# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=489 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 490 --- ## [How do You Invest Your Money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-invest-your-money/815553)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-invest-your-money/815553 "2018-06-12T22:58:19Z")
With US inflation today at around ~2-3%, you can expect x dollars today to lose 10% of their value over the next 5 years. What have you invested in for 3 years or longer? What is the return % over time? What makes the… --- ## [Would you let yourself be exposed to the flu for $3500?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-yourself-be-exposed-to-the-flu-for-3500/815834)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-yourself-be-exposed-to-the-flu-for-3500/815834 "2018-06-12T21:58:11Z")
Might not be too bad if you were given the flu shot. It would suck getting the placebo. They are offering a very nice place to stay and $3500. It does require 10 days. $350 a day for your work. Would you do it? I assu… --- ## [How should I handle this incident of domestic violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-this-incident-of-domestic-violence/815747)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-handle-this-incident-of-domestic-violence/815747 "2018-06-12T21:04:51Z")
Yesterday, I heard one of my neighbours sounding distressed. Then there was the sound of slapping. She has a boyfriend with whom I am not acquainted. By the time I got to my door she had raced upstairs and slammed her do… --- ## [Where me and my classmates the only ones made to dance this in gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-me-and-my-classmates-the-only-ones-made-to-dance-this-in-gym/815564)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-me-and-my-classmates-the-only-ones-made-to-dance-this-in-gym/815564 "2018-06-12T19:25:37Z")
We were forced to do this Johannesburg dance, the Pata Pata, against our wills. To be honest, everything they made us do in gym class was against our will all those decades ago. Still, I have met no one who even heard of… --- ## [Rolling and cleaning USGI 'extreme cold' sleeping bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-and-cleaning-usgi-extreme-cold-sleeping-bag/815943)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-and-cleaning-usgi-extreme-cold-sleeping-bag/815943 "2018-06-12T16:50:52Z")
In my ongoing cleaning out of the trailer, I came upon my USGI ‘extreme cold’ sleeping bag. Now, being from Southern California I haven’t actually slept in it. I’ve used it as a blanket. So it’s ‘like new’ and still c… --- ## [Anyone been a support person for someone having weight loss surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-a-support-person-for-someone-having-weight-loss-surgery/814338)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-a-support-person-for-someone-having-weight-loss-surgery/814338 "2018-06-12T12:34:06Z")
I just started a thread on this, and then had a cat walk across the keyboard, and the first thread disappeared, so if there is another, incomplete, duplicate thread floating around somewhere (I searched all over and coul… --- ## [History lovers (and others): What is your favorite American war to study or read about, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-lovers-and-others-what-is-your-favorite-american-war-to-study-or-read-about-and-why/815657)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-lovers-and-others-what-is-your-favorite-american-war-to-study-or-read-about-and-why/815657 "2018-06-12T01:46:26Z")
American Revolution for me. I am fascinated as to how they fought a war on so grand a scale with such limited technology, communication, weaponry, and transportation. Also, my own definition of ‘hero’ begins and ends w… --- ## [What is my roommate on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-roommate-on/815864)
**Author:** [@BloodMoonBorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodMoonBorn)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-roommate-on/815864 "2018-06-11T22:14:40Z")
My roommate is an ex- herion addict, he supposedly quit years ago! However every once in a while he acts like he’s on something! He stays up all night making moaning sounds, grunting, jibbering, growling, uncontrollably … --- ## [Job search/interview question related to tuition reimbursement with current employer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-search-interview-question-related-to-tuition-reimbursement-with-current-employer/815850)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-search-interview-question-related-to-tuition-reimbursement-with-current-employer/815850 "2018-06-11T22:08:45Z")
Long story short, I’m hoping to conduct a job search in the near future, but have one potential issue in executing that, which is that I am currently under an education expense repayment agreement with my current employe… --- ## [Stoplight etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoplight-etiquette/815676)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stoplight-etiquette/815676 "2018-06-11T21:30:28Z")
You see it with maybe 1% of drivers - the ones that leave in excess of an entire car length in front of them when they’re stopped at a traffic light (I’ve even seen it where folks stop when no one is in front of them an … --- ## [The definition of irony.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-definition-of-irony/815832 "2018-06-11T21:06:37Z")
Charlotte Fox, world famous alpinist, survivor of an Everest disaster, and first woman to summit three mountains over 26,000 feet, has died at age 61 from injuries suffered at home after falling down a steep flight of st… --- ## [Can you help me choose a computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-choose-a-computer/815425)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-choose-a-computer/815425 "2018-06-11T20:05:42Z")
I’m a senior citizen and aside from TV watching and book reading I like to have me some Internet-browsing and game-playing regularly, but my eight-year-old computer has developed a steady yowl and seems about to give up … --- ## [Does anyone here own a Festool Domino?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-own-a-festool-domino/815894)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-own-a-festool-domino/815894 "2018-06-11T17:48:27Z")
I know there are better forums to ask this, but has anyone here used a Festool Domino? I’m into woodworking as a hobby and have been for years, mostly making artsy furniture, and I have developed a comfortable & consiste… --- ## [Atheists: Ever work for a religious organization? How'd it go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-ever-work-for-a-religious-organization-howd-it-go/815681)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheists-ever-work-for-a-religious-organization-howd-it-go/815681 "2018-06-11T16:54:29Z")
I am an adjunct at two community colleges, teaching math. One of them is 20 miles away, and the commute is getting old (after five years). Especially when I have go up there during rush hour. I’ve found out that a priv… --- ## [effect of world with free, unlimited, clean energy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-world-with-free-unlimited-clean-energy/815830)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-world-with-free-unlimited-clean-energy/815830 "2018-06-11T15:33:21Z")
