# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=508 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 509 --- ## [Why are Christians so full of hate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christians-so-full-of-hate/811670)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-christians-so-full-of-hate/811670 "2018-04-10T02:17:53Z")
If you read the comments section of just about any news story online, you will always see some loud-mouthed loser saying something like “Blue Lives Matter” or “All Lives Matter” or something about the Florida shooting ki… --- ## [Spam or scam phone call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-or-scam-phone-call/812071)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-or-scam-phone-call/812071 "2018-04-10T00:03:51Z")
Is this a scam or just plain spam? Three to five times a week I get a"last-chance" recorded phone call offering to lower my credit card interest rate to 6% or less. I always assumed that they would obtain a new card fo… --- ## [What era is best? Seeking opinions from folk with House Construction / Reno experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-era-is-best-seeking-opinions-from-folk-with-house-construction-reno-experience/811988)
**Author:** [@Textual\_Innuendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Innuendo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-era-is-best-seeking-opinions-from-folk-with-house-construction-reno-experience/811988 "2018-04-09T19:03:34Z")
This wasn’t quite a GQ, so I thought this would be the best place for my question. I’m seeking experienced opinions on if you were buying an already-built house, what you consider the best construction era / build-date … --- ## [Sigh, do I owe this lady a proper good bye? (online dating)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-do-i-owe-this-lady-a-proper-good-bye-online-dating/811881)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-do-i-owe-this-lady-a-proper-good-bye-online-dating/811881 "2018-04-09T14:50:01Z")
So about five days ago I started talking to this lady online. We’ve chatted on the phone ONCE for like 90 minutes. But have texted everyday. To be honest, I was kind of “meh” about the whole thing. But I figured: At lea… --- ## [Weird computer problem : some FLAC files don't play if the folder title is too long ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-computer-problem-some-flac-files-dont-play-if-the-folder-title-is-too-long/812063)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-computer-problem-some-flac-files-dont-play-if-the-folder-title-is-too-long/812063 "2018-04-09T13:46:50Z")
So, I’ve started converting my CD collection to FLAC and, past the first rookie mistakes, the whole thing has been going rather smoothly. I’ve noticed a very weird, occasional problem that I’m really at a loss to explai… --- ## [Linking to Google pictures.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-google-pictures/811597)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-google-pictures/811597 "2018-04-09T07:15:25Z")
Someone on the 'Dope described how to put images from a Google search in a link after Google was sued for something or other and dropped the “view image” selection. How do we do it? Thanks! --- ## [US's infrastructure compared to other countries.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-infrastructure-compared-to-other-countries/811766)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-infrastructure-compared-to-other-countries/811766 "2018-04-09T03:45:46Z")
I hear the US lags behind a lot of developed countries in infrastructure For those of you who have been to other countries, how was the infrastructure there? --- ## [Extreme body modification and free choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-body-modification-and-free-choice/811896)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-body-modification-and-free-choice/811896 "2018-04-08T23:00:54Z")
Inspired by this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=852387 (before anyone asks, its not presenting herself as a black person I’m querying but rather the other changes she has made to her body) … --- ## [Are you seeing the shift away from offline retail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-the-shift-away-from-offline-retail/811590)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-the-shift-away-from-offline-retail/811590 "2018-04-08T02:16:41Z")
Over the past 3 months - Christmas, the January sales and now Easter - I’ve literally been experiencing it in front of my eyes. It’s surely demonstrable and accelerating. Certainly in London Stage 1: internet Stage 2: … --- ## [Online Dating - meeting someone in person for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-meeting-someone-in-person-for-the-first-time/811923)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-dating-meeting-someone-in-person-for-the-first-time/811923 "2018-04-07T18:50:10Z")
A question inspired by the current online dating thread: I’ve seen the sentiment frequently expressed that it’s quite possible that you can feel sparks with a person online/over the phone but then feel nothing in person… --- ## [Shelters overflowing with pit bull mixes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-overflowing-with-pit-bull-mixes/811809)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shelters-overflowing-with-pit-bull-mixes/811809 "2018-04-07T16:11:58Z")
Is it just me or is there a pit bull mix abandonment epidemic? During the course of searching for a new family dog, we visited five different shelters. Better than half the dogs at all five of the shelters were pit bull … --- ## [Do you pronounce the first "r" in Turmeric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pronounce-the-first-r-in-turmeric/811420)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pronounce-the-first-r-in-turmeric/811420 "2018-04-07T12:26:14Z")
I have always pronounced it, because it’s fricken’ spelled that way. But I have noticed that it seems everybody else when they say it( Not that it’s a exactly daily topic of conversion, but TV cooking shows etc.) drops t… --- ## [A Choice of Afterlife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-choice-of-afterlife/811727)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-choice-of-afterlife/811727 "2018-04-07T02:23:37Z")
So at some indeterminate point in the future you shuffle off this mortal coil, to your surprise (or maybe not) it turns out that death is not in fact The End, instead you find yourself sitting behind a desk in the Afterl… --- ## [If you had God like powers, do you think you'd eventually quit caring about people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-god-like-powers-do-you-think-youd-eventually-quit-caring-about-people/811876)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-god-like-powers-do-you-think-youd-eventually-quit-caring-about-people/811876 "2018-04-06T21:05:26Z")
Pondering the psychological effects of suddenly being given God Like powers. I think, with the passage of time, it would be really difficult to have empathy for one’s fellow human beings. Because the more time passes by… --- ## [Where in Florida does it stop being "Southern", culturally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-florida-does-it-stop-being-southern-culturally/699255)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-florida-does-it-stop-being-southern-culturally/699255 "2018-04-06T18:41:40Z")
