# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=64 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 65 --- ## [Ctl-B in Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctl-b-in-facebook/1013717)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ctl-b-in-facebook/1013717 "2025-02-01T22:06:51Z")
In Firefox Ctl-B is the default key to open the Fireox Bookmark panel. Facebook has now overridden that so it now opens a dialog where you can give feedback to Fadebook. Is there some way to change it back on my PC? --- ## [What is it with gross FB Reels lately](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-gross-fb-reels-lately/1013624)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-gross-fb-reels-lately/1013624 "2025-02-01T21:11:42Z")
I haven’t looked at FB for a while, other than looking up a recipe site or yoga site, but now every day I seem to see reels of demented looking women with boobs the size of weather balloons, in t-shirts or bras, jumping… --- ## [Aetna vs. United Healthcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aetna-vs-united-healthcare/1013665)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aetna-vs-united-healthcare/1013665 "2025-02-01T17:27:20Z")
Just wondering if you had to choose between Aetna or United Healthcare, which would you choose? Could one be better, and if so, how? Is one harder to deal with than the other? --- ## [Why is Rwanda supporting an insurgency in Democratic Republic of Congo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rwanda-supporting-an-insurgency-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/1013701)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rwanda-supporting-an-insurgency-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/1013701 "2025-02-01T12:10:57Z")
Or is it? Could someone help me come up to speed on this? Is it a continuation of the Second Congo War? (Putting this in IMHO because I doubt answers will be strictly factual, but I’m not trying to start a debate.) --- ## [Severance based hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-based-hypothetical/1013351)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severance-based-hypothetical/1013351 "2025-01-31T22:47:32Z")
Rewatching Severance S1 and imagining what the experience would be like, (For those not familiar with the show a fictional procedure is available where one can separate their brain so their work life and home life minds … --- ## [What programming language should I learn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-should-i-learn/661651)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-should-i-learn/661651 "2025-01-31T22:16:47Z")
I want to get back into programming and so what language would you recommend for 2013. Assume I have a working knowledge of ANSI-C, Pascal and JavaScript. I’m looking to do is just get acclimated with something not 15 … --- ## [So what are the WORST excuses you heard of people trying to get out of jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-worst-excuses-you-heard-of-people-trying-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/996997)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-worst-excuses-you-heard-of-people-trying-to-get-out-of-jury-duty/996997 "2025-01-31T18:31:28Z")
Excuses either given at check-in, to the judge prior to selection, or during selection itself. I was just at Jury duty and since I’ve been to jury duty 3 times in 5 years already I’ve heard a number of bad excuses. Duri… --- ## [Where did that come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649)
**Author:** [@Cerridwyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerridwyn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-that-come-from/1013649 "2025-01-31T00:17:23Z")
Gstatic.com --- ## [Power Walls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-walls/1013536)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-walls/1013536 "2025-01-30T19:59:27Z")
Do any of you have experience with home battery backup systems? I live in California (home of the PG&E rolling blackout) and have leased solar panels that are tied to the grid. I have a 700 kW dual fuel generator that c… --- ## [Post job interview follow-up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-job-interview-follow-up/1012438)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-job-interview-follow-up/1012438 "2025-01-30T17:40:12Z")
Yes, there are other threads on this, but they are old. I am applying for a software development position - the phone interview with an HR person went well enough that I had my technical interview yesterday (yes - new y… --- ## [HOA hijack of the "Did Walt ever said ..." thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-hijack-of-the-did-walt-ever-said-thread/1013582)
**Author:** [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-hijack-of-the-did-walt-ever-said-thread/1013582 "2025-01-30T17:03:47Z")
“HOA from hell” is a large majority of HOAs. (Not my Vietnamese-American friend, Hoa. He’s cool.) --- ## [What makes a CEO talented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-ceo-talented/1013489)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-ceo-talented/1013489 "2025-01-30T00:12:01Z")
I work for a global company. We have this gentleman at work. If he’s in his thirties at all He’s a young 30. And this guy has gone in 5 years from being an intern, to being facilities manager. Just two more rungs of th… --- ## [Gaydar? Does it exist? Has it changed over the years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-does-it-exist-has-it-changed-over-the-years/1013433)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaydar-does-it-exist-has-it-changed-over-the-years/1013433 "2025-01-29T11:34:50Z")
I am reacting to a comment in a CS thread about Paul Reuben’s having been gay: “Something” is a low bar. Obviously any degree that it exists is subject to many false positives and negatives, but is there anything to it… --- ## [Canadians - are you (newly) boycotting US products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-are-you-newly-boycotting-us-products/816467)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-are-you-newly-boycotting-us-products/816467 "2025-01-29T02:19:46Z")
That’s it - after the kerfuffle over trade with the US, I’ve seen a few news stories about people/business boycotting products from the US. Are you doing anything like this? For my answer, I’m avoiding US produce, but … --- ## [Auto leasing (newbie questions): how to lower the overall cost of the lease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-leasing-newbie-questions-how-to-lower-the-overall-cost-of-the-lease/1013533)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-leasing-newbie-questions-how-to-lower-the-overall-cost-of-the-lease/1013533 "2025-01-28T20:50:43Z")
I currently own an EV, but I’m going to get rid of it for … reasons. I’m going to get another EV, but the technology and models are changing very fast these days. So rather than buy another EV, I’m considering leasing f… --- ## [What in America are you (still) grateful for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-america-are-you-still-grateful-for/1013467)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-america-are-you-still-grateful-for/1013467 "2025-01-28T08:17:09Z")
