# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=671 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 672 --- ## [Conservatives: Should we prosecute climate scientists for fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-should-we-prosecute-climate-scientists-for-fraud/774457)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-should-we-prosecute-climate-scientists-for-fraud/774457 "2016-12-21T04:20:29Z")
Seriously. Right now the conservative Republicans in the US are ascendant. This may be because the Russian’s interfered in our electoral process, or it might be because of gerrymandering and voter suppression, but it i… --- ## [Do I give Christmas bonuses to a cleaning service or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-give-christmas-bonuses-to-a-cleaning-service-or-no/775153)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-give-christmas-bonuses-to-a-cleaning-service-or-no/775153 "2016-12-21T03:01:07Z")
My mother taught me to never clean my own house if I was working full time and could afford to pay someone to do it, and far be it from me to go against my mother’s advice, so I’ve had people cleaning for me for forever &… --- ## [Opinions please \[Wife hanging out with guys\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-please-wife-hanging-out-with-guys/774916)
**Author:** [@CuriouslyMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriouslyMe)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-please-wife-hanging-out-with-guys/774916 "2016-12-20T16:33:13Z")
I’m a 47 year old male with a gorgeous wife that everyone we meet likes. She is playful and fun to be around, especially when she drinks. We live temporarily in a very nice Rv resort, which tends to be occupied by mostly… --- ## [You meet/find a real-life genie, what do you ask him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-meet-find-a-real-life-genie-what-do-you-ask-him/774816)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-meet-find-a-real-life-genie-what-do-you-ask-him/774816 "2016-12-20T04:55:11Z")
Yes, ask him, not so much ‘what do you wish for’ although we’ll get to that. Scenario\* is that while out for a walk you come across a half-buried classic Aladdin style lamp, giving it a rub a genie appears in suitably d… --- ## [What do you buy (them) every year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-buy-them-every-year/775036)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-buy-them-every-year/775036 "2016-12-20T04:10:36Z")
So, I was out getting my yearly gift cert for a case of beer, that I gift to my niece’s husband. I don’t really know the guy, he’s kind of withdrawn, but by all accounts a great husband, and father. My focus more natural… --- ## [Guns in stadiums, good idea or bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-stadiums-good-idea-or-bad/774935)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-stadiums-good-idea-or-bad/774935 "2016-12-20T03:57:50Z")
Some Washington state legislators have decided it would be a good idea to allow guns in sports stadiums, such as Century Link Field and Safeco Field. Current laws allow the operators of such stadiums, the Seattle Seahawk… --- ## [Women - Short skirts and dresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-short-skirts-and-dresses/598633)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-short-skirts-and-dresses/598633 "2011-10-15T17:52:34Z")
High school homecoming season is upon us and the youngsters are once again ornamenting themselves for display at the ritual of the homecoming dance. In my neck of the woods, for many of the young…um, ladies (is this the… --- ## [Have you dropped cable TV? If so, how has it worked for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-dropped-cable-tv-if-so-how-has-it-worked-for-you/773927)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-dropped-cable-tv-if-so-how-has-it-worked-for-you/773927 "2016-12-20T02:36:00Z")
Background: We have Uverse for TV, landlines (I’m not willing to move to cell-only – please start a separate thread if you want to discuss) and internet. We have an HD antenna we installed a while back. We are conside… --- ## [Are these comics funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575)
**Author:** [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575 "2016-12-20T02:24:06Z")
So, these two sets of comics have both made the tippy top front page of reddit recently. Showed them to a friend, and she and I are divided - one of us thinks they’re cute and funny, one of us thinks they’re too cutesy a… --- ## [is wikipedia going broke ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wikipedia-going-broke/774803)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-wikipedia-going-broke/774803 "2016-12-20T01:49:11Z")
