# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=633 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 634 --- ## [Why so many Christian acronyms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-christian-acronyms/783555)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-christian-acronyms/783555 "2017-04-04T00:20:08Z")
My parents are very religious (Christian). My mother is always relating these little acronyms and has plaques and such on the wall with these acronyms. For example, my daughter was wearing a Christmas shirt that said “J… --- ## [Electronic signature -- recommendations needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-signature-recommendations-needed/783686)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-signature-recommendations-needed/783686 "2017-04-03T23:08:38Z")
I find that in order to apply online for a local commission I need to electronically sign the PDF file. I thought I could just put in a JPEG of my signature, but it wouldn’t accept it. So there are a bazillion apps out… --- ## [Could we have an honor program for non-veterans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-an-honor-program-for-non-veterans/783458)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-an-honor-program-for-non-veterans/783458 "2017-04-03T23:01:44Z")
As much as I admire the military I wonder, what if there was another national service program with equal high standards that also serves people. Maybe a program for people who want to serve the country but not in the mil… --- ## [Women what would you like to do with your breasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-would-you-like-to-do-with-your-breasts/783471)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-would-you-like-to-do-with-your-breasts/783471 "2017-04-03T22:02:35Z")
So if money were not a concern and you could be sure of a good outcome, what would you wish for your breasts? Bigger? Smaller? Reshaped? Exactly as they are? Also in your response include your age, if you’ve been pregna… --- ## [Which first: change domain registrar or hosting site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-first-change-domain-registrar-or-hosting-site/783671)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-first-change-domain-registrar-or-hosting-site/783671 "2017-04-03T18:20:33Z")
I have a single simple Web site, and have been looking for better deals both on hosting and domain registration. I’ve previously changed registrars, but it’s been a long time, and I’ve never changed hosts. So which shou… --- ## [Need keyless entry lock solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-keyless-entry-lock-solution/783236)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-keyless-entry-lock-solution/783236 "2017-04-03T17:22:49Z")
Hi All, I have been living without locking my door happily for going on 10 years or so. My keychain consists of a car key and fob (and would forgo that if it was practical). I like that, I really like just opening the… --- ## [The Single Life/How would you handle this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-life-how-would-you-handle-this/783550)
**Author:** [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-single-life-how-would-you-handle-this/783550 "2017-04-03T16:25:19Z")
I’ll get the the question about opinions in a second. Some background is needed for this. I recently became single, I had dated this woman/girl for three years, broke up for three (she left me, had to find herself or som… --- ## [Mystery local animal killing pets. What could it be? - Pics -some graphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-local-animal-killing-pets-what-could-it-be-pics-some-graphic/783536)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-local-animal-killing-pets-what-could-it-be-pics-some-graphic/783536 "2017-04-03T16:20:32Z")
Local (Eastern Shore of Maryland) woman posted these pics on facebook re some animal that is killing her pets. Any ideas? photos --- ## [What are some tips for new young-adult drivers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-tips-for-new-young-adult-drivers/783356)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-tips-for-new-young-adult-drivers/783356 "2017-04-03T14:14:48Z")
I’ve been thinking about getting my drivers license this summer;despite being in a European country that has high parking costs, car tax, maintenance costs, petrol costs as well as a functioning transportation system, I … --- ## [Have you flip-flopped politically with age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-flip-flopped-politically-with-age/780366)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-flip-flopped-politically-with-age/780366 "2017-04-03T00:44:04Z")
If so, which direction? And at what age (roughly)? Did anything in particular contribute to your shift? --- ## [BitCoin ATM...What the??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-atm-what-the/783523)