Inspired by, but also hoping to be a counterpoint to, Have you given up hope for the future?: Between the economy, politics, wildfires, climate, bird flu, and all the other untold horrors of modern life, there’s no sho… --- ## [You think we will ever see another American Aircraft Carrier named after a US President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-we-will-ever-see-another-american-aircraft-carrier-named-after-a-us-president/955093)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2025, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-we-will-ever-see-another-american-aircraft-carrier-named-after-a-us-president/955093 "2025-01-28T08:12:16Z")
Barring renames like the future USS John F. Kennedy, you think they will ever name another future US aircraft carrier after an American President or would it become too controversial? There’s been a lot of bad movies wi… --- ## [Alternatives to cubicles in the modern office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-cubicles-in-the-modern-office/1013332)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-cubicles-in-the-modern-office/1013332 "2025-01-27T17:25:42Z")
Apparently the inventor of cubicles isn’t feeling it, decades after they’ve become ubiquitous in American workplaces. What’s the alternative? I’ve seen old-timey workplaces on TV and in the movies and such, and it look… --- ## [Why is this happening - weird work office anomaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-happening-weird-work-office-anomaly/1013294)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-happening-weird-work-office-anomaly/1013294 "2025-01-27T14:51:01Z")
I have a desk in the office I share with a co-worker. Every time she moves her chair my computer screen goes black for 6-7 seconds. It’s very annoying. Our computers are not physically connected - each is plugged into t… --- ## [Life without depression is so much better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-without-depression-is-so-much-better/1013271)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-without-depression-is-so-much-better/1013271 "2025-01-27T12:33:17Z")
Due to a mix of bad genetics (mental illness runs in my family) and severe trauma when I was young, I have struggled with depression my entire adult life. I’m in my mid 40s now, been dealing with it since I was a teenage… --- ## [Flashlight Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashlight-recommendations/1013208)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashlight-recommendations/1013208 "2025-01-27T11:30:30Z")
I live rural and need a good flashlight. By good, I mean it shines a nice broad bright beam so I can see my way to walk in the dark. I hate hate hate strobes, just thinking about them raises my blood pressure. I am not g… --- ## [Subway murderer: did NYPD do the correct thing here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-murderer-did-nypd-do-the-correct-thing-here/1013329)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subway-murderer-did-nypd-do-the-correct-thing-here/1013329 "2025-01-26T18:54:53Z")
My family and I spent the holidays with my brother in Connecticut and on Dec 22 we all went into Manhattan so the kids could see a show with their aunt while my wife and I had a nice lunch. On the way back from lunch on … --- ## [Kitchen And Bathroom Leaks- Need Answer Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-and-bathroom-leaks-need-answer-fast/1013401)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-and-bathroom-leaks-need-answer-fast/1013401 "2025-01-26T12:53:17Z")
I will try to keep this short. On January tenth, I flew to Florida. I had two trusted friends who live a few blocks away pick up my mail. On Tuesday, I received a text from building management. ‘In order to prevent pipes… --- ## [Am I wrong to feel a bit bothered by these things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-feel-a-bit-bothered-by-these-things/1013352)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-wrong-to-feel-a-bit-bothered-by-these-things/1013352 "2025-01-26T11:01:28Z")
Two situations have recently arisen in my life and both of them seem a little “off” to me. But when I try to translate my emotional response into a logical explanation, I’m coming up empty. So, Dopers - would either of … --- ## [What role, if any, could 'old tech' play in resistance movements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-if-any-could-old-tech-play-in-resistance-movements/1013240)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-if-any-could-old-tech-play-in-resistance-movements/1013240 "2025-01-25T21:39:38Z")
Not sure where in the world this question belongs on here, or if it should be on here at all, but I’m broadly curious about the fact that privacy could be difficult to come by, these days. We pretty much gave up our pri… --- ## [Do you get dressed on your day off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-dressed-on-your-day-off/715146)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-dressed-on-your-day-off/715146 "2025-01-25T11:32:48Z")
The scenario: It’s your day off from work. You live alone. You wake up in the morning, and there is nowhere you need to be that day. Do you get dressed, or do you lounge around in whatever you woke up in? Me? I sleep … --- ## [Why did Wikipedia go to a dark background (January 2025)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-wikipedia-go-to-a-dark-background-january-2025/1013361)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-wikipedia-go-to-a-dark-background-january-2025/1013361 "2025-01-25T00:54:47Z")
Looking something up on Wikipedia, the articles have a dark background instead of white. Anyone know why? If it’s a protest, what’s it about? --- ## [Are modern pens basically useless junk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-pens-basically-useless-junk/1011178)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-modern-pens-basically-useless-junk/1011178 "2025-01-24T19:14:15Z")
I just tried three Bic pens from a package. The first two wouldn’t write. I tried scribbling on paper to prime it. :pen: My luck with pens is terrible. When find one that works. It won’t work for long. Sometimes it fai… --- ## [The Silk Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silk-road/664996)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silk-road/664996 "2025-01-24T06:52:54Z")
I was wondering - does anyone have any experience with The Silk Road on the TOR network? Any stories? I am curious in how it works. Basically a person looking to sell makes a post and people make a payment through bitco… --- ## [Cigar Aficianodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-aficianodos/1013252)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-aficianodos/1013252 "2025-01-23T17:32:55Z")
One of my coffee shop buddies’ smokes cigars. He has what I think an odd habit of dipping the end of his cigar in coffee then spending the next 15 min or so trying to light it. Is this a real thing? or does my friend jus… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=65)