# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=580 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 581 --- ## [Let's imagine an exact-as-possible liberal analogue/mirror-image of Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-imagine-an-exact-as-possible-liberal-analogue-mirror-image-of-trump/794409)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-imagine-an-exact-as-possible-liberal-analogue-mirror-image-of-trump/794409 "2017-08-24T00:45:26Z")
For this thread – take every quality of Trump and try to find the most exact analogue/parallel/equivalent characteristic for a “liberal” (or at least a liberal in the same sense that Trump is a conservative). For exampl… --- ## [Is this photograph "portrait quality"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photograph-portrait-quality/794248)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photograph-portrait-quality/794248 "2017-08-23T22:21:41Z")
Would you say, in terms of being likely being an accurate likeness, is this photograph on par with a portrait? If a portrait is a 10, and the shittiest fuzziest picture is 0, where does it rank? The photograph came from … --- ## [So... now your job is writing fortune cookie fortunes. What do you write?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-your-job-is-writing-fortune-cookie-fortunes-what-do-you-write/779952)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-your-job-is-writing-fortune-cookie-fortunes-what-do-you-write/779952 "2017-08-23T17:15:23Z")
As a segwayfrom this story. They need to be short, reasonably clean and not lame like these run of the mill generic fortune cookie sayings. Here are mine - What are yours Really? It had to be those shoes? Bee’s love … --- ## [The title of this thread is Unknowable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-title-of-this-thread-is-unknowable/794398)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-title-of-this-thread-is-unknowable/794398 "2017-08-23T15:46:11Z")
I get frustrated when people say that a certain bit of information is “unknowable” when they mean “unknown…for now”, but here is a list of 10 things the author claims is totally unknowable, and he seems to make a good ca… --- ## [Are you driving to the path of totality to see the eclipse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-driving-to-the-path-of-totality-to-see-the-eclipse/793973)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-driving-to-the-path-of-totality-to-see-the-eclipse/793973 "2017-08-23T15:10:07Z")
Are you driving to the path of totality to see the eclipse? The news is preaching there’ll be hellfire and destruction on the highways that day. I’m curious how many of us are planning to travel. (I’m building a poll n… --- ## [Children of incestuous relationships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-incestuous-relationships/657910)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-incestuous-relationships/657910 "2017-08-23T13:45:09Z")
A guy I know recently and rather unexpectedly told me that he is a product of incest: his mother was raped by her father, and nine months later he was born. He said he’d done tests and everything to prove it. I’m not a… --- ## [After arthroscopic knee surgery - swollen for how long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-arthroscopic-knee-surgery-swollen-for-how-long/503199)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-arthroscopic-knee-surgery-swollen-for-how-long/503199 "2015-05-31T19:12:50Z")
I’m not asking for medical advice. I just want to hear other people’s experiences… My wife had arthroscopic knee surgery (for a torn meniscus) over 3 weeks ago and her knee is still swollen. For those of you who have … --- ## [Migration Sponsorship needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-sponsorship-needed/794408)
**Author:** [@Olufissy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olufissy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migration-sponsorship-needed/794408 "2017-08-23T03:07:45Z")
I need a job in Canada so that I can migrate there with my family. Can anyone help? Sponsorship will be greatly appreciated. --- ## [How much time per week/month/year do you spend looking through your past mementos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-per-week-month-year-do-you-spend-looking-through-your-past-mementos/794286)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-time-per-week-month-year-do-you-spend-looking-through-your-past-mementos/794286 "2017-08-23T02:36:45Z")
At one point in the early 2000s, I realized that even though I was taking thousands of photos over the course of a vacation, at no point in my life had I ever gone back to look at photos of old vacations. Since then, I o… --- ## [Ever had a "guest" who wouldnt leave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-guest-who-wouldnt-leave/793790)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-guest-who-wouldnt-leave/793790 "2017-08-23T01:54:02Z")
What did you do? This is a person who say comes for what you thought would be a short visit of say an hour or so but 6 hours later is still there sitting on your couch and wont take the subtle hint. Or it could be the … --- ## [Water Enhancers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-enhancers/726273)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-enhancers/726273 "2017-08-22T22:58:09Z")
I’m sure you’ve seen “water enhancers” like Mio on the store shelves, little squeeze bottles of flavoring. I’ve tried a couple - I seem to favor the “berry pomegranate” varieties. My spouse likes the lemonade variation… --- ## [Roku vs Amazon FireTV vs Apple TV vs mini PC...etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-vs-amazon-firetv-vs-apple-tv-vs-mini-pc-etc/740351)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-vs-amazon-firetv-vs-apple-tv-vs-mini-pc-etc/740351 "2017-08-22T22:22:58Z")
I’ve sort of decided that I will buy some kind of smart tv device, but I can’t quite decide which one. Choices seem to be: Amazon FireTV (or stick version of same) Roku (various flavours) Apple TV Mini Windows/Andro… --- ## [Canadian work culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-work-culture/793950)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-work-culture/793950 "2017-08-22T21:59:45Z")
I was tooling around online looking for a new challenge, and I hit upon a couple of local businesses with openings in their offices in Canada. Please note: This thread is not about work permits, Visas, or international… --- ## [Gimme DIY project/craft ideas to use large clear plastic bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-diy-project-craft-ideas-to-use-large-clear-plastic-bottles/794111)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-diy-project-craft-ideas-to-use-large-clear-plastic-bottles/794111 "2017-08-22T19:04:40Z")
I’ve saved several Ozarka bottles with the intention of doing … something … with them. Specs: They’re clean (food safe, even) with a screw-on lid, and are clear, sturdy 3-liter PETE (#1) plastic. I’d welcome suggestion… --- ## [Cutting the (Cable) Cord - stories and tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cable-cord-stories-and-tips/767949)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cable-cord-stories-and-tips/767949 "2016-10-15T15:41:07Z")
