# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=517 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 518 --- ## [Do you do your own taxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-your-own-taxes/809267)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-do-your-own-taxes/809267 "2018-03-08T03:47:37Z")
Why or why not? What country do you live in? If you do them, how long does it take? If you pay to have them done, how much does it cost? Do you think you should be able to do your own taxes given your intelligence/ed… --- ## [Why is it more common to see black male/white female couples than white male/black female on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-more-common-to-see-black-male-white-female-couples-than-white-male-black-female-on-tv/810106)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-more-common-to-see-black-male-white-female-couples-than-white-male-black-female-on-tv/810106 "2018-03-08T01:00:59Z")
I see more white male/every other race female EXCEPT I rarely see white male/black female, there it’s overwhelmingly black male/white female. Is it actually more common in real life or do they do that because it’s consi… --- ## [Message board trolling or just eccentricity? Not SDMB related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-trolling-or-just-eccentricity-not-sdmb-related/810096)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-board-trolling-or-just-eccentricity-not-sdmb-related/810096 "2018-03-07T22:49:25Z")
The SDMB is a unique message board in that we’re a general discussion type of board. Sure, many of us have our favorite forums, but this doesn’t tend to be the type of place where a person will turn to for just a questio… --- ## [What's the deal with tall plain wood fences in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tall-plain-wood-fences-in-america/810001)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-tall-plain-wood-fences-in-america/810001 "2018-03-07T21:47:10Z")
I’ve never been to USA, so maybe I am overestimating the number of them, but it seems like almost everywhere where there is a backyard, there is a tall wood fence, not just in poor areas, but even really rich areas and r… --- ## [Advice needed: getting a group to focus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-getting-a-group-to-focus/810166)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-getting-a-group-to-focus/810166 "2018-03-07T21:04:39Z")
I need advice on dealing with a group of people. Average citizens, neighbors, who are concerned about a relatively complex issue. Details aren’t important. We hold meetings on this issue and I have found that we all have… --- ## [Why so many homeless in Los Angeles and California in general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-homeless-in-los-angeles-and-california-in-general/809967)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-homeless-in-los-angeles-and-california-in-general/809967 "2018-03-07T20:47:12Z")
I caught some videos of the homeless problem in LA, San Diego, San Fransisco, and other areas. All these tent cities taking up city parks and trails. Then I look at my own area of Overland Park Kansas. I can say I have … --- ## [With all due respect - let's eliminate BS phrases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-all-due-respect-lets-eliminate-bs-phrases/809909)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-all-due-respect-lets-eliminate-bs-phrases/809909 "2018-03-07T20:42:53Z")
Does anyone else perceive that just about every time someone prefaces their remarks with “With all due respect,” what they are actually communicating is that they do not believe the recipient merits much if any respect? … --- ## [Suggestions for cheap car security](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-cheap-car-security/810089)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-cheap-car-security/810089 "2018-03-07T19:35:47Z")
My new used car (2004 BMW) doesn’t have an alarm system. This wouldn’t be a concern, but the key won’t lock or unlock the door (for Bimmer people, the clown nose doesn’t flash - it should do so even without a security al… --- ## [Yellowstone supervolcano eruption. How to capitalize and profit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption-how-to-capitalize-and-profit/803754)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-supervolcano-eruption-how-to-capitalize-and-profit/803754 "2018-03-07T18:51:48Z")
In a dream one night you see the New York Times headline, “Yellowstone Erupts! Thousands Missing, Presumed Dead.” and the date five years in the future. When you wake up you “know” that it’s true and going to happen. B… --- ## [Current & Former Ebay Sellers. Is it worth selling my mom's small items?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-amp-former-ebay-sellers-is-it-worth-selling-my-moms-small-items/810130)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-amp-former-ebay-sellers-is-it-worth-selling-my-moms-small-items/810130 "2018-03-07T14:41:05Z")