**Author:** [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-atm-what-the/783523 "2017-04-02T22:29:19Z")
I went to the Gas station/mini mart across the street from my apartment today…they had installed what i thought was a new ATM. It was in reality a Bit Coin purchasing type kiosk machine. As I frequent this particular mi… --- ## [A crazy, mad science idea : proving if the death penalty is effective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crazy-mad-science-idea-proving-if-the-death-penalty-is-effective/783482)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-crazy-mad-science-idea-proving-if-the-death-penalty-is-effective/783482 "2017-04-02T21:17:21Z")
So I was thinking about how if you want to prove if 2 variables are connected (say death penalty punishment and murder rate), you need to see in the data a clear correlation that is causation. Let me give a stock market… --- ## [Transfer 401k to Roth IRA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfer-401k-to-roth-ira/783569)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transfer-401k-to-roth-ira/783569 "2017-04-02T20:33:17Z")
For someone who has a decent chunk of money in a 401k - and is 6-8 years away from retirement - would it make any sense to transfer it all into a Roth IRA? I think the ship has sailed for this person to reap the benefit… --- ## [What to you is the epitome of bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-you-is-the-epitome-of-bullshit/612890)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-you-is-the-epitome-of-bullshit/612890 "2012-02-18T20:25:26Z")
When I say “bullshit,” what do you think of most? What to you is the archetype of bullshit? I myself think of critical theory. --- ## [Contents of glove compartments, and/or gentlemen’s rules for living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contents-of-glove-compartments-and-or-gentlemen-s-rules-for-living/280082)
**Author:** [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contents-of-glove-compartments-and-or-gentlemen-s-rules-for-living/280082 "2017-04-02T15:09:48Z")
My father-in-law, who is 73, has what his family consider a strange quirk: he will not abide the presence of anything in the glove compartment of his car except maps, gloves, sunglasses, and the car’s registration. They’… --- ## [The ultimate geek video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-geek-video/783567)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-geek-video/783567 "2017-04-02T15:05:21Z")
I’m throwing down the gauntlet. I challenge each of you to find a more perfectly geek video than this one. I posit that this is the internet’s one and only epitome of geek. Top it if you can . . . --- ## [wine aging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-aging/783464)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-aging/783464 "2017-04-02T15:02:12Z")
I’m a non-drinker I’m not familiar with most of the finer points of Alcohol fermentation. As I understand it most wine is not made to be aged and that few actually improve over long periods of aging. What characteristics… --- ## [Are the Russians less "pedo-phobic" than Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-russians-less-pedo-phobic-than-americans/783400)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-russians-less-pedo-phobic-than-americans/783400 "2017-04-02T03:15:06Z")
I’m into fitness, so on Instagram I follow some Russian fitness guru who’s also a gymnast. Apparently, judging by his photos (nearly all of the text is in Russian), this guy is some kind of instructor for a girls gymnast… --- ## [Opioid vs. opiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-vs-opiate/783373)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opioid-vs-opiate/783373 "2017-04-02T02:42:53Z")
At one time “opioid” was used for synthetic stuff used to do the same thing as an “opiate” which was manufactured from poppies. Now, apparently, owing to much mis-use, they mean exactly the same thing. So, could we ple… --- ## [When does your workplace get cleaned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-your-workplace-get-cleaned/783410)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-your-workplace-get-cleaned/783410 "2017-04-02T02:31:21Z")
Once upon a time many years ago, I seem to recall that the janitorial crew would come thru outside of normal work hours to empty trash, vacuum, dust, and clean the restrooms. But at most of my workplaces since the mid-9… --- ## [If you've had a mastectomy, what did you wish you had brought to the hospital with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youve-had-a-mastectomy-what-did-you-wish-you-had-brought-to-the-hospital-with-you/783539)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youve-had-a-mastectomy-what-did-you-wish-you-had-brought-to-the-hospital-with-you/783539 "2017-04-02T01:46:58Z")
