# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=63 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 64 --- ## [Where do you go for advice and discussion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-go-for-advice-and-discussion/1014242)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-go-for-advice-and-discussion/1014242 "2025-02-12T22:01:06Z")
My other thread sparked thought on advice in general and its sources. Where and to whom do you turn when you’re unsure and want advice, or just need to discuss/vent whatever is on your mind? This could be an individual,… --- ## [How to profit on currency devaluation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-profit-on-currency-devaluation/1014144)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-profit-on-currency-devaluation/1014144 "2025-02-12T21:24:47Z")
Let’s imagine that I’m an unrestrictable God-Emperor of the USA with a goal to accomplish three things: Devalue the currency, to undo decades of trade deficit and bring US wages into parity with Southeast Asia and ther… --- ## [Still go to heaven, but \_\_ for all eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-go-to-heaven-but-for-all-eternity/1014151)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-go-to-heaven-but-for-all-eternity/1014151 "2025-02-12T20:45:31Z")
This popped into my head during an idle moment at work - so it may not be original - but I seem to recall reading or dreaming up a story prompt or Tumblr convo or something, around the lines of what should happen to some… --- ## [I have an idea for a mobile app. How should I go about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-idea-for-a-mobile-app-how-should-i-go-about-it/1014149)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-idea-for-a-mobile-app-how-should-i-go-about-it/1014149 "2025-02-11T19:49:37Z")
I recently got an idea for the concept of a mobile phone app. To make it clear right of the bat, this is something I would develop as a commercial product. Not merely for personal use. Obviously I can’t divulge its funct… --- ## [Dress Code at Work? Why no denim allowed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-at-work-why-no-denim-allowed/141876)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dress-code-at-work-why-no-denim-allowed/141876 "2025-02-10T20:42:13Z")
I’ve just gotten a memo at work, reminding everyone about our “dress code”. Among all the basic standards of attire, it stipulates that “denim of any type” is not allowed. All of my other previous jobs had similar rule… --- ## [Looking for opinions on riding mowers - gas or electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-opinions-on-riding-mowers-gas-or-electric/1014010)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-opinions-on-riding-mowers-gas-or-electric/1014010 "2025-02-10T12:36:24Z")
Our old John Deere has gone tits up after (I’m guessing) 15 years of hard service. Our repair guy said for what it’d cost to fix it, we’d do better spending a few more bucks and buying a new mower. Naturally - because we… --- ## [Solo vacation trip - Amtrak Southwest Chief!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solo-vacation-trip-amtrak-southwest-chief/1014074)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solo-vacation-trip-amtrak-southwest-chief/1014074 "2025-02-09T04:04:11Z")
I’ve devoured the other threads by rail-rider Dopers over the years, and so, having just turned 70, I’m visiting family in Santa Barbara for a birthday party. My wife was lamenting the cost of airfare, so I checked, and… --- ## [Do you regret getting divorced from your passionless, roommate-like marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-getting-divorced-from-your-passionless-roommate-like-marriage/570576)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regret-getting-divorced-from-your-passionless-roommate-like-marriage/570576 "2025-02-09T02:02:00Z")
There are lots of reasons people get divorced. If possible, I would like to keep this thread limited to this very small subset of divorces. Please only respond if you were in a marriage where: Your spouse was general… --- ## [Has the China tariff affected you personally yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-china-tariff-affected-you-personally-yet/1013989)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-china-tariff-affected-you-personally-yet/1013989 "2025-02-08T21:33:53Z")
I apologize if this isn’t the right forum for this. I’d received a quote on a new laptop by email. The sales rep told me the company honors their quotes for 14 days. But due to the tariff, my quote was cancelled after … --- ## [“Nobody is (doing anything / talking) about this!” How much is enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-is-doing-anything-talking-about-this-how-much-is-enough/1014035)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-is-doing-anything-talking-about-this-how-much-is-enough/1014035 "2025-02-08T14:15:51Z")
