# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=583 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 584 --- ## [I got the order of rabies shots mixed up...........](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-order-of-rabies-shots-mixed-up/793646)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-the-order-of-rabies-shots-mixed-up/793646 "2017-08-15T05:04:13Z")
I was bitten by a dog a few days ago, and I got the first of a series of rabies shots. I got one on 8/12, and should get one more on 8/19 and one on 9/2. Well, it was the \*wrong \*kind of rabies shot. It was the pre-expo… --- ## [Do we have any neurologists here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-any-neurologists-here/793342)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-any-neurologists-here/793342 "2017-08-15T00:57:18Z")
I have a few questions if so. --- ## [Armed White Supremacists, Antifa, and the escalation of violence...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armed-white-supremacists-antifa-and-the-escalation-of-violence/793645)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armed-white-supremacists-antifa-and-the-escalation-of-violence/793645 "2017-08-15T00:28:50Z")
Does it matter who fired the first shot? Will history remember or care? On both ends of the political spectrum, peaceful protests give way to violent clashes. These are rarely denounced by people harboring the same ideo… --- ## [Possible checks on the supreme court's authority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-checks-on-the-supreme-courts-authority/793575)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-checks-on-the-supreme-courts-authority/793575 "2017-08-15T00:13:16Z")
First off I’d like to state for the record that nowhere in the constitution is the supreme court given the power of judicial review. This is important because when the system of checks and balances was setup nobody was l… --- ## [Patient Abandonment - Refusal to See an Established Patient or Refill Prescription](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patient-abandonment-refusal-to-see-an-established-patient-or-refill-prescription/793285)
**Author:** [@Say\_what\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Say_what_1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patient-abandonment-refusal-to-see-an-established-patient-or-refill-prescription/793285 "2017-08-15T00:05:56Z")
My apologies up front for such a long post. I have been seeing a Psychiatrist since last October. I had 13 appointments with her at her previous office, and 3 appointments with her since she moved to a new office on Ma… --- ## [Can this make sense (combustion without CO2)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-make-sense-combustion-without-co2/793142)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-make-sense-combustion-without-co2/793142 "2017-08-14T23:11:21Z")
There is a letter in the NY Times today that is signed by someone claiming to be a professor of materials chemistry at MIT; otherwise I would dismiss it out of hand. He says that we should be working on a process that “… --- ## [I think someone keyed my car, what do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-keyed-my-car-what-do-i-do/793436)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-someone-keyed-my-car-what-do-i-do/793436 "2017-08-14T18:29:23Z")
Ah the joys of apartment living :frowning: I walked out to my car last night to find a huuuuge scratch on the side of it. The scratch is about a foot and a half/two feet long and looks as if someone keyed my car. I have… --- ## [Tell me about the Birmingham area. Moving to the UK.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-birmingham-area-moving-to-the-uk/793006)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-birmingham-area-moving-to-the-uk/793006 "2017-08-14T17:19:15Z")
It looks like we are relocating to the UK. My husband’s company has assigned him to their UK office, which is in Cannock, outside of Birmingham. I’m looking for a few types of information: \[ol\] \[li\]Any advice or tips… --- ## [Help me buy a new computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-computer/793604)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-computer/793604 "2017-08-14T17:00:16Z")
My computer is running on borrowed time. Last year I replaced my XP box with this one, which runs Windows 10, and may I just say I hate everything about it? I had to buy a bunch of updated software, i.e., same software I… --- ## [Earth satellite 3000 years old? What say you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-satellite-3000-years-old-what-say-you/793363)
**Author:** [@Hectorik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hectorik)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earth-satellite-3000-years-old-what-say-you/793363 "2017-08-14T15:52:48Z")
Your opinion is as valid as any I’ve seen here. So what is it and where’d it come from? The BLACK KNIGHT Point of Origin? --- ## ["Dismantling" of E.P.A.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismantling-of-e-p-a/793439)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismantling-of-e-p-a/793439 "2017-08-14T15:36:17Z")
