# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=560 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 561 --- ## [Political question about candidates' records.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-question-about-candidates-records/799676)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-question-about-candidates-records/799676 "2017-10-25T00:28:11Z")
Hi SD, My question today has arisen after listening to a radio commercial about the Governor’s race in my state. According to the commercial, Candidate A says that Candidate B supported tax increases on the middle clas… --- ## [We all have that one friend...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-have-that-one-friend/799414)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-have-that-one-friend/799414 "2017-10-24T23:46:20Z")
About three years ago I re connected with a class mate from elementary school. I do not say friend, we weren’t ever friend until these last few years. But we grew up about a block away from each other, were in Grades 1-3… --- ## [Front Room or Living Room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-room-or-living-room/799632)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/front-room-or-living-room/799632 "2017-10-24T21:30:26Z")
After reading a post today I noticed someone referred to their “front room”. It made me smile because that’s the term I grew up using. But I think most people use the term “living room”. Is this a generational thing? … --- ## [SDMB acquaintances IRL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-acquaintances-irl/799748)
**Author:** [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-acquaintances-irl/799748 "2017-10-24T18:34:19Z")
Not sure if this should go in ATMB or here so mods please move it needs to be relocated… Has it ever happened that a member here at the SDMB discovered that someone they knew IRL was a poster here and they each discover… --- ## [Hyperglycaemia, weight loss, intermittent fasting, phentermine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperglycaemia-weight-loss-intermittent-fasting-phentermine/795492)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperglycaemia-weight-loss-intermittent-fasting-phentermine/795492 "2017-10-24T18:02:36Z")
Welp, my lifestyle has finally caught up with me and I’ve been diagnosed with hyperglycemia/type 2 diabetes. This is along with a raft of other problems associated with obesity, poor diet, and a sedentary lifestyle. I h… --- ## [Help me with paying estimated taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-paying-estimated-taxes/799720)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-paying-estimated-taxes/799720 "2017-10-24T16:57:43Z")
My employer withholds taxes for me, so I’ve never had to worry about paying estimated taxes. But now I’ve been issued a taxable stock grant, so I need to pay estimated taxes to avoid a penalty. The grant was effective O… --- ## ["Leakey's Angels" - what's the scientific opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leakeys-angels-whats-the-scientific-opinion/799693)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leakeys-angels-whats-the-scientific-opinion/799693 "2017-10-24T16:06:50Z")
This thread in GQ (yes, its a revived zombie but has recent, interesting comments) got me to thinking about the three women sometimes known as “Leakey’s Angels”: Jane Goodall, Diane Fossey, and Birute Galdikas. I hadn’t… --- ## [Prosperity theology... huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosperity-theology-huh/799555)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosperity-theology-huh/799555 "2017-10-24T16:00:11Z")
How do those who subscribe to the so-called “prosperity gospel” square their notions with Jesus’ talk about camels and needles and stuff like that? --- ## [With complete foresight, what would have been the least costly way of ending the Pacific War (WW2)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-complete-foresight-what-would-have-been-the-least-costly-way-of-ending-the-pacific-war-ww2/799413)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-complete-foresight-what-would-have-been-the-least-costly-way-of-ending-the-pacific-war-ww2/799413 "2017-10-24T15:36:07Z")
From a purely statistic point of view and knowing exactly when and how the war ended, could World War 2 in the Pacific have been won by simply just waiting out/ignoring the Japanese until the atomic bombs were done, then… --- ## [Fiance is questioning my committment for keeping my name.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiance-is-questioning-my-committment-for-keeping-my-name/799184)
**Author:** [@cliffjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cliffjes)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiance-is-questioning-my-committment-for-keeping-my-name/799184 "2017-10-24T14:49:56Z")
My fiance and I have been together for almost 4 years and he proposed to me earlier this year and it couldn’t have been more perfect. My family and friends had been expecting him to get down on one knee and were over the… --- ## [Trying to talk friend into going to hospital after incomplete miscarriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-talk-friend-into-going-to-hospital-after-incomplete-miscarriage/799335)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-talk-friend-into-going-to-hospital-after-incomplete-miscarriage/799335 "2017-10-24T14:38:30Z")
