# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=65 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 66 --- ## [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… --- ## [Ever have laminate flooring repaired/replaced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-laminate-flooring-repaired-replaced/1013226)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-laminate-flooring-repaired-replaced/1013226 "2025-01-23T17:32:55Z")
After being ultra careful with keeping the laminate flooring (fake wood planks) that covers out entire first level for the past 7 years we finally had a dishwasher leak that ran down the seams of the flooring and now hav… --- ## [I have knee problems - tell me about arthroscopic surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-knee-problems-tell-me-about-arthroscopic-surgery/1013254)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-knee-problems-tell-me-about-arthroscopic-surgery/1013254 "2025-01-23T16:47:00Z")
I’m old, fat, and lazy, and my knees are taking the brunt of the stress. I’ve got arthritis and a torn medial meniscus in my left knee. I’ve had a hyaluronic acid shot recently, so I’m waiting to see how that works. I’ve… --- ## [What are my options for a diuretic for hypertension, considering that my potassium runs low](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-for-a-diuretic-for-hypertension-considering-that-my-potassium-runs-low/1013217)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-for-a-diuretic-for-hypertension-considering-that-my-potassium-runs-low/1013217 "2025-01-23T16:24:09Z")
I have hypertension, I’m currently on an ARB and CCB (100mg losartan and 10mg amlodipine). They help a bit, but not a lot. My BP still runs about 160/100. In the past, I’ve tried the diuretic chlorothiazide. It took abo… --- ## [Did anything ever give you a sudden burst of clarity in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anything-ever-give-you-a-sudden-burst-of-clarity-in-your-life/1013002)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anything-ever-give-you-a-sudden-burst-of-clarity-in-your-life/1013002 "2025-01-23T11:49:26Z")
For pretty much my whole life, I’ve always had a badly muddled mind. This was especially so with most life decisions. I would be stuck with indecision for months or even years on decisions that take most people fairly li… --- ## [What was Phys Ed/Gym like in your school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-phys-ed-gym-like-in-your-school/1012926)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-phys-ed-gym-like-in-your-school/1012926 "2025-01-23T05:54:14Z")
I’m assuming we all had to suffer thru this class in high school. For reference, please include when and where you attended. And I’ll start. Baltimore county public schools - high school was '69-'72. PE was mandatory ev… --- ## [A company automatically upgrades you to a higher subscription tier for their product - does this sound illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-company-automatically-upgrades-you-to-a-higher-subscription-tier-for-their-product-does-this-sound-illegal/1013203)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-company-automatically-upgrades-you-to-a-higher-subscription-tier-for-their-product-does-this-sound-illegal/1013203 "2025-01-22T19:30:32Z")
Let’s say a company has three products: Basic (costing 50 of your earth currency units per annum) Premium (cost 75 pa) Gold (cost 150 pa) You’re on the Basic tier and you’re happy about that, but you receive a message… --- ## [Late Stage Capitalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-stage-capitalism/1012725)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-stage-capitalism/1012725 "2025-01-22T19:06:41Z")
So lately it seems like I am seeing lots of younger folks throw around the term “late stage capitalism” as if it were a simple fact that this is where we are. Personally, I think a lot of them are a bit disappointed (rig… --- ## [Truck driver facilities at Ohio rest stops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-facilities-at-ohio-rest-stops/1013238)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truck-driver-facilities-at-ohio-rest-stops/1013238 "2025-01-22T18:01:03Z")
At the travel plazas on the Ohio Turnpike they have nice facilities for truckers. There are 4 suites, each with a shower, restroom and vanity. Plus coin-op laundry facilities and a bunch of chairs. Some ersatz couches. … --- ## [Consider "hopeful skepticism" as a default attitude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consider-hopeful-skepticism-as-a-default-attitude/1013060)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consider-hopeful-skepticism-as-a-default-attitude/1013060 "2025-01-22T16:07:22Z")
