# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=661 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 662 --- ## [In what way is trump illegitimate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-is-trump-illegitimate/777632)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-way-is-trump-illegitimate/777632 "2017-01-22T09:38:03Z")
Representative John Lewis from Georgia has declared Trump to be an illegitimate president and I have to wonder why he would believe so. --- ## [Another Trump thread - what if his approach actually works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-trump-thread-what-if-his-approach-actually-works/777387)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-trump-thread-what-if-his-approach-actually-works/777387 "2017-01-22T06:38:42Z")
There’s threads aplenty on the Dope about Trump’s destructive and abrasive actions and words. I certainly didn’t vote for the guy, because I don’t like his example. But what if his approach works? Trump sees himself as… --- ## [Which obsolete/archaic words in English do you think should be ressurrected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-obsolete-archaic-words-in-english-do-you-think-should-be-ressurrected/776934)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-obsolete-archaic-words-in-english-do-you-think-should-be-ressurrected/776934 "2017-01-22T06:04:21Z")
I’m voting for thrice. After all, we kept once and twice, so why not bring back thrice? I also think hence, thence, and whence should be candidates for revival. I’m all for simple, one syllable words making a come back. … --- ## [Do you think Trump will start a war in his first year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-trump-will-start-a-war-in-his-first-year/777697)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-trump-will-start-a-war-in-his-first-year/777697 "2017-01-22T04:38:27Z")
So the day of reckoning has arrived, Trump is CinC and has the Nuclear Football. And we have evidence that he’s an insecure bully who can’t separate personal vindictiveness from the greater good (see gold star family, a… --- ## [Tipping and Maine's new minimum wage law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-and-maines-new-minimum-wage-law/777721)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-and-maines-new-minimum-wage-law/777721 "2017-01-22T02:28:38Z")
So last election, we had a ballot initiative in Maine to increase the minimum wage to $9 per hour (and raise it by $1 per year until it gets to $12, and thenceforth indexed to inflation). It also eliminated the tip cred… --- ## [Busy Hands Doper: Do You Have a Favorite Object?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/busy-hands-doper-do-you-have-a-favorite-object/650806)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/busy-hands-doper-do-you-have-a-favorite-object/650806 "2017-01-22T02:21:04Z")
I’m a fidgeter - my hands are always looking for something to play with. I’m the kind of guy who will rip up his tablecloth or napkin, or pull the label off of his soda bottle. I don’t buy click pens because I’ll drive t… --- ## [Does expensive cat \[food\] mean less cat poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-expensive-cat-food-mean-less-cat-poop/622779)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-expensive-cat-food-mean-less-cat-poop/622779 "2012-05-27T20:48:00Z")
Tittle says it all. I currently feed my critters Meow Mix. I let them “free feed” (By that I mean I keep a big bowl full at all times.) I figure this is OK as neither one of them are over weight. But man, that said, the… --- ## [How easily do do swallow pills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-do-do-swallow-pills/777655)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easily-do-do-swallow-pills/777655 "2017-01-21T21:37:39Z")
In this thread the word “pill” is mentioned in the context of “a disagreeable person”. The etymology seems to come from the trouble some people have in taking medicinal pills - the person in question is being “difficult… --- ## [Will you be watching the inauguration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-inauguration/777533)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-inauguration/777533 "2017-01-21T15:21:48Z")
I have watched every inauguration since 1953. I consider them among the few “pomp and circumstance” events this country allows… history in the making. But I’m sitting this one out. This is not a time to celebrate what pr… --- ## [Home Depot v Lowes v Menards - any real difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-v-lowes-v-menards-any-real-difference/589033)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-v-lowes-v-menards-any-real-difference/589033 "2017-01-21T12:20:12Z")
I’m starting phase two of home improvement projects on the house I bought last summer. Couple of new windows, front door, covered front porch and deck. Last summer I shopped at both HD and Lowes, comparing prices for bi… --- ## [Are people who think that everybody is racist the real racists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-think-that-everybody-is-racist-the-real-racists/777647)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-think-that-everybody-is-racist-the-real-racists/777647 "2017-01-21T12:14:41Z")