I am a man in the unusual position of trying to convince a female friend, who has had an incomplete miscarriage, to go seek medical attention. The situation, AIUI, is that she had a miscarriage and then some parts of th… --- ## [How often have you been stung by a bee/wasp/hornet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-have-you-been-stung-by-a-bee-wasp-hornet/799291)
**Author:** [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-have-you-been-stung-by-a-bee-wasp-hornet/799291 "2017-10-24T04:46:45Z")
I was reading the thread about bee stings and epi pens in GQ, and it got me thinking about how many times I’ve actually been stung over my lifetime. I know it’s not often, that’s for sure. I’ve been stung once in the pas… --- ## [Clicker training - opinions from dog people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicker-training-opinions-from-dog-people/799103)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicker-training-opinions-from-dog-people/799103 "2017-10-24T04:20:47Z")
Over a period of a few months both our elderly greyhounds passed suddenly of separate causes and long story short we did not grieve long are now the one week owners of a Miniature American Shepherd\* puppy, Augie, now nin… --- ## [Someone help me find a path with my trans kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-help-me-find-a-path-with-my-trans-kid/799453)
**Author:** [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-help-me-find-a-path-with-my-trans-kid/799453 "2017-10-24T01:40:53Z")
My thirteen-year-old son came out a couple of months ago as trans, having identified as gender fluid for the previous year or so. (He is also on the autism spectrum, for what that’s worth.) We are a pretty tolerant fam… --- ## [It is no coincidence that Billy the Kid looks like the Wizard of Oz scarecrow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Marmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Marmalade)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-no-coincidence-that-billy-the-kid-looks-like-the-wizard-of-oz-scarecrow/799531 "2017-10-23T19:39:10Z")
Admittedly, not many people in the Old West are remembered for their superior intellect but Billy did look like an exceptional simpleton. In fact, scientists are now unanimously decided that Billy is the illegitimate off… --- ## [Inquiry about Leapforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-about-leapforce/587518)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inquiry-about-leapforce/587518 "2017-10-23T19:36:08Z")
Looking for a factual answers, but also informed opinions so I’ll post here in IMHO. I’m looking to pick up some extra income - “folding money” so to speak. My transportation means are limited, so I was looking for leg… --- ## [Traffic ticket-AVOIDING one in the first place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-ticket-avoiding-one-in-the-first-place/799338)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-ticket-avoiding-one-in-the-first-place/799338 "2017-10-23T17:49:20Z")
\[Inspiring thread\] An ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure and all that… Yeah, “don’t speed” sounds like the simplest bit of advice, but around here going the limit even in the right lane will likely cause y… --- ## [What if a politician's wife isn't into/or able to be a politician's wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-politicians-wife-isnt-into-or-able-to-be-a-politicians-wife/799529)
**Author:** [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-a-politicians-wife-isnt-into-or-able-to-be-a-politicians-wife/799529 "2017-10-23T16:36:34Z")
Somewhat inspired by the recent thread “They’d have to pay me!” Feel free to move this to MPSIMS if that’s more appropriate. I’m going to lay it pretty bare, because I honestly don’t have anyone close to talk to about … --- ## [Admiral Lütjens and the “Bismarck”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admiral-lutjens-and-the-bismarck/798817)
**Author:** [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admiral-lutjens-and-the-bismarck/798817 "2017-10-23T16:09:12Z")
First of all, I do not know whether this thread would be more suited for General Questions or for Great Debates — Mods, change this thread’s home if you deem it necessary. I have been reading about the German battleship… --- ## [So if I time traveled a guy from 2000bc to say 1500bc in his sleep...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-time-traveled-a-guy-from-2000bc-to-say-1500bc-in-his-sleep/799367)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-time-traveled-a-guy-from-2000bc-to-say-1500bc-in-his-sleep/799367 "2017-10-23T15:52:44Z")