Lets say I die as a result of a regulation that Scott Pruitt “rolls back” can my heirs sue him (or the Fed. Gov. with any reasonable chance of success? --- ## [If the aliens or anyone destroyed the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-aliens-or-anyone-destroyed-the-internet/793350)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-aliens-or-anyone-destroyed-the-internet/793350 "2017-08-14T12:24:43Z")
For arguments sake let us assume that the internet or www in its current form was destroyed and not recoverable. How easily could mankind revert to the pre internet days. What year is considered pre internet. Many societ… --- ## [Redshirting Kids for Kindergarten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redshirting-kids-for-kindergarten/670392)
**Author:** [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redshirting-kids-for-kindergarten/670392 "2015-12-08T20:43:44Z")
Hi fellow Dopers. So I came across this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/magazine/03kindergarten-t.html?pagewanted=all&\_r=1& That seems to advocate holding kids back a year before they start kindergarten. M… --- ## [Does anyone hate skates as much as me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-hate-skates-as-much-as-me/793304 "2017-08-13T22:11:10Z")
They are so fucking annoying. I’m just trying to enjoy myself at the beach, go for a little swim. I’m not bothering anyone. I’m shuffling my feet like I’m supposed to. Why does this damn skate keep rubbing against my… --- ## [What is gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-gender/793222)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-gender/793222 "2017-08-13T22:06:35Z")
In light of the transgenderism issue and the Google controversy, I really have to ask: what is gender, actually? If there are real behavioral differences between men and women that are innate, as opposed to just societal… --- ## [Buying/selling used panties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-selling-used-panties/793438)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-selling-used-panties/793438 "2017-08-13T19:50:53Z")
I’m fairly certain that most Dopers are aware of the vending machines in Japan that sell used panties. What a lot of people are not aware of is that such activity goes on in other countries, albeit not through vending m… --- ## [Got bitten by a dog (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bitten-by-a-dog-need-answer-fast/793063)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-bitten-by-a-dog-need-answer-fast/793063 "2017-08-13T19:20:25Z")
Sorry if this has been asked before, I’m sure the Dope has seen multiple threads of this: I got bitten by a dog less than 2 hours ago. It’s past midnight here. The owners claim the dog was vaccinated for rabies … --- ## [I was sexually abused...but was it clearly criminal/illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-sexually-abused-but-was-it-clearly-criminal-illegal/792891)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-sexually-abused-but-was-it-clearly-criminal-illegal/792891 "2017-08-13T12:07:18Z")
This week at my Yoga studio, I had the misfortune of being taken advantage of by a new teacher. The first transgression was that the teacher came over to give me an ‘adjustment’ (a somewhat common thing in yoga) but the… --- ## [Are Race-, Gender-, Sexuality-, and Nationality-based Employee Groups Discriminatory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-race-gender-sexuality-and-nationality-based-employee-groups-discriminatory/775814)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-race-gender-sexuality-and-nationality-based-employee-groups-discriminatory/775814 "2017-08-13T08:16:50Z")
My company has several of these. They are supposed to be a way for people of a certain background to build and expand professional networks, as well as for enhancing mentoring, recruitment, and promotional opportunities … --- ## [What most epitomizes the '70s to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-most-epitomizes-the-70s-to-you/792484)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-most-epitomizes-the-70s-to-you/792484 "2017-08-13T07:39:28Z")
When you look back at the 1970s, what most epitomizes the decade? Is it the rock? The Disco? Heroin? Coke? Nixon? Ford? Carter? Platforms? Or long hair? Wide collars? Or Kurtas? Mohawks? Or long hair? Hot Chocolat… --- ## [Would you have sex with a person who has herpes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-sex-with-a-person-who-has-herpes/306942)
