# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=510 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 511 --- ## [How often do you take a "mental health day" from work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-take-a-mental-health-day-from-work/811174)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-take-a-mental-health-day-from-work/811174 "2018-04-01T19:49:22Z")
And under what circumstances? That is, do you have to be on the verge of collapse and borderline (or actually) suicidal? Or is it enough to wake up and find that it’s rainy and dark and you just don’t really want to get… --- ## [Opinions on CRM software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-crm-software/811359)
**Author:** [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-crm-software/811359 "2018-03-29T14:25:00Z")
Okay, I haven’t been here in like 10+ years and I am sure no one will remember me anyway lol So, I have a new job and they are doing everything old school…quotes in excel, PO’s in a book, etc. We are missing deadlines a… --- ## [If "transgender" is used in favor of "transexual", why not "homogender" instead of "homosexual"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-transgender-is-used-in-favor-of-transexual-why-not-homogender-instead-of-homosexual/811554)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-transgender-is-used-in-favor-of-transexual-why-not-homogender-instead-of-homosexual/811554 "2018-04-01T15:43:47Z")
I honestly did not know where to put this, as it is a genuine question of mine, with no “gotcha” or ideology or anything behind it. Simply ignorance and curiosity. I didn’t think GQ was appropriate due to the nature of… --- ## [How do you argue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-argue/811496)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-argue/811496 "2018-04-01T13:56:32Z")
Do you have personal guidelines for argument? Things you try to do, things you try to avoid, etc.? I guess it depends on the purpose of why any given person engages - for me there are two main purposes I strive towards… --- ## [Dinner guest on cell phone ... WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-guest-on-cell-phone-wtf/811170)
**Author:** [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-guest-on-cell-phone-wtf/811170 "2018-04-01T11:14:57Z")
Once every week or two I cook and have a few people over – one is my nephew who lives next door. The past few times he has brought his new girlfriend; nice girl, however … she is a cell phone addict … doing, at the dinn… --- ## [Good idea vs Bad Idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-idea-vs-bad-idea/811505)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-idea-vs-bad-idea/811505 "2018-03-31T22:35:21Z")
At what point do you consider something a good idea or a bad idea. If 1% of the population likes it, or 20% or 51%. My argument was this it is simply a matter of economics and whatever it takes to support the idea would… --- ## [Recommend an indoor tv antenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-indoor-tv-antenna/811074)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-indoor-tv-antenna/811074 "2018-03-31T18:58:49Z")
I don’t have cable or satellite-- I cut the cord three years ago and just have a Roku and whatever I can pull in over the air. I bought a Mohu indoor antenna at the time, but its performance isn’t great. The only station… --- ## [How is this quote of Shapiro's not racist? I don't understand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-quote-of-shapiros-not-racist-i-dont-understand/811241)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-quote-of-shapiros-not-racist-i-dont-understand/811241 "2018-03-31T17:55:49Z")
This is related to a thread I already made, but I was debating with some clown on a racist comment said by Shapiro: And he defended it with this: THat first one was just him pointing out the cultural differences. In S… --- ## [Cigarettes: Why would anyone want a soft pack instead of a hard pack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes-why-would-anyone-want-a-soft-pack-instead-of-a-hard-pack/411541)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigarettes-why-would-anyone-want-a-soft-pack-instead-of-a-hard-pack/411541 "2018-03-31T04:21:17Z")
GQ first, as I’m thinking there might be a factual answer that I hadn’t considered. Why would anyone want a soft pack of cigarettes over a hard pack? They’re the same price. A soft pack results in them all getting cru… --- ## [Is it illegal to spoof your phone number when sending an SMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-spoof-your-phone-number-when-sending-an-sms/811488)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-spoof-your-phone-number-when-sending-an-sms/811488 "2018-03-31T03:11:22Z")
I have a friend who’s being harrassed by an ex, and he seems to be using an app that lets him send text messages from many different phone numbers to get past her blocking. I am wonderig if this might be illegal? I don… --- ## [Have you researched MedAlert systems? What did you decide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-researched-medalert-systems-what-did-you-decide/811290)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-researched-medalert-systems-what-did-you-decide/811290 "2018-03-30T23:38:33Z")
My mom has a medAlert pendant. She’s used it three times. Mom is moving to a house close to me. Her current medAlert company doesn’t offer service in my area. I see ADT offers MedAlert for $40 a month. We had planed o… --- ## [Buying an Apartment in Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-apartment-in-chicago/811163)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-apartment-in-chicago/811163 "2018-03-30T22:40:28Z")
I am considering to buy an apartment in Chicago as I plan to stay here for at least 5 years. I originally wanted to buy in Hyde Park (university neighborhood), so that after I leave I’d be able to rent to grad students a… --- ## [How often do you drop a plop at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drop-a-plop-at-work/810703)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drop-a-plop-at-work/810703 "2018-03-30T15:14:44Z")
My policy is to do as much of my business as possible at my home base. I probably do a sit-down at work maybe once a quarter, if that. Others, though - and I couldn’t help but notice - do the deed daily. It’s part of th… --- ## [A Kosher pig? With milk gravy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kosher-pig-with-milk-gravy/811270)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kosher-pig-with-milk-gravy/811270 "2018-03-30T11:24:35Z")
Here is a story where a Rabbi says that cloned pork may be eaten with milk. He says that since it does not come from a live animal, it isn’t meat. --- ## [Are there long-term downsides to losing your virginity late in life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-long-term-downsides-to-losing-your-virginity-late-in-life/810120)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-long-term-downsides-to-losing-your-virginity-late-in-life/810120 "2018-03-30T05:01:10Z")