Would he wake up and immediately realize something was amiss? Or would all seem right with the world? --- ## [BPD diagnosed.ask me anything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bpd-diagnosed-ask-me-anything/799439)
**Author:** [@Dizzyshell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzyshell)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bpd-diagnosed-ask-me-anything/799439 "2017-10-23T02:26:41Z")
I’ve BPD along with other mental health issues. I’ve also been involved with drug addiction as a teenager. I’ve had a difficult life abc I’ve spent the last 10 years in and out of hospital. I was reading old threads a… --- ## [How do head shops make any money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-head-shops-make-any-money/723335)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-head-shops-make-any-money/723335 "2017-10-22T23:00:58Z")
I was recently in Manitou Springs Colorado LINK. Now they try to present themselves as this quaint family friendly area of antiaue shops and restaurants but they also have alot of head shops (remember Colorado legalized … --- ## [People Who Didn't Adhere To The Belief System That Bears Their Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-adhere-to-the-belief-system-that-bears-their-name/799378)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-didnt-adhere-to-the-belief-system-that-bears-their-name/799378 "2017-10-22T18:15:48Z")
Victoria wasn’t Victorian. Christ wasn’t Christian. Keynes wasn’t Keynesian. Ras Tafari wasn’t Rastafarian. Who else had a religion, attitude, movement, system of beliefs, etc., named after them, but that they themselve… --- ## [Help me get this case name right.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-this-case-name-right/799364)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-this-case-name-right/799364 "2017-10-22T15:01:18Z")
A friend was recently diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). He is a laywer. I want to say something like “In the case of Smith v. ALL I predict a win for the prosecution,” but my brain can’t decide whether t… --- ## [They'd have to pay me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308 "2017-10-22T10:03:52Z")
Wondering if there are any activities/events that are generally considered to be popular/desirable, that you feel you would have to be paid to attend. My sister told me her daughter had won a ticket to tonights Cubs/Dod… --- ## [Harvey Weinstein question, sort of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-question-sort-of/798771)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-question-sort-of/798771 "2017-10-22T07:54:15Z")
From time to time we have threads here which are compendiums of “things I can’t believe other people don;t know.” I always am a little surprised by these: maybe as many as half the things in these threads strike me as f… --- ## [Suggestions for new laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-new-laptop/798899)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-new-laptop/798899 "2017-10-22T00:00:31Z")
Wife is anxious to buy a brand-new Windows laptop computer tomorrow. It’s been a long time since I kept up with the latest and greatest. What specs are important to look for? Purpose will be posting to social media, w… --- ## [Deja Vu All Over Again: IT'S OFFICIAL ONCE MORE — My Book's NOT Going to be Published!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deja-vu-all-over-again-its-official-once-more-my-books-not-going-to-be-published/799049)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deja-vu-all-over-again-its-official-once-more-my-books-not-going-to-be-published/799049 "2017-10-21T22:28:39Z")
It’s been almost exactly a year since I made the announcement that Ellora’s Cave would not be publishing my book after all due to the fact that they were going out of business and cancelling all contracts. This time aro… --- ## [Would you use regular window glass to protect an end table top?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-use-regular-window-glass-to-protect-an-end-table-top/799443)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-use-regular-window-glass-to-protect-an-end-table-top/799443 "2017-10-21T20:21:34Z")
I bought a nice end table from Amazon. Real wood, no particle board. All metal hardware. Has a small drawer for a remote, a note pad and pens. I assembled it this morning. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a water resistan… --- ## [What personality/character traits do you like/dislike the most in yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-character-traits-do-you-like-dislike-the-most-in-yourself/799259)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-character-traits-do-you-like-dislike-the-most-in-yourself/799259 "2017-10-21T13:55:09Z")
Interpret the question any way you want. I’m generally looking for one of each, but feel free to elaborate. I’ll go first. The trait I like the most in myself is that I am utterly reliable. if I agree to do something, b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=559) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=561)