**Author:** [@Misha77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misha77)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-sex-with-a-person-who-has-herpes/306942 "2005-06-06T16:57:20Z")
I was reading the thread on herpes in the pit and it got me curious. If a potential sexual partner reveals to you that s/he has herpes, how likely are you to agree to sex with him/her? I know it’s a terribly personal q… --- ## [Sold an item on ebay to a guy who just signed up to ebay today - should I be worried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sold-an-item-on-ebay-to-a-guy-who-just-signed-up-to-ebay-today-should-i-be-worried/793395)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sold-an-item-on-ebay-to-a-guy-who-just-signed-up-to-ebay-today-should-i-be-worried/793395 "2017-08-13T02:44:44Z")
I put my old video card up for sale on ebay. Someone hit the buy it now price today. I noticed his ebay account was created today, so he has no feedback history or anything. Should I be worried? I mean, yes, he paid the… --- ## [Boston-Provincetown Ferry, little help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-provincetown-ferry-little-help/793461)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-provincetown-ferry-little-help/793461 "2017-08-13T02:22:24Z")
Getting into Logan, loathing the drive and the buses to the Cape, so who can give me their quick personal experience on what I need to do to get to the ferry? My sister said something about a water taxi? --- ## [Weird email from "Amazon Billing Escalation Department"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-email-from-amazon-billing-escalation-department/793331)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-email-from-amazon-billing-escalation-department/793331 "2017-08-13T01:24:14Z")
I’m puzzling over an email I received this morning from Amazon’s customer service. The email is…well, strange. It purports to be from someone in the “Amazon Billing Escalation Department” who investigated charges made t… --- ## [Do you perceive increased sexism/racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-perceive-increased-sexism-racism/793383)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-perceive-increased-sexism-racism/793383 "2017-08-12T21:14:57Z")
During a conversation with my wife and daughter, they both commented that they perceive increased overt sexism since Trump’s election. I agreed, but also suggested that I observed a pushback among the men I work and soc… --- ## [Why did so many Baby Boomers have kids in the late 80s-early 90s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-so-many-baby-boomers-have-kids-in-the-late-80s-early-90s/793397)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-so-many-baby-boomers-have-kids-in-the-late-80s-early-90s/793397 "2017-08-12T14:40:21Z")
I was born in 1990 to parents who had just turned 36 years of age. Many I know had parents who were in their mid to late 30s when they were born in the early 1990s. From what I have read, I’m not alone: Most of the “Mill… --- ## [Mass Evacuation of Seoul Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-evacuation-of-seoul-question/793341)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-evacuation-of-seoul-question/793341 "2017-08-12T11:40:43Z")
Hypothetical: The US president decides that a NK with nuclear missiles aimed at the US mainland is unacceptable and that a preemptive attack is the only option. Estimates show that no matter how we execute our preemptiv… --- ## [Help me cut the cord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cut-the-cord/793345)
**Author:** [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cut-the-cord/793345 "2017-08-12T02:52:26Z")
Every year, like clockwork, my cable/internet bill doubles because my “promotional pricing” period expires and “regular rates” go into effect. So I play the game of calling and threaten to cancel until they find a new p… --- ## [You Know You're Going To Fail A Pre-Employment Drug Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-going-to-fail-a-pre-employment-drug-test/792541)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-going-to-fail-a-pre-employment-drug-test/792541 "2017-08-12T00:54:07Z")
Let’s say that you’ve gone through all of the steps of applying for a job (application, interview, etc.). Then the boss hands you a cup and tells you to go pee. You know you’re going to fail. What do you do? a) Take the… --- ## [Were black-white marriages still taboo in 1980s/early 1990s America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-black-white-marriages-still-taboo-in-1980s-early-1990s-america/793075)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-black-white-marriages-still-taboo-in-1980s-early-1990s-america/793075 "2017-08-11T21:43:00Z")
I was born in 1990, so as long as I’ve remembered only exceptionally bigoted people and some old people are against black people and white people marrying each other. In the 21st century, it’s probably more often seen as… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=582) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=584)