I’ve heard this both before and lately: “Here’s this hot button issue! Why isn’t anyone doing anything about it? Why isn’t the media covering this?!” And someone replies with multiple front page stories on CNN and the Ti… --- ## [Guillotine question(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillotine-question-s/1013982)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guillotine-question-s/1013982 "2025-02-08T03:09:25Z")
I heard a joke that started: I just got hired at the guillotine factory… I’ll beheading there soon. Yeah, silly premise… or is it? How many guillotines were ever produced? Were they all one-offs, or was there a factor… --- ## [My son's Android Screen is dead(black screen). What are my options for getting info off it? (details inside)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-android-screen-is-dead-black-screen-what-are-my-options-for-getting-info-off-it-details-inside/1014018)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sons-android-screen-is-dead-black-screen-what-are-my-options-for-getting-info-off-it-details-inside/1014018 "2025-02-07T15:44:30Z")
He dropped it and the only effect is the screen is black and will NOT turn on. I connected to my PC, but I can’t grant my PC permission to access because I can’t hit the “allow” button on his phone. Uh, no screen… I… --- ## [Why would an electric scale explode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-an-electric-scale-explode/1013965)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-an-electric-scale-explode/1013965 "2025-02-07T12:31:54Z")
We have a scale similar to this in one of our upstairs bedrooms. A few minutes ago, I was alone at home working in our living room, when I heard something that sounded like a handful of small objects - beads or somethin… --- ## [Have you given up hope for the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-given-up-hope-for-the-future/1013246)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-given-up-hope-for-the-future/1013246 "2025-02-07T03:14:32Z")
poll I’m not handholding anybody here. It means what you think it means. Go with your heart. If you answered yes, what has or is going to change in your life plans because of it? I’ve discussed this before, and often d… --- ## [Politico (website): Left or Right bias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politico-website-left-or-right-bias/1013486)
**Author:** [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politico-website-left-or-right-bias/1013486 "2025-02-06T19:10:08Z")
Subject is my question. --- ## [What if women could transfer pregnancies to men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-women-could-transfer-pregnancies-to-men/1013849)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-women-could-transfer-pregnancies-to-men/1013849 "2025-02-05T22:45:33Z")
For the sake of this thought experiment assume alien space bats visit Earth and give pregant human women the ability to unilaterally transfer a developing fetus/embryo/zygote etc into a man’s body while simultaneously en… --- ## [British Dopers: How’s Brexit treating you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-s-brexit-treating-you/1013679)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-s-brexit-treating-you/1013679 "2025-02-05T17:37:02Z")
I just saw a tweet that described it as the “greatest fraud and disaster on the population of the United Kingdom” which seems a bit hyperbolic but I thought I’d ask. Has Brexit changed your life in any meaningful way ei… --- ## [Help with ear congestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-ear-congestion/1013772)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-ear-congestion/1013772 "2025-02-05T01:18:57Z")
Let me start with some background. A few days before Christmas, I started with a persistent cough. I had no sinus or ear congestion, fever, headache, just the cough. On Jan. 13th I had a doctor’s appointment simply a me… --- ## [Best car insurance strategy for someone driving less than 6,000 miles per year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-insurance-strategy-for-someone-driving-less-than-6-000-miles-per-year/1013828)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-car-insurance-strategy-for-someone-driving-less-than-6-000-miles-per-year/1013828 "2025-02-05T00:36:58Z")
I work remotely from home and I dislike long road trips. If I had to go to someplace far like Dallas or Houston, I’d rather take the bus even though I have a car. I don’t commute to work and so most of my driving would b… --- ## [How would someone know if each person was interacting with their own individual AI-driven SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-someone-know-if-each-person-was-interacting-with-their-own-individual-ai-driven-sdmb/1013884)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-someone-know-if-each-person-was-interacting-with-their-own-individual-ai-driven-sdmb/1013884 "2025-02-04T23:18:31Z")
A thought that occurred to me in another thread is that some point soon, it might very well be possible to create individual instances of the SDMB, Reddit, or really any anonymous social platform where all the content co… --- ## [Trump-proofing my nest egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-proofing-my-nest-egg/1010320)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-proofing-my-nest-egg/1010320 "2025-02-04T21:50:20Z")
