# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=482 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 483 --- ## [What goes through your mind on a fast rollercoaster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-through-your-mind-on-a-fast-rollercoaster/798368)
**Author:** [@guitario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guitario)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-through-your-mind-on-a-fast-rollercoaster/798368 "2018-07-06T18:15:53Z")
What kind of (fast) roller coaster rider are you? I visited Thorpe Park in the UK on Saturday (my first time, although I’ve had 3 previous Alton Towers visits), and I’ll be honest… I ride each one fully expecting to mee… --- ## [Ever feel like the world is deploying "blockers" against you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-the-world-is-deploying-blockers-against-you/817255)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-the-world-is-deploying-blockers-against-you/817255 "2018-07-06T16:03:09Z")
I’m a fast walker, always have been. Very goal directed, I want to get where I’m going. And I’ve always just accepted that I am a fast fish in a world of fishes that prefer to school slowly. But oddly, as I get older, pa… --- ## [What happens if a supreme court justice was assassinated for obvious political reasons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-supreme-court-justice-was-assassinated-for-obvious-political-reasons/817181)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-supreme-court-justice-was-assassinated-for-obvious-political-reasons/817181 "2018-07-06T14:56:06Z")
Don’t need answer fast :stuck\_out\_tongue: Let’s say hypothetically one of them was assassinated because someone was upset over their perceived political bent? And that perceived political bent was opposite that of the … --- ## [June nominations: Which Doper's porch do you want to visit and chat on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-nominations-which-dopers-porch-do-you-want-to-visit-and-chat-on/816647)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-nominations-which-dopers-porch-do-you-want-to-visit-and-chat-on/816647 "2018-07-06T09:11:37Z")
Awkward title, apologies. I’d like to sip lemonade on Beckdawreck’s porch and spend a pleasant evening chatting. I bet she makes a mean lemonade and good snack square thingies; I think she’d make me LOL a lot and can sa… --- ## [What Is the Most Important Invention In Human History?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-important-invention-in-human-history/816431)
**Author:** [@golffan1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/golffan1963)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-important-invention-in-human-history/816431 "2018-07-06T06:56:00Z")
Wasn’t sure where to put this thread…but since inventions are the product of human creativity, I decided here. If it needs to be moved so be it. I also hope it hasn’t been asked before. In addition, I considered a poll, … --- ## [Podiatrist = quack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podiatrist-quack/817245)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podiatrist-quack/817245 "2018-07-06T05:41:19Z")
Is there any reason that you know of why the field of podiatry might be considered as quackery? I confess I had never encountered this view until quite recently when a coworker mentioned he had an appointment with his po… --- ## [Question for professional auto mechanics: working for dealerships, for chains, and for independents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-professional-auto-mechanics-working-for-dealerships-for-chains-and-for-independents/817347)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-professional-auto-mechanics-working-for-dealerships-for-chains-and-for-independents/817347 "2018-07-06T03:23:37Z")
How does it compare, being a professional automobile repair mechanic, to work in the service department of an auto dealership, versus working for a big chain, versus working for an independent business? Or, for that matt… --- ## [Servers, bartenders, and others... what do you think of odd tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servers-bartenders-and-others-what-do-you-think-of-odd-tips/686929)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/servers-bartenders-and-others-what-do-you-think-of-odd-tips/686929 "2018-07-06T03:20:00Z")
For some reason, I recently got this irresistible impulse to start tipping in strange and memorable ways. I hunted around and found a large amount of $2 bills, dollar coins, and I even have some half-dollar coins on orde… --- ## [Do Fireworks Stress Out Your Pets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fireworks-stress-out-your-pets/817180)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fireworks-stress-out-your-pets/817180 "2018-07-06T00:00:51Z")
In this thread, some Dopers have said that fireworks are pure hell for their animals. It’s a complaint I’ve read elsewhere, too. My cat isn’t bothered by them at all. We live in a state with “anything goes” fireworks la… --- ## [Clothing Trends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-trends/817333)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-trends/817333 "2018-07-05T21:54:50Z")
I was watching an old movie on TCM yesterday, “Ah, Wilderness!”. It was made in 1935 and takes place in 1906. I love looking at the period costumes/clothing in old movies. My question is, what other item of clothing h… --- ## [2018 SCOTUS Predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-scotus-predictions/813608)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-scotus-predictions/813608 "2018-07-05T21:53:18Z")
There are 6 rather largish cases before the court this term that are set to be decided before the end of June. List of all cases this term is here.The six big ones: \[ol\] \[li\]Trump v. Hawaii - Issue(s): (1) Whether the … --- ## [Have you ever experience 'temporary insanity'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-experience-temporary-insanity/817274)
**Author:** [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-experience-temporary-insanity/817274 "2018-07-05T20:54:10Z")
This question geared more towards those who don’t have a long term mental issue but have once in their life had a period of up to a month where they nearly lost contact with reality ( that wasn’t caused by drugs). --- ## [Experience with breast reduction surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-breast-reduction-surgery/817247)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-breast-reduction-surgery/817247 "2018-07-05T19:57:17Z")
I’m going to my PC doc soon to get a referral to a plastic surgeon to get some boobage shrink done. I’m very confident that my insurance will cover it, I’ve done my research and have very compelling medical/personal reas… --- ## [What Does a Supreme Court Justice Do All Day Long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-supreme-court-justice-do-all-day-long/817018)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-supreme-court-justice-do-all-day-long/817018 "2018-07-05T19:30:44Z")
Court convenes in October, rulings handed down the next July or so. Do they spend those nine months researching and debating the case amongst themselves? Writing the decisions? Is vacation time for them July-October o… --- ## [Dressing for a management interview in a startup casual office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dressing-for-a-management-interview-in-a-startup-casual-office/817304)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dressing-for-a-management-interview-in-a-startup-casual-office/817304 "2018-07-05T19:28:38Z")
