# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=41 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [So was the James Webb Space Telescope a top secret project or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-top-secret-project-or-what/1022166)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-was-the-james-webb-space-telescope-a-top-secret-project-or-what/1022166 "2025-08-23T17:16:22Z")
Ok I’m being sarcastic. I’ve been binging space documentaries lately. And it just got me to thinking. I’ve been a fan of these types of documentaries since I was a kid. Usually these shows are pretty good about telling… --- ## [Match Game 1980, what would you have put here? "IS IT \_\_\_\_\_\_ YET?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-1980-what-would-you-have-put-here-is-it-yet/1022119)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-1980-what-would-you-have-put-here-is-it-yet/1022119 "2025-08-23T07:33:15Z")
This was one of those TOP THREE MATCHES blanks, where they polled the audience and got the three most popular, written replies. Reply first, to this topic, if you didn’t mind. Reply with your answer and see if you can f… --- ## [Anyone got strong opinions on slim wallets/leathergoods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-strong-opinions-on-slim-wallets-leathergoods/1022227)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-strong-opinions-on-slim-wallets-leathergoods/1022227 "2025-08-23T05:55:48Z")
I’m thinking of replacing my quite old Coach wallet. I think my last 2-3 wallets were all Coach bifolds, which each lasted a good decade. Over the past decade I’ve greatly cut down on the contents of my wallet, and am … --- ## [How did Mt Shasta become the Woo Capital of the World?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-mt-shasta-become-the-woo-capital-of-the-world/1021906)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-mt-shasta-become-the-woo-capital-of-the-world/1021906 "2025-08-22T14:47:05Z")
I just got back from a lovely few days near Mt Shasta, CA. Forests, mountains (one dramatic mountain in particular), lakes, rivers, waterfalls…gorgeous. The tiny town of Mt Shasta, CA raises my question. Every other s… --- ## [Need a new word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-word/1022048)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-word/1022048 "2025-08-22T10:10:14Z")
I need suggestions for what to call this feeling: when you are unable to perform a task or get a device or function to work properly, and you ask someone for help. But as they attempt to perform the task/operate the de… --- ## [Second year anniversary of moving to The Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-year-anniversary-of-moving-to-the-home/1021890)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-year-anniversary-of-moving-to-the-home/1021890 "2025-08-21T21:46:29Z")
I have two previous threads on my saga of displacement and resettling, if anyone cares to look back. I certainly don’t plan to – it was a difficult time. I reread some journal entries from the time of the move, Aug 4 to … --- ## [What percentage of people survive a heart attack, I am having trouble finding info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-survive-a-heart-attack-i-am-having-trouble-finding-info/1022338)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-survive-a-heart-attack-i-am-having-trouble-finding-info/1022338 "2025-08-21T01:37:33Z")
A quick google search turns up results like ‘90% of people survive a heart attack’. But then I read that that is only for the people who get to the hospital. Among people who never go to the hospital, or never make it t… --- ## [Do you pick up trash outside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pick-up-trash-outside/1007796)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pick-up-trash-outside/1007796 "2025-08-20T02:37:31Z")
We’ve ceased to be surprised at the amount of trash lying around in our suburban residential neighborhood, and how long our neighbors will allow trash to lie on their property without picking it up. That really befuddle… --- ## [Confused about protein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-protein/1022151)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-protein/1022151 "2025-08-19T22:09:45Z")
Just sharing here but given that high protein intake is all the rage I’ve been digging and I am getting more and more confused. From a practical POV I’m fine - my sense is that most of us would do better working on incr… --- ## [Pay for usage hotspot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-for-usage-hotspot/1022245)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-for-usage-hotspot/1022245 "2025-08-19T21:20:41Z")
I’m looking for opinions or options or even factual answers. I’d like to have hotspot capabilities to access the internet remotely, but only on occasion (about 2 days a month). I don’t want to spend a pile of money on a… --- ## [What age did you first see porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-did-you-first-see-porn/548014)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-age-did-you-first-see-porn/548014 "2025-08-19T18:06:16Z")
