# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=54 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 55 --- ## [Ever had any strong suspicions that you've encountered a narc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-any-strong-suspicions-that-youve-encountered-a-narc/1014904)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-any-strong-suspicions-that-youve-encountered-a-narc/1014904 "2025-04-29T00:25:53Z")
Me and two buddies were taking a break from gaming at the casino. Then we were approached by this new guy. Definitely only been a regular for the last six months or so. He chatted us up about the current “hot” hustle gam… --- ## [Are there any current observances in the U.S. that could become federal holidays in the foreseeable future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778 "2025-04-28T19:56:42Z")
I don’t well remember the lead-up to adoption of the Martin Luther King’s Birthday federal holiday, but I do remember when it was not yet a federal holiday. I do have an older child’s recollection – I was maybe 12 or so … --- ## [I've got bees!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-bees/1013236)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-bees/1013236 "2025-04-28T14:27:46Z")
I have a large oak tree outside my bathroom window. This morning, I noticed a rather large, well, lump under one of the branches. I pulled out my camera and eventually my binoculars, and determined it’s a bee hive. I… --- ## [Have you heard of this word? (Second time)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-this-word-second-time/1017436)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-this-word-second-time/1017436 "2025-04-28T13:46:39Z")
So I’m still playing Wordle (UK dictionary) and up comes: I got it - but only by luck. Do you know it? Honestly, I was paying attention at school (which was from 1957 - 1971 :wink:) For reference, here’s my previous … --- ## [Youtube feed gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-feed-gone/1016599)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-feed-gone/1016599 "2025-04-28T02:58:01Z")
This just started today, for me. Youtube video feed suggestion thingy is gone, in its place a message to “start searching so we can build a history …” Can’t remember the exact wording off hand, but like that. First sa… --- ## [Who knows a little something about insurance? (umbrella policies)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-a-little-something-about-insurance-umbrella-policies/1017539)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-a-little-something-about-insurance-umbrella-policies/1017539 "2025-04-28T01:35:59Z")
It’s renewal time and my agent has proposed two different 12-month umbrella policies. 1 - For $232: $1,000,000 coverage 2 - For $433: $1,000,000 coverage for 12 months including $1,000,000 uninsured/underinsured motori… --- ## [Science that contradicts Biblical claims, that's tacitly or directly a part of everyday technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-that-contradicts-biblical-claims-thats-tacitly-or-directly-a-part-of-everyday-technology/1017073)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-that-contradicts-biblical-claims-thats-tacitly-or-directly-a-part-of-everyday-technology/1017073 "2025-04-27T20:08:42Z")
Basically, I’m looking to say; “Well, if you believe the Bible is right about ‘X’, then perhaps you should stop using ‘Y’, because we found out…” I’m not in any debate currently, I’m just wondering what could be listed … --- ## [Suggestions for things to do, and vegetarian food, in Orlando and St. Augustine, Florida?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-things-to-do-and-vegetarian-food-in-orlando-and-st-augustine-florida/1017468)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-things-to-do-and-vegetarian-food-in-orlando-and-st-augustine-florida/1017468 "2025-04-27T12:32:01Z")
My partner has a work conference next week in Orlando and I’m tagging along. We’re also spending a weekend in St. Augustine (last thread was from 2011). It’s just the two of us, no kids or anything. Any suggestions on t… --- ## [David Brooks has finally repudiated the Dark Side. Maybe I can respect him now. A little](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brooks-has-finally-repudiated-the-dark-side-maybe-i-can-respect-him-now-a-little/1016755)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brooks-has-finally-repudiated-the-dark-side-maybe-i-can-respect-him-now-a-little/1016755 "2025-04-27T06:31:00Z")
I have despised conservative columnist David Brooks for decades. My loathing intensified before the 2016 election when he optimistically supported trump. Then when his idol turned out to have feet of clay shit, he withdr… --- ## [Must see items at the US Air Force Museum ( Dayton Ohio)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-items-at-the-us-air-force-museum-dayton-ohio/1016769)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-see-items-at-the-us-air-force-museum-dayton-ohio/1016769 "2025-04-27T02:43:53Z")
