# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=542 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 543 --- ## [FSU bans all fraternities/sororities, effective today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fsu-bans-all-fraternities-sororities-effective-today/800914)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fsu-bans-all-fraternities-sororities-effective-today/800914 "2017-12-16T18:29:48Z")
“All fraternity and sorority chapters are prohibited from holding new member events, chapter meetings, chapter organized tailgates, socials, philanthropy, retreats, intramurals and organized participation in Market Wedne… --- ## [How to help a new homeless camp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-new-homeless-camp/804555)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-a-new-homeless-camp/804555 "2017-12-16T18:12:27Z")
So there have been a lot of homeless people setting up tents and staying under an overpass near my work. What should I do to help them? Can I just go up to all the tents and knock or yell out or whatever and ask them w… --- ## [Early days of the internet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-days-of-the-internet/803986)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-days-of-the-internet/803986 "2017-12-16T18:03:15Z")
I’m interested in hearing about what the early days of the internet were like. I know I could just Google it, but I’d rather learn from people who actually lived through that time. --- ## [Do you enjoy dark humor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-dark-humor/803816)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-dark-humor/803816 "2017-12-16T15:49:54Z")
Current thread in Café Society about Animal House. Opinions vary on why it is or isn’t a great flick, but what stands out for me is what some see as the political incorrectness of the humor, which I see as simply dark h… --- ## [Regarding cutting; I need input.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-cutting-i-need-input/803992)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-cutting-i-need-input/803992 "2017-12-16T15:42:53Z")
Got some upsetting news this evening from the exwife. Fosterling has started cutting. He takes meds for ADHD, and that therapy has been adjusted over the years as his body has grown and matured. Now that he has entere… --- ## [How Do You Eat? Which hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-which-hand/804466)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-which-hand/804466 "2017-12-16T13:10:36Z")
Which hand do you hold your utensils with? What foods do you touch? What country or region’s customs does your eating style conform with? Have you changed your eating style from that which you grew up with? I hold fo… --- ## [Are you aware of "Mama" as a term of respect for older women? Do you use it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-mama-as-a-term-of-respect-for-older-women-do-you-use-it/804394)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-mama-as-a-term-of-respect-for-older-women-do-you-use-it/804394 "2017-12-16T03:07:16Z")
I first started noticing this about 10 years ago. People started saying things like “Thank you, Mama” when I did something nice for them. Or “How are you, Mama?” as a greeting. Now that I’m a store cashier, I hear it qu… --- ## [Change in credit card security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-credit-card-security/804449)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-credit-card-security/804449 "2017-12-16T02:09:14Z")
My bank sent me a message the other day noting that there had been some kind of potential security breach, etc. As such, they were sending me a replacement credit card, just in case. I got the card today, and was very s… --- ## [At last its over - retired at at last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-its-over-retired-at-at-last/804572)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-its-over-retired-at-at-last/804572 "2017-12-16T01:39:34Z")
Hooray, after plenty of years I made it through. One year early because things worked out right. Do, no more juvenile 40 year old offenders to deal with. That was always the easy part, Now no more managers to deal wit… --- ## [I'm going to try to learn to solve cryptic crosswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-try-to-learn-to-solve-cryptic-crosswords/804526)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-try-to-learn-to-solve-cryptic-crosswords/804526 "2017-12-16T01:27:53Z")
I’m pretty decent with solving the NY Times crossword and very good with the LA Times crossword. So, a couple of weeks ago I attempted crosswords in some UK newspapers when I was there a couple of weeks ago. I felt as ho… --- ## [What would have happened if I tried to leave this medical facility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-happened-if-i-tried-to-leave-this-medical-facility/804573)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-happened-if-i-tried-to-leave-this-medical-facility/804573 "2017-12-15T21:57:34Z")
This happened a while back ago. I go to my GP because I threw my back out. Doc give me two shots in the back. She writes me a script, then casually tells me she wants me to go to an MRI place so she can get a better loo… --- ## [All these men....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-men/804284)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-these-men/804284 "2017-12-15T20:36:36Z")
that have been fired or resigned because of misconduct in the workplace - Matt Lauer, Mario Batalli, Al Franken, Kevin Spacey, etc. Is there anything they could do to redeem themselves to be able to continue their caree… --- ## [the Cooper Caper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455 "2017-12-15T15:50:25Z")
Early this morning @andersoncooper tweeted out in reply to a Trump tweet about the Alabama Senate election. @andersoncooper then deleted that tweet and sent out this one: A statement released by CNN later said the tw… --- ## [Recommend me a resource, re: historical etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-resource-re-historical-etiquette/804536)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-resource-re-historical-etiquette/804536 "2017-12-14T23:00:03Z")
Hey all. Long time no … post? I guess? Anyway, I come here seeking information to a small problem that will take far longer to explain than, I hope, solve. In a tabletop RPG I’m involved in, I play a late 17th / early … --- ## [Dumb Jock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-jock/804189)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-jock/804189 "2017-12-14T20:24:32Z")
In your experience, is the dumb jock stereotype true? And is it true that teachers give players on the football/basketball team passing grades just so they can play? --- ## [Masculinity on a College Campus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masculinity-on-a-college-campus/804190)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masculinity-on-a-college-campus/804190 "2017-12-14T18:26:36Z")