Saw the 401K thread, but since I don’t have a 401K or any sort of pension, figured I’d delurk and start a new thread here. I inherited a substantial amount of stocks from my late mother (along with some real estate, but… --- ## [State-to-state negotiations that erupted into violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-to-state-negotiations-that-erupted-into-violence/1013781)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-to-state-negotiations-that-erupted-into-violence/1013781 "2025-02-04T06:32:58Z")
As we know, diplomatic meetings are governed by elaborate protocol. We take it for granted that negotiators will stay calm and maintain decorum no matter how angry they might be at each other, and no matter what kind of … --- ## [Should we dry out our coffee maker before adding filter & coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-dry-out-our-coffee-maker-before-adding-filter-coffee/1013770)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-dry-out-our-coffee-maker-before-adding-filter-coffee/1013770 "2025-02-03T23:44:25Z")
Our coffee maker looks like a rain forest inside, hours after the coffee’s finished and everything has cooled down. Every surface is wartier than a toad with big fat droplets. Is it OK to load a new paper filter and meas… --- ## [Response to David Cross's Quote Re: the Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-david-crosss-quote-re-the-bible/735501)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-david-crosss-quote-re-the-bible/735501 "2025-02-03T22:15:12Z")
“Because you know, when the bible was written, and then rewritten, and then edited, and then re-edi -ted, then translated from dead languages and then re-retranslated and re-edited again, then re-re-re-edited, and then r… --- ## [Recumbent Bike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recumbent-bike/1013727)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recumbent-bike/1013727 "2025-02-03T15:35:40Z")
I have a SportsArt c52r recumbent exercise bike. I’m looking to sell it. It’s pretty old but in good condition. I looked around online and some (refurbished ones) are around $4,000 or more. And some are around $50. Anyo… --- ## [Am I right to be suspicious of this Cloud Storage provider's 'one time payment' deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-to-be-suspicious-of-this-cloud-storage-providers-one-time-payment-deal/1013592)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-right-to-be-suspicious-of-this-cloud-storage-providers-one-time-payment-deal/1013592 "2025-02-03T12:24:42Z")
I’ve been in the market for a new provider of cloud storage for my backups. The other day, someone suggested PCloud, who are apparently offering lifetime plans for cloud storage where you make a single, one-off payment,… --- ## [Explain "retirement" to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-retirement-to-me/1011120)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-retirement-to-me/1011120 "2025-02-03T01:17:18Z")
I’m that terribly stereotypical kind of early millennial… poor, financially illiterate, always floating between random gigs, expecting the future to be all doom and gloom and social collapse and AI fodder and all that. A… --- ## [When do annuities actually make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-annuities-actually-make-sense/1013738)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-annuities-actually-make-sense/1013738 "2025-02-03T00:59:05Z")
Spinning this off of the most recent retirement thread. There I came around to understanding that delaying taking social security payments (to 67 and to 70) is very comparable to a very attractive inflation adjusted with… --- ## [Can a VPN help with privacy from the government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-vpn-help-with-privacy-from-the-government/1013735)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-vpn-help-with-privacy-from-the-government/1013735 "2025-02-02T15:44:40Z")
I’m an American doing all the doom-scrolling and people talking about “prepping” or what we can do to protect ourselves from trump’s actions, as far as that is possible. One of the things some suggest is getting a VPN. B… --- ## [Trump's "The forgotten men and women will no longer be forgotten"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-the-forgotten-men-and-women-will-no-longer-be-forgotten/1013697)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-the-forgotten-men-and-women-will-no-longer-be-forgotten/1013697 "2025-02-01T23:02:20Z")
The US Mint announced a new bronze “medal” today with Trump’s countenance and a quote from Trump: “THE FORGOTTEN MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN AGAIN” embossed. I don’t know if the Mint director is a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=62) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=64)