# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=676 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 677 --- ## [Sync music to android phone, any recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sync-music-to-android-phone-any-recommendations/773875)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sync-music-to-android-phone-any-recommendations/773875 "2016-12-05T19:08:22Z")
I want to manage my music library on my PC, and have updates automatically sync to my android phone. Playlists are important to me, so arranging a playlist on the PC should be reflected on the phone as well. It would b… --- ## [What's a good way to sell used furniture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-way-to-sell-used-furniture/773850)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-way-to-sell-used-furniture/773850 "2016-12-05T17:51:33Z")
Other than Craigslist? Someplace I can take the stuff, or call somebody to haul it away for resale? Making a dollar or two is the goal. BTW–I live in a one bedroom condo, so I can’t just store it. Solutions must refle… --- ## [Who really was the Isdal Woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-was-the-isdal-woman/706669)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-was-the-isdal-woman/706669 "2016-12-05T17:38:10Z")
Here is the background This story fascinates me, IMHO, she was probably a KGB agent who screwed over her bosses for a life around Europe at their expense, so they got rid of her. What are your opinions/theories on it? --- ## [Was this the right thing to do? (Calling cops on a weird guy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275 "2016-12-05T14:25:30Z")
I’m just looking for opinions on whether or not my wife and I did the right thing in this scenario. Over Thanksgiving weekend my wife, our two kids, and our friend were at a park near our house. The playground was crow… --- ## [Giraffe neck tie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-neck-tie/773561 "2016-12-05T09:00:54Z")
The Internet must decide: if a giraffe were to wear a neck tie, would it be at the top of his neck or the bottom? Visual depiction, with some commentary. --- ## [What should I get from Amazon for 20 bucks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-from-amazon-for-20-bucks/773762)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-get-from-amazon-for-20-bucks/773762 "2016-12-04T22:37:56Z")
I decided to move into the 21st century, and bought a digital camera on Black Friday. It looks like a keeper, so I’m going to buy a case, cleaning kit, car charger, and extra batteries, which it didn’t come with. I fou… --- ## [Do I need another lawn fertilizer treatment this month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-another-lawn-fertilizer-treatment-this-month/773596)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-another-lawn-fertilizer-treatment-this-month/773596 "2016-12-04T19:01:20Z")
I have a lawn care company that does four treatments per year. They did a fertilizer treatment in September. Now they are calling me to sell me an additional winter fertilizer treatment. I don’t know the exact proportion… --- ## [Funeral - what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-what-to-do/773668)
**Author:** [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-what-to-do/773668 "2016-12-04T17:55:12Z")
I think I know what I’m going to do, but interested in what other people would do, and thoughts or comments about the situation. There’s me, my partner, our two kids (16 and 19). My partner’s parents are divorced. He is… --- ## [Adopting another culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-another-culture/773764)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-another-culture/773764 "2016-12-04T17:42:47Z")
Not sure if this is in the right forum. I never thought my life might be turning in this direction, but here I am. I decided a few months ago to begin exploring Indigenous First Nations culture mostly out of interest and… --- ## [Is there a way outside of a religious conversion to make people "good"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-outside-of-a-religious-conversion-to-make-people-good/772814)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-outside-of-a-religious-conversion-to-make-people-good/772814 "2016-12-04T15:56:35Z")
I was at a hotel recently where their was a convention of persons associated with the FBI and various other police departments that were working on this new computer program to share biometric and DNA information. Well … --- ## [Early 60s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-60s/773699)
**Author:** [@Nadnerb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nadnerb)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-60s/773699 "2016-12-04T13:06:09Z")
Were the early 60s like the 50s? You know the 1960-63 roughly. --- ## [Tooth Opinions - Pull or Re-Do Root Canal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-opinions-pull-or-re-do-root-canal/611702)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-opinions-pull-or-re-do-root-canal/611702 "2013-08-30T04:13:14Z")
My upper right second-from-the-back molar has been a problem for about the last 15 years. We started with a couple of fillings, then we moved on to a root canal for the constant aching. The root canal took two full years… --- ## [Was this the right thing to do? (telling manager that a guy had a gun sticking out of pocket)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-telling-manager-that-a-guy-had-a-gun-sticking-out-of-pocket/773298)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-telling-manager-that-a-guy-had-a-gun-sticking-out-of-pocket/773298 "2016-12-04T05:00:00Z")
