused-w-sussex/834915 "2019-06-20T21:06:55Z")
When asked by an interviewer if he’d heard that Meghan Markle had talked of moving to Canada if Trump were elected our President said “No, I didn’t know that she was nasty.” (Instead of moving to Canada, she moved to Br… --- ## [Use cell crossing the street? You should die!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-cell-crossing-the-street-you-should-die/835678)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-cell-crossing-the-street-you-should-die/835678 "2019-06-20T19:32:30Z")
Well, not really, of course. But I just can’t imagine how some cellphone users act as though the believe cars are fluffy clouds that won’t cause them any harm. I know I post often about my inability to understand much … --- ## [The nickname "Elvira"......should someone be offended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nickname-elvira-should-someone-be-offended/835390)
**Author:** [@LiveFree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveFree)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nickname-elvira-should-someone-be-offended/835390 "2019-06-20T16:12:35Z")
Someone I know, her first name starts with “E”. I’ve nicknamed her “Elvira”. Would you take offense?? --- ## [Want to help me play a prank on someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-help-me-play-a-prank-on-someone/835721)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-help-me-play-a-prank-on-someone/835721 "2019-06-20T14:35:20Z")
Someone I have a friendly competitive relationship with has played a prank on me. It was a good prank. A funny prank. A clever prank. The details are classified. Suffice is to say that it is, in the immortal words of the… --- ## [New career suggestions! (Forensics degrees?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-career-suggestions-forensics-degrees/835769)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-career-suggestions-forensics-degrees/835769 "2019-06-20T13:27:53Z")
The to-be Lady Rat is a Russian citizen who has worked as a corporate lawyer for many years. She has a four year degree (in Russia) plus an extra 2 year degree for Russian law of some form. She’s worried that her Englis… --- ## [Leaving house unattended for all of July: your advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-house-unattended-for-all-of-july-your-advice/835705)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-house-unattended-for-all-of-july-your-advice/835705 "2019-06-20T12:08:00Z")
We’ll be away from our home in the Atlanta area for all of July, plus a few days in late June and early August. AFAIK, it will be longest I’ve ever left any home unattended, although my wife will be back home for a coupl… --- ## [“You are my baby and I love you. Nothing you are or that you can do will ever change that.” True?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-my-baby-and-i-love-you-nothing-you-are-or-that-you-can-do-will-ever-change-that-true/835716)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-my-baby-and-i-love-you-nothing-you-are-or-that-you-can-do-will-ever-change-that-true/835716 "2019-06-20T11:14:33Z")
I saw the title quote in the thread about gay kids. I’ve often wondered about it. Me, I’m not a parent, but I’m 100% certain that if I had kids and they turned out to be gay, lesbian, bi, trans, etc., I wouldn’t have a … --- ## [Will excessive phone usage lead to a generation of hunchbacks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-excessive-phone-usage-lead-to-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/832817)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-excessive-phone-usage-lead-to-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/832817 "2019-06-20T10:48:41Z")
On my way home from work the other day, I was stopped behind a school bus. I watched the 2 girls get off at their stop, both bent over their phones. It occurred to me that it has to be affecting their posture. A quick… --- ## [I think I may sell the farm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-sell-the-farm/834656)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-sell-the-farm/834656 "2019-06-20T06:57:50Z")
It is located in Central Utah. Approximately 40 acres, engulfing the whole valley floor. Complete with year round stream. Of which there are water rights. It is surrounded by BLM land. There are thousands of acres of BLM… --- ## [Anyone else dream of flight like i do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dream-of-flight-like-i-do/835570)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-dream-of-flight-like-i-do/835570 "2019-06-20T05:22:10Z")
Not like Superman…but in my dreams I jump and sort of hover over the ground a few inches. Like i’m skateboarding on air. And as said in a Sandman comic, “Its like I remember how to fly like that in dreams, but forget wh… --- ## [Andalusia, looking for suggestions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andalusia-looking-for-suggestions/829716)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andalusia-looking-for-suggestions/829716 "2019-06-20T04:27:56Z")
Next April I’m traveling to Spain with my GF, the plan is, meet in Madrid (I’ll be coming back from my hometown in Uruguay, she’ll be coming from Bangkok), perhaps spend a day there resting and then head down South to An… --- ## [What is the Least Serious Crime You would Turn in a Friend or Relative for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-serious-crime-you-would-turn-in-a-friend-or-relative-for/835534)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-least-serious-crime-you-would-turn-in-a-friend-or-relative-for/835534 "2019-06-20T01:46:08Z")
I’m thinking I would call the cops if I knew a loved one was stealing cars or committing burglaries. I wouldn’t if I knew a loved one was selling drugs, evading taxes, or embezzling from an employer. I’d lose all respe… --- ## [Getting paid for sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-paid-for-sex/835595)
**Author:** [@BeardOfBees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeardOfBees)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-paid-for-sex/835595 "2019-06-20T01:41:40Z")
Inspired by Indecent Proposal: what’s the minimum of amount of money you would have to be offered for one night of sex with a stranger? --- ## [Should the New Zealand Live Stream of Massacre be Censored?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-new-zealand-live-stream-of-massacre-be-censored/831193)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-new-zealand-live-stream-of-massacre-be-censored/831193 "2019-06-20T00:10:44Z")
Apparently the killer who mowed down 49 people in the mosque in Christchurch fastened his cell phone to his chest and live streamed his mass murder on Facebook. The video was shared to other social media & Facebook, Twit… --- ## [Hey dads, what do you want for Father's Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dads-what-do-you-want-for-fathers-day/835165)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dads-what-do-you-want-for-fathers-day/835165 "2019-06-19T21:57:49Z")
