# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=407 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 408 --- ## [How many personal cleaning products are in your shower right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-personal-cleaning-products-are-in-your-shower-right-now/832904)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-personal-cleaning-products-are-in-your-shower-right-now/832904 "2019-04-23T20:46:32Z")
I was away this weekend; stayed in two different houses, in different states, too. Taking a shower yesterday, there were 10 different personal cleaning products (as opposed to shower cleaning products), a bar of soap & … --- ## [Has Mueller Report changed your (or anyone's) minds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-mueller-report-changed-your-or-anyones-minds/832788)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-mueller-report-changed-your-or-anyones-minds/832788 "2019-04-23T17:59:55Z")
Apologies if this is better suited to a different forum, but I wasn’t really looking for a deep political discussion. Just an expression of opinions. I would’ve asked it as a poll if I could’ve readily come up with que… --- ## [Best place to purchase Euros?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-purchase-euros/832694)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-purchase-euros/832694 "2019-04-23T16:29:58Z")
Heading to Europe (Spain and France) in a few weeks. First time. Where should I purchase Euros? Local bank e Here? Airport over there? Bank over there? Thx. --- ## [Survey of dog owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-of-dog-owners/832831)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-of-dog-owners/832831 "2019-04-23T15:31:03Z")
Hi everybody, I’m running a survey for my business. The goal of it is to try to build out a profile of “typical” dog owners. It doesn’t ask for your name or contact information, and there are no links from the survey t… --- ## [Which is harder - being liberal and surrounded by conservatives, or vice versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-harder-being-liberal-and-surrounded-by-conservatives-or-vice-versa/831871)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-harder-being-liberal-and-surrounded-by-conservatives-or-vice-versa/831871 "2019-04-23T14:11:17Z")
Curious since I know many Dopers are blues living in red territory or vice versa. Some differences would be: \[ul\] \[li\]On the basis of race, a white conservative (since the majority of conservatives are white) can easi… --- ## [pronounced dead due to anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest" — brain damage due to lack of o](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounced-dead-due-to-anoxic-encephalopathy-due-to-hypoxic-arrest-brain-damage-due-to-lack-of-o/832840)
**Author:** [@bottomline1986](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bottomline1986)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronounced-dead-due-to-anoxic-encephalopathy-due-to-hypoxic-arrest-brain-damage-due-to-lack-of-o/832840 "2019-04-23T07:52:31Z")
I am trying to answer a possible cause of death scenario where a patient X walked into the ER, complaining about extreme headaches, and screaming. Patient also displayed slurred speech, past heroin use but in submission … --- ## [Pharmaceutical commercials.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmaceutical-commercials/832809)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmaceutical-commercials/832809 "2019-04-22T18:25:42Z")
I’m curious about how effective drug commercials are. Have you ever seen a commercial for a drug, talked to your doctor about it and the received a prescription for it? If you’ve done it more than once and had different… --- ## [Annoying floaters in the eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-floaters-in-the-eyes/832878)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-floaters-in-the-eyes/832878 "2019-04-22T17:25:46Z")
I have always had persistent mild floaters in my eyes, especially the right, but over the past few months, it has become more annoying. In my right eye floaters will return to the same area of vision, and will not go awa… --- ## [Cowboy Action Shooting Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-action-shooting-question/832836)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-action-shooting-question/832836 "2019-04-22T16:05:53Z")
I am fairly new to shooting in general, and Cowboy Action Shooting in particular. If you’ve done it which SA pistol, lever action rifle and coach gun did you choose, and why? --- ## [Is Russia Europe or Asia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-europe-or-asia/832661)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-europe-or-asia/832661 "2019-04-22T15:41:42Z")
The vast majority of the Russian population clearly lives in, around, and west of Moscow. The vast majority of the area comprising Russia is clearly Asia. Culturally, the vast majority of Russians are clearly much more… --- ## [$1 billion donated to restore Notre Dame Cathedral: Good use of money or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-billion-donated-to-restore-notre-dame-cathedral-good-use-of-money-or-not/832721)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-billion-donated-to-restore-notre-dame-cathedral-good-use-of-money-or-not/832721 "2019-04-22T14:49:31Z")
As of yesterday, around $1 billion had already been raised to repair and restore the Notre Dame Cathedral, a sum which will only rise even further in the days ahead. There has been considerable grousing on social media … --- ## [How often do you read through a thread before posting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-read-through-a-thread-before-posting/832774)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-read-through-a-thread-before-posting/832774 "2019-04-22T06:03:21Z")
When you post to a new thread, how often do you read all the previous posts before adding your own? --- ## [Why are stay-at-home-moms looked down upon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-stay-at-home-moms-looked-down-upon/292997)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-stay-at-home-moms-looked-down-upon/292997 "2019-04-22T01:30:47Z")
I started a thread in the Pit about my dad and how he makes fun of my housekeeping skills, then someone made a comment that SAHMs do a LOT of work. I responded by saying that a study was recently done, I think by Harvard… --- ## [Taking shoes off before entering medical clinic--is this a thing now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-shoes-off-before-entering-medical-clinic-is-this-a-thing-now/785668)
**Author:** [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2019, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-shoes-off-before-entering-medical-clinic-is-this-a-thing-now/785668 "2019-04-22T00:46:38Z")
Hey Dopers, Appealing to the collective wisdom on this phenomenon. I took my kid to see her doctor in her new clinic today. Kid had allergic reaction to meds, so when we get to this new place, the sign on the door ‘Take… --- ## [reasonable cost for probate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-cost-for-probate/832798)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-cost-for-probate/832798 "2019-04-21T08:25:21Z")