My mom’s moving to a much smaller house and we got a lot of stuff to clear out. I hate to see it go into the trash. One Example. Dad had a large collection of coffee cups. Some are marked with various organizations tha… --- ## [Why is the Future so hard to predict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-future-so-hard-to-predict/809877)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-future-so-hard-to-predict/809877 "2018-03-07T12:23:22Z")
Popular magazines in the 1950s seriously promised that by now we’d have flying cars, but videophone wristwatches was impossible Dick Tracy stuff… Now people predict that North Korean troops can potentially occupy Wic… --- ## [Why is evicting someone so hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-evicting-someone-so-hard/809961)
**Author:** [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-evicting-someone-so-hard/809961 "2018-03-07T11:12:54Z")
And why does it take so long? Example - http://katu.com/news/offbeat/college-sues-former-student-who-refuses-to-leave-dorm Toss her shit into a bag and leave it at the main office. Tell security she is not allowed into… --- ## [Should I be honest with my enighbors about a potential fire hazard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-honest-with-my-enighbors-about-a-potential-fire-hazard/810116)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-honest-with-my-enighbors-about-a-potential-fire-hazard/810116 "2018-03-07T02:28:04Z")
My neighbors are Asian immigrants and have recently moved their parents from their home country, to the US, and now they are staying with them. To make room my neighbor is building a bedroom and bathroom for them in his … --- ## [Modern Macs, power and memory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-macs-power-and-memory/809951)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-macs-power-and-memory/809951 "2018-03-07T00:42:07Z")
So the time is come to probably replace my computer. Prior to this time, I have always purchased Power Macs. They have great expandability both in terms of memory and adding drives. I have a habit of pushing my compute… --- ## [Diagnose my hand pain!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-hand-pain/809144)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-hand-pain/809144 "2018-03-06T22:46:55Z")
Disclaimer: You are probably not a doctor. If you are a doctor, you are not MY doctor. So officially you don’t know anything and I won’t do anything based on what you say. Also I’m seeing my real live doctor in about a w… --- ## ["Do you like to party?" If someone asks you this question what are they really asking you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-party-if-someone-asks-you-this-question-what-are-they-really-asking-you/579739 "2018-03-06T22:25:22Z")
Per this threadthe topic came up of what it actually means when someone asks you “Do you like to party?” In my opinion it’s almost always a question asking if you like to use drugs. Some think it’s less specific than th… --- ## [How to get over a guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-over-a-guy/809892)
**Author:** [@DekaJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DekaJay)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-over-a-guy/809892 "2018-03-06T20:10:17Z")
Friend of mine has been talking to a “will” character for the past 4 months and she’s hooked on him. She likes a new guy “Cesar” but doesn’t know how to get rid of and over the old guy. --- ## [Girls, if seeing masculine body doesn't turn you on then how do men body arouse you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-if-seeing-masculine-body-doesnt-turn-you-on-then-how-do-men-body-arouse-you/810138)
**Author:** [@gisaaanr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gisaaanr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-if-seeing-masculine-body-doesnt-turn-you-on-then-how-do-men-body-arouse-you/810138 "2018-03-06T19:28:33Z")
We (guys) feel nothing when do we see chair, table, pen, bag, shoes and other neutral objects. But when do we see our opposite sex/feminine women we experience sexual attraction (had a physiological response (eg. Blushin… --- ## [Poll: id your teachers and professors try to influence your political thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-id-your-teachers-and-professors-try-to-influence-your-political-thinking/809439)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-id-your-teachers-and-professors-try-to-influence-your-political-thinking/809439 "2018-03-06T17:16:18Z")
This is mainly for Starving Artist’s benefit, who firmly believes educators try to turn their students into liberals. --- ## [Be a Dick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-a-dick/809782)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-a-dick/809782 "2018-03-06T07:08:51Z")
(Trying again as first attempt thread was locked for using improper wording. Appreciate the mods for pointing that out and hopefully this version passes muster.) Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the leading retailers in th… --- ## [Does weight loss make you prone to certain vitamin/mineral deficiencies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-weight-loss-make-you-prone-to-certain-vitamin-mineral-deficiencies/809876)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-weight-loss-make-you-prone-to-certain-vitamin-mineral-deficiencies/809876 "2018-03-06T06:00:45Z")