In terms of the topic question, I guess what I am asking is whether a person who loses his virginity later in life (say 25+) is permanently stilted for not having benefited from the psychological, social, developmental, … --- ## [Troubleshoot this household electrical mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshoot-this-household-electrical-mystery/811415)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshoot-this-household-electrical-mystery/811415 "2018-03-29T23:15:27Z")
Wall oven, on its own circuit. The cooling fan that runs after the oven is turned off just started tripping a GFCI receptacle on a separate circuit, on the adjacent countertop. Specifically, when the fan kicks off. --- ## [The gender-split in sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-split-in-sports/811221)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gender-split-in-sports/811221 "2018-03-29T22:35:12Z")
I’d like to start with a few propositions, although please feel free to question them: On the whole, there is more public interest in the ‘male version’ of a sport; men’s football, basketball, cricket, etc… is far more… --- ## [Sorta legal-what happens if I die before signing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorta-legal-what-happens-if-i-die-before-signing/810893)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sorta-legal-what-happens-if-i-die-before-signing/810893 "2018-03-29T16:32:19Z")
If a relative and I own a house, and the relative is going to ‘buy me out’, what happens if I die before the legal papers are signed? Does he then own the whole house until he sells it? Would some of the sale proceeds … --- ## [A second "9/11" happens, this time under Trump's watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-9-11-happens-this-time-under-trumps-watch/810529)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-9-11-happens-this-time-under-trumps-watch/810529 "2018-03-29T15:55:18Z")
The recent thread about Trump saying that the nation would not unify unless something major happened has me thinking that 9/11’s rally-around-the-flag effect sixteen years ago was a one-time thing; something that wouldn’… --- ## [Why taxpayers should NOT offer to back businesses thru bonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taxpayers-should-not-offer-to-back-businesses-thru-bonds/811318)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-taxpayers-should-not-offer-to-back-businesses-thru-bonds/811318 "2018-03-29T15:47:36Z")
Why? Wellhere is a story of a mall called Zona Rosa in North Kansas City. Years ago when the place was being built they used county paid for bonds to pay for it and now that that mall is failing, the owners cant pay the … --- ## [How does one get a blog started?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-a-blog-started/811417)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-a-blog-started/811417 "2018-03-29T15:46:45Z")
I want to start blogging, and I need tips. I would like it to be free, but I don’t want to start up a Google account, so BlogSpot is probably out. Please, give me the good, the bad and the ugly concerning where to go a… --- ## [Mechanics, tell me what I done wrong! (CV axle)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanics-tell-me-what-i-done-wrong-cv-axle/811217)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mechanics-tell-me-what-i-done-wrong-cv-axle/811217 "2018-03-29T14:33:15Z")
1987 Subaru GL 4WD coupe (flickin AWESOME snow car) Car is normally front wheel drive, but can go into 4hi or 4lo with a separate transfer case. Manual 5-spd transmission. Left (Driver’s side) CV axle boot torn and me… --- ## [What’s your oldest spam email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-oldest-spam-email/811373)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-oldest-spam-email/811373 "2018-03-29T13:08:03Z")
I use a few old Yahoo mail accounts for online purchases. I check them infrequently, but when I do I’m always amused to see messages related to purchases I made nearly 20 years ago. In 2000 I purchased some science equi… --- ## [What's the straight dope on "Industrial Hemp"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-industrial-hemp/811347)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-industrial-hemp/811347 "2018-03-29T03:25:09Z")
So every time you hear some obvious pothead college student ranting on about all the benefits of “industrial hemp”, it makes me wonder. a. If the crop is so amazing at so many things, surely there must be varieties tha… --- ## [Men, do you call being left alone with your child "baby sitting" when your wife is away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-call-being-left-alone-with-your-child-baby-sitting-when-your-wife-is-away/810983)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-call-being-left-alone-with-your-child-baby-sitting-when-your-wife-is-away/810983 "2018-03-29T02:54:45Z")
Not trying to be sexist by singling out men, I’ve just never heard a woman say this. So, do \*any \*of you consider taking care of your own child while the other parent is elsewhere baby sitting? --- ## [Do you brush your teeth in the shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-brush-your-teeth-in-the-shower/811015)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-brush-your-teeth-in-the-shower/811015 "2018-03-29T00:16:23Z")
Poll to follow. I don’t do this, but I’m aware that some people do. --- ## [Super morbid obesity and mental illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-morbid-obesity-and-mental-illness/811124)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-morbid-obesity-and-mental-illness/811124 "2018-03-28T18:45:22Z")
I watch TV’s “My 600lb Life,” which follows the journey of 600lb+ people through prepping for bariatric surgery and recovery afterward. Virtually all of the patients have been victims (or claim to be) of sexual and ment… --- ## [The Retail Apocalypse is going to get worse before it gets better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retail-apocalypse-is-going-to-get-worse-before-it-gets-better/811133)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-retail-apocalypse-is-going-to-get-worse-before-it-gets-better/811133 "2018-03-28T18:10:25Z")
I’ve posted on this before: That dark big box (and other) retail isn’t coming back, is it? (2017) So are malls dying or not? (2015) Actually, it’s going to get worse and never get better, as I believe that the demand… --- ## [iPad screen repair opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-screen-repair-opinions/811287)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-screen-repair-opinions/811287 "2018-03-28T17:28:22Z")
I’ve had my iPad since around 2013 or so. There are two very distinctive cracks in the glass which makes watching movies quite annoying. Every single day I get ads from Groupon with various places offering screen repair.… --- ## [ASE L1 Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ase-l1-test/99792)
**Author:** [@Kloudes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kloudes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ase-l1-test/99792 "2018-03-28T17:26:24Z")
My father needed a little help with this, so if you could please post anything you know… He is taking the ASE L1 test, and is lookign for a good study guide. He’s tried Barnes and Noble, but they didn’t help very much … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=509) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=511)