We’ll be in Dayton Ohio this week (for a drumline competition), and I see they have a highly regarded museum run by the US Air Force. Has anyone been there lately? (There was a thread from back in 2003, mostly a Dopefest… --- ## [Alternatives to "Untuckit" shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-untuckit-shirts/1017147)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-untuckit-shirts/1017147 "2025-04-26T17:03:39Z")
I like the idea of dress shirts designed to not be tucked in, but have a dislike for Untuckit. I don’t like the commercials (not a big deal) or the “signature sail” (dealbreaker). Any other brands that create nicely-fi… --- ## [How is the SDMB different from/superior to/inferior to Reddit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-sdmb-different-from-superior-to-inferior-to-reddit/1016573)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-sdmb-different-from-superior-to-inferior-to-reddit/1016573 "2025-04-26T17:02:19Z")
Article in Atlantic extolling the virtues of Reddit. I never went there. But I’ve relied on the SD for decades (!) for entertainment but also and mainly for information. And I’m wondering what the SD denizens have to … --- ## [What software programs have you paid for that you felt are worth it over freeware options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-programs-have-you-paid-for-that-you-felt-are-worth-it-over-freeware-options/1017463)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-programs-have-you-paid-for-that-you-felt-are-worth-it-over-freeware-options/1017463 "2025-04-26T03:29:13Z")
I’m not really asking about movie streaming services (but you can include those) but I’m wondering about software purchases that you felt are vastly superior to the freeware versions to the point where you felt it was wo… --- ## [Why aren't anabolic steroids used for sarcopenia in the elderly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-anabolic-steroids-used-for-sarcopenia-in-the-elderly/1017497)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-anabolic-steroids-used-for-sarcopenia-in-the-elderly/1017497 "2025-04-26T00:39:00Z")
I don’t want to derail from this thread Question for people who weight train: But why aren’t anabolic steroids combined with resistance training and a high protein diet used in the elderly to combat sarcopenia? Is it be… --- ## [Cops leaving fingerprints as evidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-leaving-fingerprints-as-evidence/1017490)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-leaving-fingerprints-as-evidence/1017490 "2025-04-25T21:59:37Z")
In this video (high speed car chase stop), starting at 4:00, the officer touches the tail light to “leave physical fingerprint evidence in case the encounter turns deadly”. Huh? I’ve never heard of this. Wouldn’t the vi… --- ## [Why do poker players constantly fiddle with their chips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-poker-players-constantly-fiddle-with-their-chips/1017276)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-poker-players-constantly-fiddle-with-their-chips/1017276 "2025-04-25T16:53:46Z")
You can see/hear it in this video (there are plenty more that you can see/hear it in too). It seems a very common thing. I, personally, find it annoying. Is that the point…to put someone off their game? In golf every… --- ## [HELP! Microsoft is driving me crazy \[mcaffe/avast/office/support pop-up\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-microsoft-is-driving-me-crazy-mcaffe-avast-office-support-pop-up/1017368)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-microsoft-is-driving-me-crazy-mcaffe-avast-office-support-pop-up/1017368 "2025-04-25T14:35:04Z")
I don’t know if anyone else is having this problem, but for last 3 days Microsoft has been very aggressive–intrusive, like every 3 minutes!–with popups trying to get me to subscribe to mcaffe/avast/office/support. So I h… --- ## [Child Sexual Abuse Material rather than Kiddie Porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-sexual-abuse-material-rather-than-kiddie-porn/1017390)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-sexual-abuse-material-rather-than-kiddie-porn/1017390 "2025-04-25T04:45:12Z")
Continuing the discussion from Should the New Pornographers change their name ASAP?: I think this discussion did, in fact, need to happen. The issue isn’t people being confused. It’s about the actual words used soft-… --- ## [Have you heard of this word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-this-word/1016988)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-this-word/1016988 "2025-04-24T21:30:37Z")
I like playing Wordle (UK English.) Recently I got 4 letters - but could not guess the 5th before I ran out of goes. I had CO\_ON. Apparently there is a word … have you heard of it?! --- ## [eBay / iPhone question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-iphone-question/1017443)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-iphone-question/1017443 "2025-04-24T18:16:18Z")
I submitted an offer for an iPhone on eBay that was listed as unopened and brand new. I received the following message from the seller. I have never heard of such a thing. At first glance it seems shady. Anyone ever see … --- ## [Tell me about Kagi search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kagi-search/1016571)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kagi-search/1016571 "2025-04-24T14:15:58Z")