About 5 months ago my husband and I decided to get serious about losing the blubber we’d packed on in recent years. Each of us has lost about 20 pounds, and I must say we do both look much better now. Both of us just ha… --- ## [How can I support voter registration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-support-voter-registration/809964)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-support-voter-registration/809964 "2018-03-06T03:02:16Z")
I’m not much of an activist, but I’d like to support efforts to get unregistered voters signed up before the mid-terms — and also support efforts to transport elderly/infirm people to polls on election days. So, I’m thi… --- ## [Turning right on red. Is it safe to turn in this scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-right-on-red-is-it-safe-to-turn-in-this-scenario/809486)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-right-on-red-is-it-safe-to-turn-in-this-scenario/809486 "2018-03-06T02:33:53Z")
See this diagram: (jpg or pdf). You are in the blue car. Let’s say you come up to an intersection comprised of two, four-lane roads. You want to make a right. Your light is red. You look to your left to see if any traf… --- ## [I hate it when "that" happens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-that-happens/809342)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-it-when-that-happens/809342 "2018-03-06T01:12:29Z")
I have a workday morning routine of setting the alarm for 14 minutes before I need to get up and then hitting the “snooze” button twice before actually getting out of bed. Twice. Not once, not thrice, but twice. I wan… --- ## [Taxes filed late due to excuses? Ever officially valid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-filed-late-due-to-excuses-ever-officially-valid/810074)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-filed-late-due-to-excuses-ever-officially-valid/810074 "2018-03-05T23:29:23Z")
If a person can not file their taxes on time and have a excuse such as medical such as being in a coma, or things like being arrested within the US, prevented from leaving a foreign country or lost at sea, is their any o… --- ## [If bourbon, or similar liquor , did not get you high, wold anyone drink it? Similarly exercise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bourbon-or-similar-liquor-did-not-get-you-high-wold-anyone-drink-it-similarly-exercise/809998)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-bourbon-or-similar-liquor-did-not-get-you-high-wold-anyone-drink-it-similarly-exercise/809998 "2018-03-05T20:39:14Z")
If bourbon, or similar liquor , did not get you high, wold anyone drink it? (I.e., Would anyone drink it for the taste or physical feeling on the throat?) Likewise, if exercise and weight lifting did not improve health… --- ## [What's a good home router for parental control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-home-router-for-parental-control/810006)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-home-router-for-parental-control/810006 "2018-03-05T19:55:10Z")
We have Internet-obsessed teenagers. Their Internet needs to be rationed a little, and cutting them off is a nice disciplinary tool. We’d like a router (our current one has few options, it was provided by our ISP) that… --- ## [Life after your life partner, am I morbid for thinking it thru?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-your-life-partner-am-i-morbid-for-thinking-it-thru/810005)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-after-your-life-partner-am-i-morbid-for-thinking-it-thru/810005 "2018-03-05T16:26:57Z")
The most difficult part of my father passing away was hearing from my mother that she had never considered this day would come. I asked her “what next” and she had no concept. This is a man who was having illness since… --- ## [In search of a cure for booty sweat (Very TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-cure-for-booty-sweat-very-tmi/809959)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-search-of-a-cure-for-booty-sweat-very-tmi/809959 "2018-03-05T15:53:39Z")
I’m 35 now. I’m not as young as I used to be, and my body is changing in ways I couldn’t have anticipated when I was younger. (And they told me puberty would be hard to deal with. Pshaw.) The problem that’s come to bothe… --- ## [Why is that when bigots are called out for their views, they call it harassment or bullying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-that-when-bigots-are-called-out-for-their-views-they-call-it-harassment-or-bullying/809970)
**Author:** [@BloodStalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BloodStalk)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-that-when-bigots-are-called-out-for-their-views-they-call-it-harassment-or-bullying/809970 "2018-03-05T15:24:24Z")
I don’t get this. They hold reprehensible views and yet when they are criticized, they act like victims. Why is that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=516) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=518)