A friend of mine who is a single mother talked to me briefly about her embarassing situation. Her son who is 8 found one of her porn DVD’s and potentially watched up to 5 minutes of it. I may go into more detail later bu… --- ## [If you could only afford one news subscription, which would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-afford-one-news-subscription-which-would-it-be/1021952)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-afford-one-news-subscription-which-would-it-be/1021952 "2025-08-18T22:34:43Z")
I recently subscribed to the New York Times. So far I’m enjoying it well enough - beats Google News Feed. About 90% of the Today articles are anti-Trump, which, I mean, good, but the breadth of coverage seems a bit limit… --- ## [Do police officers or departments really have ticket quotas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-police-officers-or-departments-really-have-ticket-quotas/1021427)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-police-officers-or-departments-really-have-ticket-quotas/1021427 "2025-08-18T04:37:46Z")
At least in my part of NJ, we were always warned to watch out for cops while driving at the end of a month. The conventional wisdom was that cops had to meet their ticket quotas, so are generally looking for any violati… --- ## [If not college, then what? Trade jobs are even worse? (young adult problems in the US for jobs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-not-college-then-what-trade-jobs-are-even-worse-young-adult-problems-in-the-us-for-jobs/1020532)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-not-college-then-what-trade-jobs-are-even-worse-young-adult-problems-in-the-us-for-jobs/1020532 "2025-08-18T00:34:44Z")
I have read a few articles in the past few months which suggested many young people are skipping college and going for trade jobs. You need college to be a doctor or lawyer (nitpickers back off). Maybe an accountant. … --- ## [Do women really get off from sitting on washing machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-really-get-off-from-sitting-on-washing-machines/1021521 "2025-08-17T23:30:45Z")
This is a joke that’s come up in pop culture from time to time. I have a vague memory of a movie from the 80s in which women discussed this, and it also came (heh) up in a story arc in Ghosts (US). Thing is, some cursory… --- ## [I need to find an executor for my estate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-find-an-executor-for-my-estate/1022161)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-find-an-executor-for-my-estate/1022161 "2025-08-17T21:54:19Z")
I’m getting old and trying to put my financial “house” in order before I croak. There is no obvious person to ask to be an executer (apparently called a "personal representative in Michigan). How do I find someone to fil… --- ## [Most Attractive Hobbies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-hobbies/1022010)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-attractive-hobbies/1022010 "2025-08-17T20:57:01Z")
This Daily Mail article (quoted in the New York Post) claims women think reading is the most attractive hobby a man can have. Languages, cooking, music and woodwork are rated highly. It rates many other hobbies, findin… --- ## [Inner voice reading technology: dystopian visions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-voice-reading-technology-dystopian-visions/1022111)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inner-voice-reading-technology-dystopian-visions/1022111 "2025-08-17T20:24:40Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/brain-neuroscience-computers-speech.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.eU8.FVR5.B15FqIHNdpjr&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Gift link to NYT. I personally roll … --- ## [Home networking problem (and solutions)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-networking-problem-and-solutions/1021910)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-networking-problem-and-solutions/1021910 "2025-08-17T19:31:14Z")
The problem, in short, is that our internet comes into the house in the bedroom in the NE corner of the house, so that’s where the gateway and router sit. My home office is in a finished bedroom in the basement at the op… --- ## [Question about what ICE agents (goons) are up to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-what-ice-agents-goons-are-up-to/1022067)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-what-ice-agents-goons-are-up-to/1022067 "2025-08-16T00:05:51Z")
Someone asked me what the acronym ICE stood for (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). When I explained, they said that ICE was removing illegals from the United States. I objected to that characterization because some p… --- ## [I need some good, fingerless riding gloves for my scooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-fingerless-riding-gloves-for-my-scooter/1022078)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-fingerless-riding-gloves-for-my-scooter/1022078 "2025-08-15T22:23:59Z")