Randomly this morning I came across two mentions of Kagi, a new (?) search engine that I had not heard of before. It runs on a paid subscription model, so there are no ads or sponsored results. Has anyone tried it? Ther… --- ## [Cloned humans raised without parents. They grow to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloned-humans-raised-without-parents-they-grow-to-do/1016921)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloned-humans-raised-without-parents-they-grow-to-do/1016921 "2025-04-24T01:44:25Z")
Inspired by the thread reanimated due to the Dire Wolf looking designer dog bit. In the old thread a point was made several times that without parents, pack, herd, flock, to learn from they wouldn’t be the true animal. … --- ## [The two doors riddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-doors-riddle/1017191)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-doors-riddle/1017191 "2025-04-23T23:06:33Z")
So one door tells the truth the other one always lies. Why wouldn’t asking “are you a door”? Work? --- ## [Realistically, if the President/Vice President were both incapacitated and the Speaker of the House was from an opposing party, what would happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-if-the-president-vice-president-were-both-incapacitated-and-the-speaker-of-the-house-was-from-an-opposing-party-what-would-happen/1017264)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-if-the-president-vice-president-were-both-incapacitated-and-the-speaker-of-the-house-was-from-an-opposing-party-what-would-happen/1017264 "2025-04-23T17:42:13Z")
This is a thing that I’ve seen constantly in fiction, a conspiracy to kill/incapacitate both the President and the Vice President in order to allow the third in line of succession to take over, almost always somebody fro… --- ## [How much trouble is New Zealand in? Will fleeing Americans save them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-trouble-is-new-zealand-in-will-fleeing-americans-save-them/1017237)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-trouble-is-new-zealand-in-will-fleeing-americans-save-them/1017237 "2025-04-22T18:13:46Z")
Listened to a podcast today discussing their net outflow of people, in particular a brain drain. Lots to Australia but not only. Plus their birth rate is low and dropping:1.56. That’s not a great combination. I understa… --- ## [OK, planning to get a puppy (black lab)-do's and don'ts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-planning-to-get-a-puppy-black-lab-dos-and-donts/1016869)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-planning-to-get-a-puppy-black-lab-dos-and-donts/1016869 "2025-04-22T09:27:47Z")
I had a black lab for 11 years, Dickens (1985-1996), but after that I moved into an apartment in a city \[Jacksonville\] which as far as wide open public spaces are concerned is pretty lacking. \[When I had my dog he could … --- ## [Is debt collection company a good business model?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debt-collection-company-a-good-business-model/1016486)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-debt-collection-company-a-good-business-model/1016486 "2025-04-22T00:40:28Z")
In my own limited experience people who have defaulted on a loan or credit card are not in the slightest bit inclined to accept an offer from a collection company for a smaller amount. They walked away from one company a… --- ## [What's the deal with these "super telescopes" one sees ads for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-super-telescopes-one-sees-ads-for/1017330)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-super-telescopes-one-sees-ads-for/1017330 "2025-04-21T22:57:32Z")
If you’ve seen these you know what I mean: a handheld telescope/monocular that can zoom in on someone on a mountaintop fifteen miles away. Since I presume that a workaround for the basic laws of optics hasn’t been devise… --- ## [Jewish Dopers - what do you think of gilgul (reincarnation)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-gilgul-reincarnation/1017157)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-dopers-what-do-you-think-of-gilgul-reincarnation/1017157 "2025-04-21T22:46:22Z")
As some of you might know from my MPSIMS thread, I’ve taken an interest in Jewish mysticism recently and I’m just a few days away from starting a ritual from a medieval grimoire inspired by Kabbalah. As part of this, I’v… --- ## [It’s 420: How are you celebrating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-420-how-are-you-celebrating/1017267)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-420-how-are-you-celebrating/1017267 "2025-04-20T22:52:59Z")
I only use flower during the winter months, as my hippy auntie in Modesto won’t grow it in the summer — too hot. She charges loved ones $100 an ounce plus shipping, so a way better deal than retail here in Missouri. I do… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=55)