Not unfrequently, you’ll see someone stating that he’s not racist, and someone else respond that everybody is racist to some extent. Some months ago, in a thread in GD, I was reading such an exchange, where the anti-rac… --- ## [Protest organizer says it's their duty to disrupt the inaugural event. Do you agree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-organizer-says-its-their-duty-to-disrupt-the-inaugural-event-do-you-agree/777618)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-organizer-says-its-their-duty-to-disrupt-the-inaugural-event-do-you-agree/777618 "2017-01-21T04:46:20Z")
Video here. It’s important to note the video has nothing to do with the article linked. The article itself is not what I intended to talk about in this thread. Anyway, I have zero love for the Great Orange One. And I fi… --- ## [What's an acceptable breakdown rate for a new car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-acceptable-breakdown-rate-for-a-new-car/777670)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-acceptable-breakdown-rate-for-a-new-car/777670 "2017-01-21T01:35:07Z")
Not even sure what the right term is … Bought a new Mazda3 13 months ago and 34 thousand miles ago, so I’ reaching the end of warranty. Tomorrow I’ll be bringing it in for its 3rd repair. This is only the second new car… --- ## [Most likely military position to survive a war?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-likely-military-position-to-survive-a-war/777361)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-likely-military-position-to-survive-a-war/777361 "2017-01-21T01:29:43Z")
Let’s imagine that you are in a average European country like Poland, Belarus, Austria, Finland,etc, so reasonably modern tanks, ifv’s, atgm’s and so on, but nothing too crazy. Your country gets in a war with a country w… --- ## [WiFi issue : Sporadically drops all connections in the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-issue-sporadically-drops-all-connections-in-the-house/777657)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-issue-sporadically-drops-all-connections-in-the-house/777657 "2017-01-20T21:30:53Z")
This happens once or twice a day. All devices connected to Wi-Fi will lose the connection at the same time and reconnect 30 seconds to a minute later. When this happens the cable modem still shows online, and the indica… --- ## [Girlfriend visiting ex-boyfriend. Am I wrong for being irritated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-visiting-ex-boyfriend-am-i-wrong-for-being-irritated/347188)
**Author:** [@Mr.Krebbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Krebbs)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girlfriend-visiting-ex-boyfriend-am-i-wrong-for-being-irritated/347188 "2017-01-20T18:14:55Z")
I’ll be the first to admit that I am a fairly insecure person, and I’m prone to jealousy in a relationship. I understand this, I’m not proud of it, and I do my best to suppress and get over it. But yesterday my girlfri… --- ## [Texting while...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while/777485)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-while/777485 "2017-01-20T17:10:30Z")
A couple of weeks ago I saw a guy wearing a ginormous backpack riding his tall, skinny bike down my street…texting as he rode. Yeah, steering with one hand, phone in the other. I thought that was not too safe, but probab… --- ## [Best standing microphone for Google Voice Search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standing-microphone-for-google-voice-search/777605)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standing-microphone-for-google-voice-search/777605 "2017-01-20T15:57:36Z")
Anyone use Google Voice Search? What mic do you use? --- ## [Best laundry detergent for stains that does not require pretreatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-laundry-detergent-for-stains-that-does-not-require-pretreatment/777625)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-laundry-detergent-for-stains-that-does-not-require-pretreatment/777625 "2017-01-20T15:09:43Z")
Cheer just seems to lock the stains in, not remove them. I do not always catch stains before the wash so I do not get to pretreat them. What laundry detergent is best for getting out stains instead of just locking them… --- ## [Estate Planning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estate-planning/776986)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estate-planning/776986 "2017-01-20T14:22:43Z")
My wife and I (early 50’s, no kids) are finally getting around to creating a will and doing our estate planning. I’ve contacted a few lawyers that were recommended to us and we’re meeting with them soon. Aside from creat… --- ## [XL Twin Flat Sheets without Fitted Sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xl-twin-flat-sheets-without-fitted-sheets/690416)