I’m an upper middle manager at my current company. The office environment is on the professional end of startup casual. Jeans are the norm, but men’s shirt should have a collar. I usually wear a dress shirt or oxford wit… --- ## ['Death of a Once Great City': is New York City Really This Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-once-great-city-is-new-york-city-really-this-bad/817112)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-a-once-great-city-is-new-york-city-really-this-bad/817112 "2018-07-05T18:11:23Z")
I do not live there and what I know of NYC is from Robert Car is brilliant biography of Robert Moses, The Power Broker. This very long and very passionate article could be a 2018 mirror version of The Power Broker and… --- ## [Car rental sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-rental-sites/816702)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-rental-sites/816702 "2018-07-05T15:46:48Z")
We’re going back to the States for a couple of weeks and will need to rent a car. It’s been years since I have done that. Are there good sites to rent cars from or it is cheaper to go just go with the rental company dir… --- ## [Am I Using Text Documents the Right Way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-using-text-documents-the-right-way/817294)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-using-text-documents-the-right-way/817294 "2018-07-05T14:42:09Z")
I like to think I know a lot about computers. I do learn as I go along. But I was wondering about text documents. I usually save important data I need on them. Certainly passwords and stuff like that. But other data to… --- ## [Letters from your representatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-from-your-representatives/817273)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letters-from-your-representatives/817273 "2018-07-05T14:22:45Z")
I expect many here have written to their MP / Congresswoman / Senator / whoever over the years on various matters. Have you had any notable responses? For my own experiences, I have two of note: I once wrote to the Spe… --- ## [Why is this woman not being charged with rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-woman-not-being-charged-with-rape/817161)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-woman-not-being-charged-with-rape/817161 "2018-07-05T12:38:11Z")
Article: Woman accused of threatening ex-boyfriend with machete charged If the sexes were reversed, it would be a slam dunk, right? So where’s the rape charge? Is it that women cannot be charged with rape in Montana? --- ## [Defining illusion and reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-illusion-and-reality/817309)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-illusion-and-reality/817309 "2018-07-05T12:27:55Z")
What is nonduality The philosophy of Non-Dualism is the point of view that there is one Absolute Reality without a second and that each of us is one with that Reality, just as a wave is one with the ocean. It asserts th… --- ## [Writers: Scrivener or Word or ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-scrivener-or-word-or/817184)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-scrivener-or-word-or/817184 "2018-07-05T10:33:58Z")
I am finally writing seriously again. M previous long manuscripts have been done on Word, but I also have Scrivener. I think I’m at the point where I should commit to one type of software and plunge ahead (or not?). I l… --- ## [Civil lawsuit and the US visa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-lawsuit-and-the-us-visa/817214)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-lawsuit-and-the-us-visa/817214 "2018-07-05T08:38:02Z")
I was in the US in 2013, working with authorization. Suddenly my mother fell critically ill, and I had to rush back to India; I had to leave literally overnight. Sadly, she passed away shortly thereafter. In the aftermat… --- ## [Question about "23 and Me" and similar ancestry tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-23-and-me-and-similar-ancestry-tests/817295)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-23-and-me-and-similar-ancestry-tests/817295 "2018-07-04T21:52:26Z")
I’ve had this question for a while and figure there is someone (more than one probably) who knows the answer. One of my cousins works in California for a company that apparently makes high-end ancestry testing (among ot… --- ## [If you had the chance to live an extra 100 years ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-the-chance-to-live-an-extra-100-years/816998 "2018-07-04T18:20:10Z")
The deal: You get to live an extra 100 years as you are now, then the aging process will start back up again. You can’t be physically injured, but you also can’t be physically modified in any way. Your aches, your pain… --- ## [Is it common for young adults with no jobs to get thrown out of their parents house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-for-young-adults-with-no-jobs-to-get-thrown-out-of-their-parents-house/817220)
**Author:** [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-for-young-adults-with-no-jobs-to-get-thrown-out-of-their-parents-house/817220 "2018-07-04T17:50:52Z")
I saw a post by a teacher on another forum who claimed she was shocked that the very quiet and poorly performing but behaved former student of hers was now facing homelessness as he had never worked, gave up on finding j… --- ## [Would you try living as an animal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-living-as-an-animal/816873)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-living-as-an-animal/816873 "2018-07-04T14:14:54Z")
Through a wondrous combination of magical hand waving and VR tech, we have developed a method of plugging your mind into the brain of any real world animal that actually exists in the world right now (with a couple of li… --- ## [What do you think of people that never show anger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-people-that-never-show-anger/817117)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-people-that-never-show-anger/817117 "2018-07-04T12:46:42Z")
Do you know anyone who never shows his/her anger? What do you think of him or her? --- ## [Copenhagen recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copenhagen-recommendations/816954)
**Author:** [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copenhagen-recommendations/816954 "2018-07-04T02:28:42Z")
I’ll be in Copenhagen for six days in early July. Any recommendations for restaurants, sites, day excursions, etc.? I’ve only been there once before, for two days, 40 years ago, so it’s pretty much completely new to me… --- ## [How strict were your parents with you drinking alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strict-were-your-parents-with-you-drinking-alcohol/817091)
**Author:** [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strict-were-your-parents-with-you-drinking-alcohol/817091 "2018-07-03T21:29:33Z")
Underage and when you were of age? I know a friend whose parents don’t let him drink alcohol even as a 20yr old despite even when going out for a special occasion to a pub (age of majority is 18 here in Europe). I guess … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=481) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=483)