# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=42 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 43 --- ## [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… --- ## [Things appearing in my Amazon shopping cart that I did not put there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-appearing-in-my-amazon-shopping-cart-that-i-did-not-put-there/1021851)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-appearing-in-my-amazon-shopping-cart-that-i-did-not-put-there/1021851 "2025-08-10T22:36:39Z")
I shop at Amazon a lot. And I check into the Amazon website several times a week. A weird thing has happened to me about three times in the last few months. I would say that it never happened prior to about a year ago. T… --- ## [Bike Tour Question for bikers here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-tour-question-for-bikers-here/1020095)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bike-tour-question-for-bikers-here/1020095 "2025-08-10T21:45:23Z")
I’m taking this tour in September: I think I can still get an e-bike, but my preference is to do it with a regular bike. On that page, there is a table that shows the miles and elevation per day. If I’m doing regula… --- ## [Teachers/Trainers/Psychologists: have you heard of Vygotski? Bakhtin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-trainers-psychologists-have-you-heard-of-vygotski-bakhtin/1021791)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-trainers-psychologists-have-you-heard-of-vygotski-bakhtin/1021791 "2025-08-10T17:06:49Z")
My learning of teaching and pedagogy did not include Russian / Marxist theorists at all, but I’ve recently realized that a lot of turn-of-the-century “learning to read” theory was based on a Marxist dialectic (by the wa… --- ## [Coolest word you've learned recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-word-youve-learned-recently/553724)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-word-youve-learned-recently/553724 "2025-08-10T10:24:59Z")
Heuristically. How cool! I adore learning new words, this is the main reason I want to upgrade my old Sony Reader to a new version with a built-in dictionary. I would love to tap on words I don’t know and get a quick d… --- ## [Ever believe in giant dam catfish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-believe-in-giant-dam-catfish/1021841)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-believe-in-giant-dam-catfish/1021841 "2025-08-10T03:03:10Z")
Tonight I saw some credulously talking about a dam in Waco where a diver saw catfish the size of a car and became scared of ever diving again. As a kid in the 80s I was told the same story about the nearest big dam here,… --- ## ["Lost Media" Forums and Websites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-media-forums-and-websites/1021780)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-media-forums-and-websites/1021780 "2025-08-09T10:30:59Z")
Prompted by a YouTube video about a successful trackdown of a long-unidentified song, I ended up joining a “lost media” forum that has subforums and posts in a structure similar to SDMB. So far, nobody has identified an… --- ## [Another how far up shit creek is California thread ($20 minimum wage)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-how-far-up-shit-creek-is-california-thread-20-minimum-wage/997536)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 291\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-how-far-up-shit-creek-is-california-thread-20-minimum-wage/997536 "2025-08-08T17:24:26Z")
Unlike the secession thread, this has happened and it doesn’t take Nostradamus to know it’s going to get worse before it gets worse. I’m not going to look up all the cites, but this is what I remember so far. Pizza Hut… --- ## [Calling all Car People - Spare tire option for 2025 Prius PHEV SE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-car-people-spare-tire-option-for-2025-prius-phev-se/1021703)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-car-people-spare-tire-option-for-2025-prius-phev-se/1021703 "2025-08-08T13:51:44Z")
The title says most of it, but expanding for my current efforts/requirements: I’m now the proud owner (well, with my wife and the bank) of a 2025 Prius PHEV SE (formerly the Prime) and enjoying the vehicle itself. But,… --- ## [Do you see your eating habits changing due to higher prices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-your-eating-habits-changing-due-to-higher-prices/1021661)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-your-eating-habits-changing-due-to-higher-prices/1021661 "2025-08-08T11:38:38Z")
Are your eating habits changing due to the inflation of food prices? Either deliberately, or sorta unconsciously? Ours have. I run into that “They want HOW MUCH for (whatever thing)?” feeling that used to be occasiona… --- ## [I'm moving to the ISS, what appliances should I bring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-the-iss-what-appliances-should-i-bring/1021786)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-to-the-iss-what-appliances-should-i-bring/1021786 "2025-08-07T19:47:03Z")
I’m moving out of my flat and taking up residence on the International Space Station. I’ve booked the movers who are sending a small lorry to take all my stuff to Elon’s house who is doing me a solid and giving me a lift… --- ## [More fun with cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fun-with-cats/1021692)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fun-with-cats/1021692 "2025-08-06T22:15:33Z")
I saw a video a couple of days ago where this old Japanese guy walked up to his cat, lying on the ground. He lifted the cat under its front legs, and with it hanging there, he swung it around and threw it over his should… --- ## [Do you call the 20th Century the 1900s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-the-20th-century-the-1900s/989914)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-the-20th-century-the-1900s/989914 "2025-08-06T20:22:09Z")
Does anyone refer to the 20th Century the 1900s just like people calling the 1700s to refer the 18th century from 1700-1799? --- ## [The Census - American Community Survey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-american-community-survey/1005915)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-american-community-survey/1005915 "2025-08-06T13:46:06Z")
I received a short note(tear off ends type card) from the Census. It said a few days ago I should have received a survey. I didn’t . It said, that’s ok if you didn’t. Go this website: (Login | American Community Survey… --- ## [Non-US Dopers: in your language or dialect, how do you describe “talking shit” or “talking smack”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-in-your-language-or-dialect-how-do-you-describe-talking-shit-or-talking-smack/1020572)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-in-your-language-or-dialect-how-do-you-describe-talking-shit-or-talking-smack/1020572 "2025-08-06T10:43:45Z")