**Author:** [@nolonger\_lurking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nolonger_lurking)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xl-twin-flat-sheets-without-fitted-sheets/690416 "2014-06-10T19:41:34Z")
So, my wife and I have discovered that we sleep best in our king bed with separate sheets. This was almost a life-changing discovery, and has greatly increased our quality of sleep. Right now, we have queen-sized sheets … --- ## [The morality of best before dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-best-before-dates/776603)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-morality-of-best-before-dates/776603 "2017-01-20T07:02:20Z")
This is one that comes up often in my life. You walk into the grocery store for a carton (\*) of milk. It’s January 7th. You’re pretty sure the carton you buy will be empty in a week. At the grocery store, there are ca… --- ## [So, how is Samsung handling all this wonderful publicity it's getting about its flammable phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-samsung-handling-all-this-wonderful-publicity-its-getting-about-its-flammable-phones/777367)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-is-samsung-handling-all-this-wonderful-publicity-its-getting-about-its-flammable-phones/777367 "2017-01-20T05:43:57Z")
Last fall, I was on a few flights, and each one of the safety announcements included a comment along the lines of: “Please be advised that due to the fire hazard, Samsung 7 phones cannot be used during the flight.” I w… --- ## [Mexican Drug Cartel Kingpin Captured \[update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-drug-cartel-kingpin-captured-update/681991)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-drug-cartel-kingpin-captured-update/681991 "2017-01-20T02:04:44Z")
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is now in prison. Historically, Mexican prisons have had a difficult time keeping these folks incarcerated. Others, with this much influence, in prison lacked no creature comforts. And he i… --- ## [Social Security Disability attorneys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-disability-attorneys/744115)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-disability-attorneys/744115 "2017-01-19T23:48:25Z")
We need to hire an attorney to persuade Social Security to grant disability benefits to someone who’s unable to work due to a heart attack, multiple cancers and bad anemia as a result of the cancers and treatments. In th… --- ## [For those who believe, how does reincarnation work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-believe-how-does-reincarnation-work/777539)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-believe-how-does-reincarnation-work/777539 "2017-01-19T22:50:47Z")
Seeing the ads for “A Dog’s Purpose” brought this question back to the top of my brain. So, say you believe in reincarnation. How does it work? As soon as you die, does your soul go right into the next baby being born?… --- ## [House Painted White: What Color Metal Roof Looks Best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-painted-white-what-color-metal-roof-looks-best/777500)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-painted-white-what-color-metal-roof-looks-best/777500 "2017-01-19T22:25:56Z")
House is small, old, rural two story house. Any opinions? There is also the question of energy efficiency. But living in the snowbelt where one spends a lot more money on heating than air conditioning dark roofs are pro… --- ## [We need a male equivalent of "tomboy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-male-equivalent-of-tomboy/229306)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-male-equivalent-of-tomboy/229306 "2017-01-19T22:22:09Z")
I have decided that the whole gender problem is that we have no male equivalent of “tomboy.” Oh, sure, we have lots of words on the same semantic turf, but they’re all insulting, leastways all the ones I can think of. S… --- ## [In general, are game show prizes a good deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-general-are-game-show-prizes-a-good-deal/777518)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-general-are-game-show-prizes-a-good-deal/777518 "2017-01-19T21:25:10Z")
After the second day home of being sick, I succumbed & flipped the TV on this morning. No, not Jerry or Maury but game shows came on. There was one trip given away to Puerto Rico for $6000+ & one to Bahamas for $8406. … --- ## [Is there any way to protect yourself from suing artists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-protect-yourself-from-suing-artists/777447)
**Author:** [@Zimrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zimrin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-protect-yourself-from-suing-artists/777447 "2017-01-19T19:39:33Z")
I remember a minor accident I got into with someone where she went to a hospital and accused me of giving her whiplash and wanted take me to court. I was moving at an ants crawl when I ran into her and it was physically… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=660) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=662)