I’ve done searches on this but most results seem to be opinions for motorcycles or bicycles. I have a scooter and I want a pair of fingerless gloves. Why fingerless? Comfort mainly. I get they lack some protection bu… --- ## [How Far is Too Far for a Kid to Walk Alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-is-too-far-for-a-kid-to-walk-alone/1020424)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-is-too-far-for-a-kid-to-walk-alone/1020424 "2025-08-15T16:40:28Z")
On occasion, I’ll read a story about a parent who is charged with something like reckless endangerment because authorities believe they endangered their child’s life by allowing them to walk too far from their home alone… --- ## [How do you deal with accents that you can't understand? (Customer service or tech support)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-accents-that-you-cant-understand-customer-service-or-tech-support/1021986)
**Author:** [@RAWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RAWDuke)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-accents-that-you-cant-understand-customer-service-or-tech-support/1021986 "2025-08-14T17:10:18Z")
I’ve been hassling with cell phone issues with my current carrier for a couple of weeks now. I’ve mostly been able to understand the accented English that most of the techs and customer service people, but I just got of… --- ## [Alligator Auschwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-auschwitz/1021533)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligator-auschwitz/1021533 "2025-08-14T03:00:24Z")
Not sure if this belongs here or in P&E. Calling the concentration camp in Florida Alligator Alcatraz libels the real Alcatraz. The inmates in the former had been duly convicted of crimes. They were fed (and not force… --- ## [At what point in the evolution of Homo as a species could there have been a recognition moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-in-the-evolution-of-homo-as-a-species-could-there-have-been-a-recognition-moment/1021914)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-in-the-evolution-of-homo-as-a-species-could-there-have-been-a-recognition-moment/1021914 "2025-08-14T01:51:49Z")
Just saw a short clip of this wonderful BBC series, New Scientist. The discovery of a skull dating back roughly 300,000 years. A big leap from the 200,000 year benchmark that apparently was “the oldest” previously found… --- ## [What do you call the kind of cable that connects your router to a computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-kind-of-cable-that-connects-your-router-to-a-computer/1021918)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-kind-of-cable-that-connects-your-router-to-a-computer/1021918 "2025-08-13T18:54:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Home networking problem (and solutions): This has bugged me for a very long time… (first world problems, I know)… what do you actually call those networking cables that connect a router to… --- ## [Freedom of information Act Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-information-act-question/1021990)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-information-act-question/1021990 "2025-08-13T13:28:08Z")
While I believe that this question has a factual answer, it may also require a legal opinion. If its more suited to IMHO, please move it. Sorry, its long but I think it needs to be I work for a county as a police traini… --- ## [What would you do if you had centuries or millennia of life to accomplish it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-centuries-or-millennia-of-life-to-accomplish-it/1021900)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-centuries-or-millennia-of-life-to-accomplish-it/1021900 "2025-08-12T19:52:33Z")
I’d like to be able to make almost anything by hand that people could. I’d like to be able to knap flint knives and axes, start a fire with nothing but a hand spindle, tan animal hides and furs, make and hunt with a bow … --- ## [Please recommend a free app for guided mediation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-free-app-for-guided-mediation/1021927)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-free-app-for-guided-mediation/1021927 "2025-08-12T04:52:07Z")
I am just starting out and would like to try some basic mediation. Not for any particular reason, just general well being and learning methods to enhance my calm. I have very little experience and less knowledge. So f… --- ## [Why doesn't my dog bark at a horse and buggy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-dog-bark-at-a-horse-and-buggy/1021921 "2025-08-11T18:32:51Z")
I leave in a very rural area, adjacent to a relatively large concentration of Amish. Hence, a horse and buggy passing by on the road out front (or back) of my house is a not infrequent occurrance, happening several times… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=42)