So I’m giving a community seminar later this month in how to get rid of cable and replace it with streaming options. I’ve got plenty of experience and material, but I thought I’d trawl here for (1) interesting cord-cutti… --- ## [USS Indianapolis has been found.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-indianapolis-has-been-found/794240)
**Author:** [@Pippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pippers)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-indianapolis-has-been-found/794240 "2017-08-22T18:57:14Z")
What a great day. When I read the history of this ship back in school it stuck with me. Not just that so many lives were lost, but the fact that it took four days for the men to be found. And it was an accident that th… --- ## [Alternative history...what if there were never European/US black slavery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-history-what-if-there-were-never-european-us-black-slavery/793980)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-history-what-if-there-were-never-european-us-black-slavery/793980 "2017-08-22T15:23:26Z")
This is a YouTube video from one of the channels I subscribe to (AlternativeHistoryHub). Basically, the video explores, very broadly, what the world would be like if in 1640 Europeans decided they didn’t want any part o… --- ## [Publicity — Ramping Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publicity-ramping-up/794368)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publicity-ramping-up/794368 "2017-08-22T14:45:41Z")
I feel a little bit like an air traveler whose plane has reached the destination city area and now the plane is circling round and round in a holding pattern, waiting for their turn to use the runway. I had a little bit… --- ## [Document Translation HELP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-translation-help/418168)
**Author:** [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-translation-help/418168 "2017-08-22T08:59:46Z")
I have a friend that needs to have a certified court document translated from Spanish to English for his divorce. Does anyone know where I can even begin looking? All of the documents translation services I’ve found for… --- ## [Laser dental fillings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-dental-fillings/794330)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laser-dental-fillings/794330 "2017-08-22T02:53:43Z")
Anybody have any experience with this? A month ago, I broke off a tooth that was mostly filling, and thought Id have to have it pulled. My dentist (in Cebu, Philippines) said he thought he could restore it, with a new … --- ## [What's your take on these prankster parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-these-prankster-parents/784565)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-take-on-these-prankster-parents/784565 "2017-08-21T21:04:44Z")
The video: Warning: It's quite cringeworthy. My take: The rage shown by the parents was way too intense for it to be funny. They took it way too far. Just listening to the mother dropping f-bombs made me want to con… --- ## [AARP Membership- worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarp-membership-worth-it/696756)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarp-membership-worth-it/696756 "2017-08-21T18:31:17Z")
So, with my 50th birthday right around the corner, the dreaded AARP invite arrived in the mail the other day. My first impulse was to burn it and then curl into a fetal position muttering “I’m NOT old yet. I’m not OLD ye… --- ## [Shady Solar Eclipse Glasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shady-solar-eclipse-glasses/793718)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shady-solar-eclipse-glasses/793718 "2017-08-21T18:25:11Z")
I bought some solar eclipse glasses from Amazon a month ago or so, and on Saturday I got this message: They also refunded my money. By now it’s too late to look for new glasses. I opened the package and the glasses ar… --- ## [What struggles do physically weak people have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-struggles-do-physically-weak-people-have/793460)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-struggles-do-physically-weak-people-have/793460 "2017-08-21T14:56:31Z")
Not handicap/disabled people, but just people who very weak/ completely nonathletic. --- ## [What year is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-is-it/793868)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-is-it/793868 "2017-08-21T14:11:32Z")
Just curious as to how everyone out there pronounces the name of the current year when they speak it aloud. I’m of the “two-thousand-and-such” persuasion myself. --- ## [Easy ETL for old-fashioned multi-record sets??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-etl-for-old-fashioned-multi-record-sets/794166)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-etl-for-old-fashioned-multi-record-sets/794166 "2017-08-21T13:04:09Z")
I’ve now been out of IT long enough that all my tools and skills have kinda rotted or become mostly obsolete. So I’m looking for advice on a modern, code-lite way to load a simple database from text files. Note I said c… --- ## [What is the US government doing to fight/stop terrorism by white supremacists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-us-government-doing-to-fight-stop-terrorism-by-white-supremacists/793588)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-us-government-doing-to-fight-stop-terrorism-by-white-supremacists/793588 "2017-08-21T06:53:47Z")
Several months ago there were reports that Trump wanted to focus counter-terrorism efforts specifically against Islamic terrorism, instead of also targeting white supremacists. Does anyone know if that change was made? I… --- ## [Cheap Online Supplements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022)
**Author:** [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022 "2009-11-27T00:25:48Z")
I’m wondering if anyone knows of a good place to get good quality health supplements online? Amazon is okay, but they don’t seem to sell stuff of sufficient bulk (except protein). I’m looking for a place where I can ge… --- ## [People who are unintentionally hilarious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-unintentionally-hilarious/793983)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-unintentionally-hilarious/793983 "2017-08-20T23:01:43Z")
Have you ever known someone who was truly funny without ever trying to be? I don’t mean tragically funny, or a dry sardonic wit. I mean someone who could break up an entire room without trying, and often without realizin… --- ## [whats the best thing to kill pumpkin pests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-to-kill-pumpkin-pests/794202)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-to-kill-pumpkin-pests/794202 "2017-08-20T22:04:19Z")
Ok the squirrel problem solved its self but we have a new problem … squash bugs and other pumpkin related pests… I’m looking for something to buy or make to spray on them … anyone have experience in this area ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=579) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=581)