This is for a one or two night stay. Mastectomy, not lumpectomy. For cancer. Younger than most. Not traveling far. What do you think? Thanks!!! --- ## [I'm torn... do I want a Repbulican civil war or laugh while my county collapses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-torn-do-i-want-a-repbulican-civil-war-or-laugh-while-my-county-collapses/783549)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-torn-do-i-want-a-repbulican-civil-war-or-laugh-while-my-county-collapses/783549 "2017-04-02T01:40:18Z")
Trump aide keeps up Twitter attacks on Freedom Caucus’ Amash A Trump loyalist is following Trump’s lead and snarking his enemies on Twitter. In this case, the Freedom Caucus. I can’t decide which faction I detest more. … --- ## [Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-celebrate-st-patricks-day/782394)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-celebrate-st-patricks-day/782394 "2017-04-01T22:59:36Z")
A poll will follow. I’m not sure why so many people tend to celebrate this day. Heck, I’ve seen Vietnamese colleagues wearing green on March 17th, which is somewhat wonderful, but I don’t get it myself. I think it’s m… --- ## [Are you OK with fashion ads of people actually having sex with genitals pixellated - Maybe NSFW](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ok-with-fashion-ads-of-people-actually-having-sex-with-genitals-pixellated-maybe-nsfw/783518)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ok-with-fashion-ads-of-people-actually-having-sex-with-genitals-pixellated-maybe-nsfw/783518 "2017-04-01T21:36:15Z")
Re the article link below. Would you be OK with your kid thumbing through a magazine at the orthodontist’s office and they page across these ads? I’m not too exercised about it, but weirdly the pixellation almost makes t… --- ## [Knockoff Lunar Landing Training vehicle for ~500k (a jet engine powered chair!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockoff-lunar-landing-training-vehicle-for-500k-a-jet-engine-powered-chair/783489)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knockoff-lunar-landing-training-vehicle-for-500k-a-jet-engine-powered-chair/783489 "2017-04-01T17:58:02Z")
So I’m just spitballing here, after seeing this video. Wow, that is not very safe. So I was thinking about what you’d need to make a remotely safe VTOL jet powered thingy. You’d want the engines mounted to a frame, aw… --- ## [Do Black People Think That White People 'Smell'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-think-that-white-people-smell/162575)
**Author:** [@Surreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surreal)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-think-that-white-people-smell/162575 "2017-04-01T17:53:13Z")
Is it true that many black people believe that most white people have a distinct odor? If so, what do they think we smell like?? I’ve heard that different races have different amounts of odor-producing apocrine glands, … --- ## [My experience with risperidol and the tapering....anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-experience-with-risperidol-and-the-tapering-anyone-else/783459)
**Author:** [@Kayann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayann)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-experience-with-risperidol-and-the-tapering-anyone-else/783459 "2017-04-01T13:55:29Z")
I’ve been on risperidol for almost 3 years. I went to my GP complaining about some excessive irritability and he prescribed risperidol which I took without any research. It helped me sleep so I continued. Since then I’ve… --- ## [Home carpet cleaning: do they work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-carpet-cleaning-do-they-work/316209)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-carpet-cleaning-do-they-work/316209 "2013-08-07T13:52:34Z")
Having spent a good chunk of my weekend renting a steam-cleaning machine (specifically, The Rug Doctor), dragging the darn thing around the house, and getting my carpets sopping wet for a week in the process, I’m moved t… --- ## [Ideas and Devoplment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-and-devoplment/783429)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-and-devoplment/783429 "2017-04-01T09:42:04Z")
I was just wondering if anything like I am about to describe is currently used or even feasible. Man has idea, he values idea at 1,000,000 points ( $1.00 per point) He offers qualified developer 100,000 points to devel… --- ## [What do these goddamn gnats want from me???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-goddamn-gnats-want-from-me/783248)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-goddamn-gnats-want-from-me/783248 "2017-04-01T05:14:59Z")
We’ve had a lot of rain in California this year, which has produced something I’m not used to: flying insects. I’ve been working on my computer all day today & have been constantly pestered by gnats. But they don’t just … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=632) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=634)