The question was raised in the other southern thread:http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17752405&posted=1#post17752405 As Zeldar says, the Panhandle is unquestionable Southern. I will add that Boynton… --- ## [How to handle competing job offers with aplomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-competing-job-offers-with-aplomb/811724)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-competing-job-offers-with-aplomb/811724 "2018-04-06T17:41:35Z")
Let me lay out the situation. Job #1, the job I would prefer to have. Permanent position, pay stays about the same as at previous job. Stay within the field I’ve been in for the past dozen years. Will not have to reloca… --- ## [Looking for a Lightweight Rain Jacket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-lightweight-rain-jacket/811813)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-lightweight-rain-jacket/811813 "2018-04-06T17:14:51Z")
I have been on the search for a lightweight rain jacket that I can wear during the summer while hiking/walking the dogs. We walk no matter what the weather is. I have a rain jacket from LL Bean that is wonderful but it… --- ## [surprising Facebook woe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-facebook-woe/811821)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-facebook-woe/811821 "2018-04-06T13:57:24Z")
When Facebook was gettimg started I thought “that will never work, they can’t police every copyright violation” (what Kim Dotcom was (is?) in trouble for). But surprisingly one of their current woes is trying to determi… --- ## [Only in Canada: Docs demand less pay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-docs-demand-less-pay/810274)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-in-canada-docs-demand-less-pay/810274 "2018-04-06T04:46:51Z")
Washington Post, March 7, 2018 Seriously, could this EVER happen in the United States? --- ## [How have the Boomers done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-the-boomers-done/811837)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-the-boomers-done/811837 "2018-04-06T03:55:43Z")
Inspired by some anti-Boomer hate speech in this Pit thread. The Boomers have mostly had their hands at the wheel for the last 30 to 40 years and have only recently been surpassed by the millennials in voting bloc size.… --- ## [Boy Crawls Under Stall. Staged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-crawls-under-stall-staged/811475)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boy-crawls-under-stall-staged/811475 "2018-04-05T21:40:28Z")
This is the latest video making the rounds. Yeah, cute. I’m wondering if it’s staged though. First of all, Andrew was awful quick to whip that phone into camera mode. If he was staring at it while excreting, and some… --- ## [The 1 - 10 Pain Scale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-10-pain-scale/597495)
**Author:** [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-1-10-pain-scale/597495 "2018-04-05T21:01:21Z")
What level is your pain? Somewhere between the :slight\_smile: and the :frowning: … I had my gallbladder removed a week ago and I was asked this question too many times to count. At first I thought it was funny to have t… --- ## [When does a harmonica rust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-harmonica-rust/811844)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-harmonica-rust/811844 "2018-04-05T15:55:16Z")
I’ve had my harmonica for a couple of years now, and I’ve been wondering how many years a harmonica lasts before it rusts. --- ## [What Kind of Attorney Do We Need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-attorney-do-we-need/807967)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-attorney-do-we-need/807967 "2018-04-05T15:23:30Z")
Ivylad got Social Security in 2016 due to disability. The SSA reported that we received $50,000, which is about ten times more what we got. We ended up owing Uncle Sam about $11K and not filing our taxes until Jan 31 o… --- ## [Why a guy would be ashamed of their attraction to a heavy set woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-guy-would-be-ashamed-of-their-attraction-to-a-heavy-set-woman/811587)
**Author:** [@Lost\_girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost_girl)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-a-guy-would-be-ashamed-of-their-attraction-to-a-heavy-set-woman/811587 "2018-04-05T14:51:47Z")
I prefer the term thick, but I’m a heavy set woman. Ive not always been over weight, so I understand the basicsm I’m very curious to why some guys are ashamed of their attraction to bigger women. Are they ashamed becaus… --- ## [For those who tap their toes to the music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-tap-their-toes-to-the-music/811088 "2018-04-05T11:22:10Z")
Which toes do you tap when you listen to music? If you don’t tap your toes, please re-read the title of this thread. --- ## [research on Eldgjá eruption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-on-eldgja-eruption/810846)
**Author:** [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-on-eldgja-eruption/810846 "2018-04-05T09:21:18Z")
A group of scientists are claiming that an ancient poem contains a reference to the Eldgjá eruption in Iceland and that “this retrospection of harrowing volcanic events in the poem was intentional, with the purpose of st… --- ## [Help! I need to talk to middle-school girls about careers in high tech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-to-talk-to-middle-school-girls-about-careers-in-high-tech/811718)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-need-to-talk-to-middle-school-girls-about-careers-in-high-tech/811718 "2018-04-05T02:01:07Z")
Our local university has an upcoming “career day” kinda thing they’re doing for 6th & 7th grade girls. I’ve been asked to do a 50-minute presentation on what it’s like to be a software engineer. Now that I’ve agreed to … --- ## [Hey fatty! Or](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fatty-or/811274)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-fatty-or/811274 "2018-04-04T22:15:23Z")
Over on this thread, a sub conversation has started prompted by the comment, “but what would be the proper term to refer to a woman who is, indeed, well…fat?” In my opinion, there are a ton of ways to describe someone o… --- ## [Are my Medication OK......?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-medication-ok/811660)
**Author:** [@Gbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gbro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-my-medication-ok/811660 "2018-04-04T21:55:16Z")
My Morning routine is to drop a couple slices of bread into the toaster and then take my B/P meds and a couple others along with a low dose aspirin. By then my toast is ready for butter. I enjoy a dark toasting and if it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=507) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=509)