when I was checking out a link in another post I get this : To all our readers in the U.S.: Time is running out in 2016 to help Wikipedia. When I made Wikipedia a non-profit, people warned me I’d regret it. Over a deca… --- ## [Opinions on vinyl siding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-vinyl-siding/774787)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-vinyl-siding/774787 "2016-12-19T23:34:08Z")
My 1918 house has its original wood cladding, which, from a distance, looks good and charming. I’d love to have it painted, but it’s in really poor shape in some areas (pieces of cladding have fallen off and there’s some… --- ## [Controlling people with money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlling-people-with-money/774676)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controlling-people-with-money/774676 "2016-12-19T23:06:14Z")
Sorry if the title isn’t sufficiently explanatory. I wanted to discuss gift giving, and the accusation that someone’s generosity is motivated by a desire to control others. Specifically, this involves my 3 kids - now i… --- ## [What truth do most people in society refuse to accept?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-truth-do-most-people-in-society-refuse-to-accept/774762)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-truth-do-most-people-in-society-refuse-to-accept/774762 "2016-12-19T22:55:23Z")
I saw this question on Reddit and I thought we would have a more in-depth discussion here. We all know the world is not as it seems and that sometimes people believe in lies to comfort themselves from the cognitive diss… --- ## [Don't know what to do about anti-vax parents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-what-to-do-about-anti-vax-parents/775118)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-what-to-do-about-anti-vax-parents/775118 "2016-12-19T20:58:31Z")
They’re wonderful overall, but this is one issue where it seems like they’ve been brainwashed - brainwashed by an anti-vax doctor whose child allegedly was hospitalized because of vaccination. I have all the basic ones,… --- ## [A weird article: "My Family Was Interned. Now They’re With Trump."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-article-my-family-was-interned-now-they-re-with-trump/775043)
**Author:** [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-article-my-family-was-interned-now-they-re-with-trump/775043 "2016-12-19T20:31:03Z")
I read the article and I don’t understand either what the author is trying to say or why this was written at all. The topic (Trump) for which the article is named is referred to tangentially, and the bulk of the artic… --- ## [Anyone ever confronted a compulsive/pathological liar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-confronted-a-compulsive-pathological-liar/774151)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-confronted-a-compulsive-pathological-liar/774151 "2016-12-19T14:57:07Z")
If so, how did it turn out? I have never met a bonafied habitual liar–someone I knew for an absolute fact was a liar. A long time ago, I worked with a woman who everyone suspected with a compulsive liar because she wou… --- ## [Who do you call to remove a tree from a car-need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-call-to-remove-a-tree-from-a-car-need-answer-fast/774799)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-call-to-remove-a-tree-from-a-car-need-answer-fast/774799 "2016-12-19T14:51:21Z")
Here’s the situation: I lease my office space in a complex with surrounding parking lots (unassigned). Today was very windy. While a patient was here a tree fell on her car. I have liability insurance but I don’t kno… --- ## [Recommendations needed: Tough, waterproof Galaxy S7 case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-needed-tough-waterproof-galaxy-s7-case/775114)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-needed-tough-waterproof-galaxy-s7-case/775114 "2016-12-19T05:31:02Z")
When I bought my phone, I also bought a Lifeproof FRE case. I had told the salesman that I needed something that could stand up to a lot of abuse (because I’m a klutz), and I also wanted something waterproof (because I’m… --- ## [Cities which are considered hubs of art and culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-which-are-considered-hubs-of-art-and-culture/774253)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cities-which-are-considered-hubs-of-art-and-culture/774253 "2016-12-19T04:14:37Z")
As an American, Los Angeles and New York City are by far the two biggest cities for art and culture. There are other cities that contribute art and culture (Seattle, Boston, Chicago, etc) but not on the scale of the big … --- ## [Mail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail/774944)
**Author:** [@Ravenbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenbear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail/774944 "2016-12-19T04:08:18Z")
Does anyone know if it is illegal to to throw away someone’s opened mail if they was denied access to their home. I was living in Missouri, while visiting my daughter in Oklahoma my girlfriend broke up with me, when I w… --- ## [Cyberspace reflexes encroaching on daily life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberspace-reflexes-encroaching-on-daily-life/775034)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberspace-reflexes-encroaching-on-daily-life/775034 "2016-12-19T03:01:53Z")