(This is a repurposed blog post) \* As I said in last week’s blog entry, I bailed on the college-bound path that was expected of me and opted for vo-tech training and then attempted to live as an auto mechanic. I was a … --- ## [Was the Pennsylvanian Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer in fact guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-pennsylvanian-treasurer-r-budd-dwyer-in-fact-guilty/804267)
**Author:** [@kenz47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenz47)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-pennsylvanian-treasurer-r-budd-dwyer-in-fact-guilty/804267 "2017-12-14T18:23:26Z")
There has been a recent documentary about Dwyer: “Honest Man: The life of R. Budd Dwyer” which purports Dwyer to be innocent of his charges (Dwyer was convicted in 1986 of 11 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, perjury and… --- ## [Evolution and the American South?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359)
**Author:** [@Nadnerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadnerb)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-and-the-american-south/781359 "2017-12-14T17:51:05Z")
Does anybody in the American South accept evolution? You know Darwin’s theory of evolution. --- ## [Tell Me About The First Time You Saw Snow (If You Were Raised In A Place With Rare Snow)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-first-time-you-saw-snow-if-you-were-raised-in-a-place-with-rare-snow/804399)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-first-time-you-saw-snow-if-you-were-raised-in-a-place-with-rare-snow/804399 "2017-12-14T15:45:06Z")
Snow fell in parts of the Deep South (in the US) last week, for the first time in several years in many places. If you were an older child, a teenager, or an adult the first time you saw snow, please tell us about it he… --- ## [Itchy dog; anyone have any great ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchy-dog-anyone-have-any-great-ideas/804277)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/itchy-dog-anyone-have-any-great-ideas/804277 "2017-12-14T15:42:17Z")
So first off: Yes, she’s been to the vet. Twice. Vet has no answers for me, beyond what I detail below. So my girly dog, a 14-year-old pug, is in goodish health considering her age, but about a month ago she just starte… --- ## [General Holiday gift ideas/helps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-holiday-gift-ideas-helps/804031)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-holiday-gift-ideas-helps/804031 "2017-12-12T22:23:38Z")
Feel free to add your own requests. Obviously, if there is already a thread or a better forum please (Mods) adjust accordingly. I have a few ideas for my wife that I’m working on… Any thoughts on gifts for staying w… --- ## [Do you have any attachment to houses you used to live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-attachment-to-houses-you-used-to-live-in/804123)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-attachment-to-houses-you-used-to-live-in/804123 "2017-12-14T11:37:01Z")
I’m not talking about your childhood home although if you want to mention it no one is stopping you. My mother still lives in the house I grew up in so I’m still there a lot. I’ve only owned three properties. The one I’… --- ## [Electric razor reccomendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-razor-reccomendations/804406)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-razor-reccomendations/804406 "2017-12-14T02:39:26Z")
The ones I’ve used in the past feel as though tiny little hands were yanking out facial hair. Do you have one that you like? --- ## [Life Expectancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-expectancy/804323)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-expectancy/804323 "2017-12-14T00:23:45Z")
This might be the wrong place to post this so feel free to move. I was wondering this; if life expectancy was 30-40 years old in Medieval times would a 40-year-old person back then look like an 80-year-old person today?… --- ## [Doctor friend told me wages are lower in high cost of living big cities. Is that true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-friend-told-me-wages-are-lower-in-high-cost-of-living-big-cities-is-that-true/804194)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-friend-told-me-wages-are-lower-in-high-cost-of-living-big-cities-is-that-true/804194 "2017-12-14T00:18:19Z")
For virtually every vocation I’ve heard of, wages are higher in higher cost of living areas. You’ll earn more in NYC or LA than you will in a town of 20,000 people for virtually any job you can think of. But my friend t… --- ## [Best phone snooping software for Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-phone-snooping-software-for-android/804345)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-phone-snooping-software-for-android/804345 "2017-12-13T20:28:06Z")
This xmas, one of my littles (not that little) will be getting their first phone. He’s at the age where I’m comfortable leaving him by himself for short periods of time both at home and at school events. I’d prefer he … --- ## [On Trump: A beautiful piece of proper journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-trump-a-beautiful-piece-of-proper-journalism/804239)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-trump-a-beautiful-piece-of-proper-journalism/804239 "2017-12-13T18:43:56Z")
In The New Your Times: Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour for Self-Preservation. It seems thoroughly researched over time and is pretty insightful into his mind and habits. Examples: Enjoy! --- ## [Chocolate Advent calendars - are they gone everywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-advent-calendars-are-they-gone-everywhere/804256 "2017-12-13T18:43:25Z")
We always get one of those (cheap) Advent calendars, where you get a little piece of chocolate every day. Yes, they’re cheap chocolate, but they are a tradition. We have been getting them for years. Except this year. No… --- ## [What would a year be like on the planet in this proposed orbit of a binary star system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-year-be-like-on-the-planet-in-this-proposed-orbit-of-a-binary-star-system/725367)
**Author:** [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-year-be-like-on-the-planet-in-this-proposed-orbit-of-a-binary-star-system/725367 "2017-12-13T18:26:47Z")
http://www.orbsi.uk/space/simulator/simulator.htm?s=00036 A bit of science would be nice but anything would be good. You could discuss possible climate changes throughout the year, seasons, day-night cycles, or how a hy… --- ## [How much is too much? (natural gas leak)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-natural-gas-leak/804398)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-too-much-natural-gas-leak/804398 "2017-12-13T17:24:20Z")
So the other day one of my neighbors called the gas company down because they thought they may have a gas leak. They didn’t, but once the gas company was there anyway, they snooped around and found that my gas meter was … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=541) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=543)