Cynicism is rife, on these boards and elsewhere. I don’t want to get into why, or whether it is justified. I have frequently felt cynical at times, not just about politics, and not just recently either. I read an articl… --- ## [Problems converting MS Publisher files to PDF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-converting-ms-publisher-files-to-pdf/1012772)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-converting-ms-publisher-files-to-pdf/1012772 "2025-01-22T15:32:29Z")
I’m trying to convert a bunch of my old newsletter files from MS Publisher to PDF. The issue I have is that, depending on the method I use (Save As, Export, or Print) I get different results, none of which is exactly wha… --- ## [IRL: how do you use AI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irl-how-do-you-use-ai/1012811)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irl-how-do-you-use-ai/1012811 "2025-01-22T02:37:27Z")
How do YOU actually use AI? How have you used it today/y’day/the past week? My approach is a bit google-ish … I have the ChatGPT page open in my browser and if I need to know something (RL-ex: how to grow passiflor vin… --- ## [Buying a house in the current and upcoming market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-house-in-the-current-and-upcoming-market/1013058)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-house-in-the-current-and-upcoming-market/1013058 "2025-01-20T23:13:45Z")
I (tl;dr, need-to-know) have or will soon have a pretty solid nest egg available. I have a relative here which is also a realtor who said she’ll help me find something. But I’m not sure if I should sit on my stash unti… --- ## [How to keep the YouTube timeline available at all times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-the-youtube-timeline-available-at-all-times/1013171)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-the-youtube-timeline-available-at-all-times/1013171 "2025-01-20T19:36:06Z")
I mostly use YT for work. I’d like to keep the timeline visible at all times so I don’t have to stop the video to mark the time and write my notes. I can’t find anything useful online. I can leave the cursor on the tim… --- ## [Eisenhower's 1950s Deportation Program (Ignorance Fought)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eisenhowers-1950s-deportation-program-ignorance-fought/1013158)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eisenhowers-1950s-deportation-program-ignorance-fought/1013158 "2025-01-20T18:27:19Z")
NOTE: I’m not justifying, normalizing, or endorsing trump’s mass deportation plans. But I didn’t know about this thing the article talks about. I was only a toddler at the time . And it was the era of rounding up black p… --- ## [So my shoulder is a mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-shoulder-is-a-mess/1013048)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-shoulder-is-a-mess/1013048 "2025-01-20T15:49:26Z")
I have been dealing with shoulder pain for more than 6 months now. It started out similar to the frozen shoulder on the other side that I had back in 2019 that almost entire resolved after a cortisone shot and a couple o… --- ## [Recommendations for dentists outside the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-dentists-outside-the-usa/828344)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-dentists-outside-the-usa/828344 "2019-01-24T20:40:36Z")
I live in the New York area. And I have dental issues. I’m going to need extensive work. It’s not going to be pleasant, and it’s not going to be cheap. I’m considering going abroad to get the work done to keep my costs… --- ## [Are there things that have been discussed to death that we should not debate anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649)
**Author:** [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-have-been-discussed-to-death-that-we-should-not-debate-anymore/1012649 "2025-01-20T13:29:31Z")
Inspired by this blog post I read ( Discourses We Can Stop Having, Ranked | Defector), do you think there are certain topics or discussions so played out, so thoroughly analyzed, that any further discussions are pointles… --- ## [Please stop using the phrase "In this economy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-the-phrase-in-this-economy/1013020)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-the-phrase-in-this-economy/1013020 "2025-01-19T21:53:24Z")
I am really getting infuriated with this. Economies are not binary. They are not simply “good” or “bad.” Competent viewers of society should understand that in “this economy”, 2025, probably most of the people in the … --- ## [Womens orgasms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-orgasms/1013106)