Context: I’ve made it a habit, when I’m surfing the Web, of not clicking on links to sites or articles that I don’t want to encourage. If I click, something somewhere will record one more view of the ads on that page, s… --- ## [Smoking and numbness in feet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-and-numbness-in-feet/775095)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-and-numbness-in-feet/775095 "2016-12-19T01:52:33Z")
I quit smoking a few days ago and as a motivation to stay quit I am trying my best to acknowledge improvements in my health. Breathing improved dramatically in 24 hours. I seem to be sleeping better but still not gettin… --- ## [Question about ad blockers for iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ad-blockers-for-iphone/775078)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ad-blockers-for-iphone/775078 "2016-12-18T23:14:34Z")
I have been having a terrible time browsing here because of the banner ads that block the bottom of the page. They are hard to close and I usually end up opening them by accident instead. I tried installing adblock plus … --- ## [Cordless hand-held vacuum recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cordless-hand-held-vacuum-recommendations/766297)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cordless-hand-held-vacuum-recommendations/766297 "2016-12-18T20:32:52Z")
Any recommendations for a solid hand-held cordless vac to clean the car and have enough power and battery life to do a thorough job? The latest one (DustBuster) crapped out after a few uses. --- ## [How military formidable are Sweden & Switzerland? How long for the US to bring them to heel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-military-formidable-are-sweden-switzerland-how-long-for-the-us-to-bring-them-to-heel/774882)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-military-formidable-are-sweden-switzerland-how-long-for-the-us-to-bring-them-to-heel/774882 "2016-12-18T03:00:27Z")
Just curious. Per this thread The United States and the Scandinavian Utopia These are non-aligned neutral countries. If they insulted Trump Steaks or did something equally provocative how long would it take for the US M… --- ## [Prediabetic, prehypertensive ... medicalization the normal or useful labels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediabetic-prehypertensive-medicalization-the-normal-or-useful-labels/774970)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediabetic-prehypertensive-medicalization-the-normal-or-useful-labels/774970 "2016-12-18T02:13:47Z")
Inspired by this article in today’s NYT about an online screening test identifying those at high risk for prediabetes. For context, the incidence of diabetes (both diagnosed and not) among American adults is, according… --- ## [Day shifts suck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-shifts-suck/774732)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-shifts-suck/774732 "2016-12-17T18:24:50Z")
For the past several years, I have worked the afternoon shift. The times were usually 3:00 to 11:30 or 4:00 to 12:30. I liked the hours quite a bit, and I especially liked the fact that I never had to be awakened by an a… --- ## [Trump wins the election. Where ya gonna live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wins-the-election-where-ya-gonna-live/767276)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-wins-the-election-where-ya-gonna-live/767276 "2016-12-17T05:17:35Z")
Trump wins the election. Where ya gonna live? --- ## [Medical anecdotes (not advice) sought: eye issues.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-anecdotes-not-advice-sought-eye-issues/774846)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-anecdotes-not-advice-sought-eye-issues/774846 "2016-12-17T04:11:34Z")
For many years I was a ‘frequent flyer’ at my local eye-specialist hospital, firstly suffering (and being treated for) acute angle-closure glaucoma 30 years ago, twelve years later with intermediate uveitis and a couple … --- ## [HR people: Re-posting position, but encourage me to re-apply?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-people-re-posting-position-but-encourage-me-to-re-apply/768940)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-people-re-posting-position-but-encourage-me-to-re-apply/768940 "2016-12-16T23:29:58Z")
Short story, I interviewed and feel it went well. My current duties dovetail nicely with the position. Now a week after they estimated I’d hear back from them, they call and give me the above news. Do they really mean … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=670) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=672)