For those who don’t know, here in American English, “talking smack” or “talking shit” means making insulting or critical comments to someone, especially an opponent. I suppose the British equivalent would be “taking the … --- ## [Daughter's career choices and AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughters-career-choices-and-ai/1021543)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughters-career-choices-and-ai/1021543 "2025-08-06T00:33:20Z")
Hi there, my daughter will end high school (equivalent) next year. Her top career choices for university are: nurse statistics It seems those are quite opposite ends of a spectrum with many regards - but lets leave t… --- ## [Do You Know Southern MD...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-southern-md/1021540)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-southern-md/1021540 "2025-08-05T21:43:26Z")
Maybe some have been to Calvert Cliffs State Park in MD to look for shark’s teeth on the beach. I had heard there is a better beach nearby that is lesser known and not as picked-over for such finds. Does anyone know of o… --- ## [Ebay touts: NO BUYER PROTECTION FEE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-touts-no-buyer-protection-fee/1021711)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-touts-no-buyer-protection-fee/1021711 "2025-08-05T03:43:23Z")
I’m looking for a Samsung S25 Ultra (so top-of-the-line flagship till next year when the EU will force them to make battery replacement more like gall badder surgery than open heart surgery) There is this one eBay sell… --- ## [No fun with cats. Warning: upsetting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fun-with-cats-warning-upsetting/1021695)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-fun-with-cats-warning-upsetting/1021695 "2025-08-05T10:22:20Z")
I was sickened and horrified by this article I saw on the BBC today. Warning again: unpleasant. Made me want to go and hug our beloved felines. I have to say I am pretty much morally against capital punishment. But… --- ## [Senior Dopers - do you feel like valued elders? Old and in the way? Something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-dopers-do-you-feel-like-valued-elders-old-and-in-the-way-something-else/1021218)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-dopers-do-you-feel-like-valued-elders-old-and-in-the-way-something-else/1021218 "2025-08-04T20:17:55Z")
To those of you “of a certain age” - let’s say over 60. In general, how do you feel you are viewed by those around you: family, neighbors, co-workers, whomever? And younger folk - how do you view older folk? Me, I fee… --- ## [Knee and shoulder replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-and-shoulder-replacement/1021637)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-and-shoulder-replacement/1021637 "2025-08-04T17:12:32Z")
My wife has had mild to moderate arthritis for several years, in several joints. In the past year, her left knee and right shoulder have gotten dramatically worse. She can hardly use her right arm at all, and she can’t w… --- ## [Massage Modality Questions/Preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-modality-questions-preferences/1021690)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massage-modality-questions-preferences/1021690 "2025-08-04T15:23:32Z")
Hi, I enjoy getting the occasional therapeutic massage from an LMT. I currently have a membership to a large national massage chain but find the therapists to be hit or miss depending on my preferences, their experienc… --- ## [Wearing green on Thurs; does anybody still take that seriously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-green-on-thurs-does-anybody-still-take-that-seriously/834797)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wearing-green-on-thurs-does-anybody-still-take-that-seriously/834797 "2025-08-03T16:06:08Z")
Supposedly, years ago, gay men would identify themselves to each other by wearing green on Thursdays. I first heard about it in high school in the mid 1960s, in joking references. Back then, nearly all gay people were cl… --- ## [Educate me on the subject of laundries, dry cleaners and sending out clothes to be cleaned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-the-subject-of-laundries-dry-cleaners-and-sending-out-clothes-to-be-cleaned/1021224)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-on-the-subject-of-laundries-dry-cleaners-and-sending-out-clothes-to-be-cleaned/1021224 "2025-08-02T23:55:00Z")
Even when I worked I never used laundries or dry cleaners much. And since I’ve been retired, it’s been ages since I sent anything out. But I want to talk about dry cleaners and places that wash and iron shirts and give … --- ## [To Those who Make Facebook Posts Extolling Home Schooling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-make-facebook-posts-extolling-home-schooling/1021607)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-make-facebook-posts-extolling-home-schooling/1021607 "2025-08-02T22:25:40Z")
Whenever I scroll through Facebook, I always come across these video posts promoting how great home schooling is. They always show a couple of kids wading in creeks or chasing butterflies or running around gardens. Sta… --- ## [Linux experts: choosing a Mint Live flashdrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-experts-choosing-a-mint-live-flashdrive/1021524)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-experts-choosing-a-mint-live-flashdrive/1021524 "2025-08-02T00:12:54Z")
I need a Linux Mint Live flashdrive, ideally with persistence. Can’t create one myself, so will buy from amazon. Amazon offers a number of flashdrives containing a single distro; others contain multiple distros. Both si… --- ## [Increasing my dosage of Crestor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increasing-my-dosage-of-crestor/1021551)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increasing-my-dosage-of-crestor/1021551 "2025-08-01T19:32:24Z")
I’m currently taking 10mg of Crestor, but my LDL has stubbornly remained above 100. So, my doctor is recommending doubling my dosage to 20mg. Is that a high dosage? Should I expect to see side effects? My other stats… --- ## [Have you ever gotten something extraordinary simply by asking nicely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-something-extraordinary-simply-by-asking-nicely/1020701)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-something-extraordinary-simply-by-asking-nicely/1020701 "2025-08-01T12:09:10Z")
A while back a Doper told the story of how, back in the day, they and their family happened to be on tour at the Vatican on a day that the Pope happened to be holding public audiences. The Doper’s mom asked a Swiss Guard… --- ## [What if all firearms in Africa and Asia vanished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-firearms-in-africa-and-asia-vanished/1021216)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-all-firearms-in-africa-and-asia-vanished/1021216 "2025-08-01T00:37:18Z")
Today, all firearms and their ammunition in Africa and Asia smaller than 20mm in caliber magically vanish (pistols, shotguns, rifles etc.). It only happens once so firearms are able to be built and used afterwards as nor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=43)