**Author:** [@Kitty32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitty32)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-orgasms/1013106 "2025-01-18T18:16:10Z")
I would like to know if a woman can have an orgasm without having sex. I have heard that some women can get turned on just by thinking certain thoughts and imagining certain people and sexy things. Have any women ever ex… --- ## [How intimidating is Hong Kong for the foreign tourist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-intimidating-is-hong-kong-for-the-foreign-tourist/1013084)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-intimidating-is-hong-kong-for-the-foreign-tourist/1013084 "2025-01-18T15:31:22Z")
My wife and I will be taking a cruise soon, from Hong Kong to Tokyo. Our plan is to get into HK a day early, to provide a buffer in the event of air travel snafus. So if all goes well, we’ll have a free day on our own … --- ## [Tell me about Canadian personal investment accounts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-canadian-personal-investment-accounts/1013080)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-canadian-personal-investment-accounts/1013080 "2025-01-18T03:06:07Z")
My kids live in Ontario and want to begin personal investing with some money that I sent them. I’m going to help them with their investing decisions, but am first trying to understand the options. One mentioned a “TFSA… --- ## [Exercise, heart rate & beta blockers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-heart-rate-beta-blockers/1012590)
**Author:** [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-heart-rate-beta-blockers/1012590 "2025-01-17T04:46:16Z")
So, I’m out of shape and I recently started using an exercise bike. I’d pedal for about 20 minutes and my heart rate would go up to about 130ish. Trouble is, I also have a bit of a panic attack problem. I spoke to my do… --- ## [Does your optometrist make glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-optometrist-make-glasses/1012975)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-optometrist-make-glasses/1012975 "2025-01-17T02:17:40Z")
I went to the optometrist for the first time in (mumble mumble) years and was quite shocked after and had selected the frames that I wanted that I was asked if I wanted to wait 20 - 25 minutes for them to make the glasse… --- ## [How to Stymie a Corp. from Using AI to Read and Answer My Email](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stymie-a-corp-from-using-ai-to-read-and-answer-my-email/1012889)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stymie-a-corp-from-using-ai-to-read-and-answer-my-email/1012889 "2025-01-17T01:14:30Z")
Is there any way to write a business email (e.g. a letter of complaint to a heath insurance company) such that the receiver of the email can not easily (or hopefully, not at all) use AI to read and compose a reply to it? … --- ## [alt-Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-facebook/1013045)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alt-facebook/1013045 "2025-01-17T00:14:31Z")
I belong to a Facebook group that is also an actual mostly-local group of people who meet. It’s a private group connected to a hobby, and one of the two admins has to let you in. The number of FB members is quite large c… --- ## [Medium/long term impact of LA-wildfires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-long-term-impact-of-la-wildfires/1012973)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medium-long-term-impact-of-la-wildfires/1012973 "2025-01-16T23:07:48Z")
Hi, In order to keep any med/long term impacts out of current threads, what are your thoughts on the impact of the LA-wildfires? a few from top of my mind: rennaisance of Home Office? new building codes (no more wood… --- ## [Double indemnity life insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-indemnity-life-insurance/1013044)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-indemnity-life-insurance/1013044 "2025-01-16T21:57:21Z")
What’s the point of double indemnity life insurance from the insured’s point of view? If I’m the breadwinner and I want to make sure my family has a future, does it make any difference to them (financially) if die of a … --- ## [An unsettling result of using ChatGPT too much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unsettling-result-of-using-chatgpt-too-much/1012751)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unsettling-result-of-using-chatgpt-too-much/1012751 "2025-01-16T17:19:50Z")
“Sometimes I forget words now. I’m so used to having ChatGPT complete my thoughts that when it’s not there, my brain feels… slower.” Okay, it’s like a lot of other things: don’t use it and it atrophies. But this is … --- ## [Free android sleep tracking apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-android-sleep-tracking-apps/993969)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-android-sleep-tracking-apps/993969 "2025-01-16T16:38:55Z")
what have you tried and what works? I am leaning towards SnoreLab based on brief search on reviews. What I really want to know is, do I snore and how big a problem might it be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=66)