If someone was to invent/discover a technique that would allow free, unlimited, environmentally clean energy (let’s say something like cold fusion from hydrogen, but the technology isn’t so important), and everyone in th… --- ## [Would you sell your Soul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-sell-your-soul/743192)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-sell-your-soul/743192 "2018-06-11T12:50:25Z")
I understand that most of people here are Christian, while I am Jewish. Yet like Pascal’s Wager, this can be a universal question. If you had a chance to give up your soul to eternal suffering for a temporary benefit, … --- ## [Is it a good thing or a bad thing when you don't have all of the answers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-good-thing-or-a-bad-thing-when-you-dont-have-all-of-the-answers/815684)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-good-thing-or-a-bad-thing-when-you-dont-have-all-of-the-answers/815684 "2018-06-11T08:07:22Z")
No real subject to dolt on just a thought is it a good thing or a bad thing when you don’t have all of the answers. As far as Johnny is concerned, in his constant asking questions, we have the internet search engines, r… --- ## [Would you call this behavior homophobic? BENIGNLY homophobic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-this-behavior-homophobic-benignly-homophobic/814840)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-call-this-behavior-homophobic-benignly-homophobic/814840 "2018-06-11T08:02:39Z")
Before anyone asks, this is not a hypothetical, but based on a real life conversation. Recently a friend of mine and I were discussing an acquaintance of ours who is, to my mind at least, inappropriately pressuring his … --- ## [DoperChicks...post here about your underwear!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperchicks-post-here-about-your-underwear/59985)
**Author:** [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doperchicks-post-here-about-your-underwear/59985 "2018-06-11T07:38:03Z")
The guys always get asked the boxers or briefs question so now it’s the ladies’ turn. What kind of underwear do you wear? Me? I purchase my underwear exclusively from Victoria’s Secret. I buy the cotton underwear, size … --- ## [What have you noticed after losing power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-noticed-after-losing-power/815783)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-noticed-after-losing-power/815783 "2018-06-11T05:37:30Z")
Last week we lost power for 2 days. One thing I noticed, people went outside and talked to their neighbors more. Have you all seen similar when the power has gone out? --- ## [Political pardoning in the past - perspectives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-pardoning-in-the-past-perspectives/815745)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-pardoning-in-the-past-perspectives/815745 "2018-06-10T20:49:39Z")
Tell me, how were the (relatively) mass pardonings by Reagan, Carter, LBJ, Ford, et al received by the public? Background: Dopers are getting vexed over Trump’s pardoning in this thread. The official statistics here sho… --- ## [Fuel cells using amonnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuel-cells-using-amonnia/815831)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuel-cells-using-amonnia/815831 "2018-06-10T19:44:41Z")
An Israeli company is manufacturing fuel cells to power remote telecom equipment at .05 per kWh. The hydrogen is derived from ammonia. How long will it be until our homes are powered by fuel cells run off the bathroom? --- ## [Would you turn to the dark side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-to-the-dark-side/815502)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-turn-to-the-dark-side/815502 "2018-06-10T17:44:54Z")
Poll to follow. I’m not asking you to assume that you are Luke Skywalker, although “rule the galaxy as father and son” sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me. If you wish, you can assume that you already have access to … --- ## [Interview for Traineeship position. What should I expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-for-traineeship-position-what-should-i-expect/814822)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interview-for-traineeship-position-what-should-i-expect/814822 "2018-06-10T14:44:41Z")
Almost one year ago, I graduated with a B.Sc. in Information Systems in Germany. I am currently working for a company. My current company is an unconventional one. It is 20%-30% charity. (I don’t know how this informatio… --- ## [Can high fasting insulin cause fasting hypogylcemia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-high-fasting-insulin-cause-fasting-hypogylcemia/815712)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-high-fasting-insulin-cause-fasting-hypogylcemia/815712 "2018-06-10T12:47:25Z")
About me. I’m near 40, obese with a large waist. I want to lose some inches off my waist because it is my understanding that visceral fat on the waist is what causes much of the negative health effects of obesity. The p… --- ## [Creepy "Inside" Encounters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-inside-encounters/815742)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-inside-encounters/815742 "2018-06-10T12:20:07Z")
Do you remember this scene in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977)? \*Duane: Can I confess something? I tell you this as an artist, I think you’ll understand. Sometimes when I’m driving… on the road at night… I see two headli… --- ## [HR types: employee review question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-types-employee-review-question/815670)
**Author:** [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-types-employee-review-question/815670 "2018-06-10T07:51:37Z")
I don’t formally have any managerial role, but I do have an admin assistant, shared with two other people in my department. Theoretically all four of us report directly to the head honcho but in practice our department o… --- ## [Looking for legal opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-legal-opinion/815767)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-legal-opinion/815767 "2018-06-10T02:18:52Z")
Hopefully, some of our legal minds can help out. Disclaimer: none of you are my or my daughter’s attorneys, nor will I identify any of you in any fashion later on. As many of you know, one of my sons died recently. My d… --- ## [Does anyone have shifted circadian rhythms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-shifted-circadian-rhythms/815709)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-shifted-circadian-rhythms/815709 "2018-06-09T23:48:03Z")
I am just noticing that until about 3PM, I don’t have much motivation to do anything at all (complicating my 9-5 job). I can wake up just fine, I just really find it hard to concentrate and get motivated before midafte… --- ## [When a beautiful woman starts at work... what have you seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-beautiful-woman-starts-at-work-what-have-you-seen/815624)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-beautiful-woman-starts-at-work-what-have-you-seen/815624 "2018-06-09T22:03:52Z")
Have you ever worked at a place where one day a just stunning, attractive woman starts to work there? A woman every man notices even if they try to play it cool? In your experience what behaviors do you see or how does i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=488) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=490)