I’m hard to shop for because when I venture out into the worldI rarely find anything I want, and when I do I just get it. So when a designated gift-giving day rolls around I really don’t want much. I’ve got the sorts o… --- ## [Parents of Gay Kids: Did You Know Before They Did? Before They Were Out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-gay-kids-did-you-know-before-they-did-before-they-were-out/835340)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-of-gay-kids-did-you-know-before-they-did-before-they-were-out/835340 "2019-06-19T18:00:53Z")
I’ve read a lot of coming-out stories, and many of them have the same theme: the parent or grandparent to whom the person came out already knew and was just waiting for the LGBTQ individual to tell them. If you’re a par… --- ## [Seeking a Good Map Website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-good-map-website/835574)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-a-good-map-website/835574 "2019-06-19T17:31:33Z")
I need to give someone directions, and neither Google nor Bing Maps want to give me consistent results. Also, I find they break the route up a bit illogically. Mapuest, as I recall, always wants me to download something,… --- ## [Help me get back into computer programming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-back-into-computer-programming/835458)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-back-into-computer-programming/835458 "2019-06-19T16:59:52Z")
Here’s the TL;DR: What language, development environment, or other resources should I use to figure out how to make simple-but-useful, standalone, Windows programs/apps (on a strictly amateur level)? Now the background: … --- ## [Reasons it is sometimes OK to have the toilet paper roll in backwards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-it-is-sometimes-ok-to-have-the-toilet-paper-roll-in-backwards/835568)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-it-is-sometimes-ok-to-have-the-toilet-paper-roll-in-backwards/835568 "2019-06-19T14:30:06Z")
I’m a firm believer that the vast majority of the time, the only acceptable way to install a roll of toilet paper is that so it unrolls over the top in front. However, I do concede there are circumstances where the reve… --- ## [Legal question: witholding payment on a debt you were paid by insurance for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-witholding-payment-on-a-debt-you-were-paid-by-insurance-for/835710)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-witholding-payment-on-a-debt-you-were-paid-by-insurance-for/835710 "2019-06-18T22:28:36Z")
So I am sure some of you will be amused. My ongoing cat saga - the one where my cat has been peeing on the carpet in my bedroom - has hit the next phase. I changed apartments and the landlord of the previous one has de… --- ## [I'm your friend justanothermike, how often will we...........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-friend-justanothermike-how-often-will-we/835663)
**Author:** [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-your-friend-justanothermike-how-often-will-we/835663 "2019-06-18T20:31:32Z")
How often can I expect that we’ll hang out in person? How often will we text or talk on the phone? (I hate the phone by the way, if you’re my friend you’ll text.) What if I’m not just a friend, I’m your “best” f… --- ## [Etiquette question - working with a RE agent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question-working-with-a-re-agent/835665)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-question-working-with-a-re-agent/835665 "2019-06-18T20:09:24Z")
Long version (TLDR version at end): A big question in my divorce is who will keep the house I’m living in now. Without a property appraisal, an understanding of HI law re divorce, etc., it wasn’t clear to me at first wh… --- ## [First week of July in Fort Lauderdale. After burning at the beach then what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-week-of-july-in-fort-lauderdale-after-burning-at-the-beach-then-what/835603)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-week-of-july-in-fort-lauderdale-after-burning-at-the-beach-then-what/835603 "2019-06-18T18:59:45Z")
Mrs San and I are spending 1st five days of July in Ft. Lauderdale. After we burned our lily white bodies on the beach since its been too cool to dress lightly around here, what do we do the next day? Orlando is not an… --- ## [This parenting style has pros & cons, but it's the most effective IMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-parenting-style-has-pros-cons-but-its-the-most-effective-imo/834753)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-parenting-style-has-pros-cons-but-its-the-most-effective-imo/834753 "2019-06-18T14:39:04Z")
Being 21 years old, I came to realize that discipline comes in all different forms. However, I recently thought of the perfect way to teach your kids or teens how to act more appropriate for their age: Let them learn th… --- ## [How would your life be different in an ideal society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-your-life-be-different-in-an-ideal-society/835330)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-your-life-be-different-in-an-ideal-society/835330 "2019-06-18T14:21:23Z")
What are your political and social ideals? Suppose they were a reality, suppose you lived in a perfect society… by your own standards. How would your actual concrete life be different than it is now? I don’t mean that y… --- ## [The ERA being interpreted as an amendment to make women equal to men....but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-being-interpreted-as-an-amendment-to-make-women-equal-to-men-but/835304)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-era-being-interpreted-as-an-amendment-to-make-women-equal-to-men-but/835304 "2019-06-18T10:40:53Z")
…any unintended effects that help men you can think of? Couldn’t a guy getting shafted in a divorce challenge based on that? That may be too nebulous, but how about a guy challenging a prison sentence in which women us… --- ## [Do you agree with Egypts military action to remove Morsi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-egypts-military-action-to-remove-morsi/662644)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-agree-with-egypts-military-action-to-remove-morsi/662644 "2019-06-18T06:47:05Z")
Fairly straight forward question. The circumstances are fairly unique. There was evidence of widespread voting manipulation in last years election. The Muslim Brotherhood was determined to push a modern and reasonably f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=391) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=393)