I think Humble Opinions are the best forum for this. I’m aware of a recent case (a coworker)where the decedent has about $60K in a savings account intended to go to the heirs. It wasn’t POD or whatever…it looks like it… --- ## [What would happen if the USA "turtled" and "rushed nukes" in ww2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-usa-turtled-and-rushed-nukes-in-ww2/832751)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-usa-turtled-and-rushed-nukes-in-ww2/832751 "2019-04-21T05:06:40Z")
Speaking as an RTS player with thousands of simulated battles but zero real combat experience, the bird’s eye view of ww2, with the benefit of hindsight, is that the nuclear bomb was the ultimate weapon and it could be d… --- ## [stupid household inventions that should have been ditched long ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-household-inventions-that-should-have-been-ditched-long-ago/828212)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-household-inventions-that-should-have-been-ditched-long-ago/828212 "2019-04-21T00:57:22Z")
As the maintenance team is here trying to figure out why we have no heat, I contemplate stupid household inventions and fixtures that persist long after better things are invented. In this case, baseboard heaters. Of c… --- ## [Pay of student loans or save for house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-of-student-loans-or-save-for-house/832780)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-of-student-loans-or-save-for-house/832780 "2019-04-20T21:52:54Z")
Selling financial advice here… I currently have $16,673 worth of student loans that I pay $240 a month towards… Average interest rate is 4.02%. I have nearly 31k in savings, with an interest rate of less than 1%. I’d I p… --- ## [All In The Name of...Mediocrity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-name-of-mediocrity/832701)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-in-the-name-of-mediocrity/832701 "2019-04-20T17:45:29Z")
So a combination of reading this and that here and there, and self-examination or reflection (because that’s the season of my life right now) led me to this thought or question: How much of the divisions in US Society, … --- ## [420 day advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/420-day-advertising/832810)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/420-day-advertising/832810 "2019-04-20T17:26:42Z")
Interesting how large companies are including marijuana and 420 related themes in their advertising. This is the $4.20 brownie advertisement from Pizza Hut on their Twitter account. Blaze Pizza is offering a free upgr… --- ## [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/832815)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-excessive-phone-usage-lead-to-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/832815 "2019-04-20T16:25:46Z")
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… --- ## [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/832816)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-excessive-phone-usage-lead-to-a-generation-of-hunchbacks/832816 "2019-04-20T16:25:15Z")
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… --- ## [Washing bath mats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-bath-mats/832802)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-bath-mats/832802 "2019-04-20T12:30:44Z")
Does anyone know if you wash a rubber backed carpet bath mat in a top loading washer if it will float? --- ## [What wins car races? The car or the driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wins-car-races-the-car-or-the-driver/832487)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wins-car-races-the-car-or-the-driver/832487 "2019-04-20T11:17:53Z")
There is no shortage of seeing clips of race car drivers winning and being lauded for their skill but on the flip side I see clips of this or that car being a triumph of engineering that wins races. It would seem to me … --- ## [What should I expect to pay for a small local move, and should I be worried about dishonest tactics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-expect-to-pay-for-a-small-local-move-and-should-i-be-worried-about-dishonest-tactics/832412)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-expect-to-pay-for-a-small-local-move-and-should-i-be-worried-about-dishonest-tactics/832412 "2019-04-20T05:43:14Z")
I’m in Las Vegas. I’m planning on making a small, routine, off-peak move about 15 miles. I’ve got a bed, couch, a few end tables, a dresser, a coffee table, and maybe 5 normal sized boxes. Pretty basic. Neither place has… --- ## [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders/818596)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-huckabee-sanders/818596 "2019-04-20T05:34:17Z")
Edit: Mods, apologies if IMHO is the wrong forum. Lately I’ve begun to wonder why she does what she does. I mean, I know people like Hannity and Limbaugh go out day after day and tell lies and propaganda because it mak… --- ## [Experience with noname/weirdname MicroSD cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-noname-weirdname-microsd-cards/832782)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-noname-weirdname-microsd-cards/832782 "2019-04-20T01:47:21Z")
I’m looking at some 400 GB MicroSD cards on Amazon. There are Soonak, Eatgan, Termank, Brosky, Synton, and more. Anyone have good or bad experiences with cards like this? I’m not terribly concerned if they aren’t high-sp… --- ## [Journalism school: Has it changed since Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journalism-school-has-it-changed-since-trump/832784)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/journalism-school-has-it-changed-since-trump/832784 "2019-04-20T01:07:47Z")
More of a GQ question than IMHO, but I figure a mod will move it to IMHO soon anyway: Are journalism students in universities now learning things differently in the Trump Era than what they might have been taught in jou… --- ## [Android Phone Users: What music player do you use and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-users-what-music-player-do-you-use-and-why/831656)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-users-what-music-player-do-you-use-and-why/831656 "2019-04-19T22:25:18Z")
I’m about to activate a Galaxy Note 8. And get a large MicroSD card. Finally… I’m going to ditch my beloved iPod Touch and use my new phone to play my music to my headsets. There are dozens of music players. Is there a … --- ## [Is there an American monument that would provoke the same reaction as the Notre Dame fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-american-monument-that-would-provoke-the-same-reaction-as-the-notre-dame-fire/832617)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-american-monument-that-would-provoke-the-same-reaction-as-the-notre-dame-fire/832617 "2019-04-19T22:13:17Z")
Seeing a lot of news coverage on the Notre Dame fire over the course of the day what got me the most was the various Parisian residents exclaiming how they found Notre Dame as the symbol of Paris (not the Eiffel Tower) a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=406) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=408)