Its post Thanksgiving and time to take my eldest back to college (another state). After helping him unpack, I took him to a local burger place (not McDs; really high end burgers) for lunch. I bought the food and we got… --- ## [University of Phoenix - legitimate degree or joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-phoenix-legitimate-degree-or-joke/678003)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/university-of-phoenix-legitimate-degree-or-joke/678003 "2016-12-04T04:51:58Z")
I confess to being skeptical of on-line (or mostly on-line) degrees. If you are trying to get promoted within a company you are currently working for, and the position requires a degree, I can see looking at one of thes… --- ## [On optimism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-optimism/773527)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-optimism/773527 "2016-12-03T21:42:37Z")
I see a lot of hopelessness on the Dope since the election. I’d like to fight against that, even in a small way. I am an optimist. This is a choice I make, not a natural state of being – I choose to be an optimist beca… --- ## [What does 'dancer' suggest as a vocation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-dancer-suggest-as-a-vocation/773455)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-dancer-suggest-as-a-vocation/773455 "2016-12-03T13:17:49Z")
I’m going to skip over the back story and just present these facts: a 20 something woman, considered reasonably attractive by dominant culture standards, lives in a medium-sized city (~100k) in the Midwest without a part… --- ## [Tell me all about indoor hot tubs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-all-about-indoor-hot-tubs/773703)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-all-about-indoor-hot-tubs/773703 "2016-12-03T07:29:33Z")
The rental house where I live now has an indoor hot tub. I’m asking the smartest people I know to tell me what I should do with it. (Explanation: The house is a few decades old, and at some point in the past, a previous … --- ## [Coworker asks if her teenaged son can live with you. What do you tell her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-asks-if-her-teenaged-son-can-live-with-you-what-do-you-tell-her/772424)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-asks-if-her-teenaged-son-can-live-with-you-what-do-you-tell-her/772424 "2016-12-03T04:42:25Z")
This happened yesterday, and I’m trying to figure out how my response squares with the general consensus. Yesterday after staff meeting, a coworker came into my office and said in a whispery voice that she had a persona… --- ## [Is it worth installing the Outlook App for Hotmail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-installing-the-outlook-app-for-hotmail/773666)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-worth-installing-the-outlook-app-for-hotmail/773666 "2016-12-03T03:11:10Z")
My Android phone is rooted to my primary Gmail account. I set up my two Hotmail accounts too. I decided not to merge my inbox. I change inboxes depending on which email I’m reading. That way work email is separate from … --- ## [Why do so many people vote Republican out of fear of getting taxed more or guns being taken away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-vote-republican-out-of-fear-of-getting-taxed-more-or-guns-being-taken-away/773136)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-vote-republican-out-of-fear-of-getting-taxed-more-or-guns-being-taken-away/773136 "2016-12-03T00:34:09Z")
I can see voting Republican if you actually believe that ideology or like a particular candidate. But it seems like there are a lot of people who single-issue vote for Republican candidates - on issues that don’t even a… --- ## [has anyone ever gotten a new car for xmas or know someone who has?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-gotten-a-new-car-for-xmas-or-know-someone-who-has/773519)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-gotten-a-new-car-for-xmas-or-know-someone-who-has/773519 "2016-12-02T23:10:56Z")
Theres a treacly set of commericals where parents con their kids into asking for the brand new model of car … the first commercial pissed me off but the second one was cuter (the kid caught the parents trying to forge hi… --- ## [Do you think that a government would allow a terrorist attack to occur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-a-government-would-allow-a-terrorist-attack-to-occur/773551)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-a-government-would-allow-a-terrorist-attack-to-occur/773551 "2016-12-02T21:18:02Z")
I know many dopers view on conspiracies but I promise you…this isn’t going to be one. Neither am I a conspiracy theorist. For me, the only plausible terrorist attack scenarios are those where someone in a high branch of… --- ## [Invent the perfect target material](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-the-perfect-target-material/773123)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invent-the-perfect-target-material/773123 "2016-12-02T19:32:17Z")
A self healing target material that would also be easy to pull arrows out of. Sand is about the best thing I know of but it has to be angled and is also very heavy. --- ## [Capitalization as a form of respect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalization-as-a-form-of-respect/773354)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capitalization-as-a-form-of-respect/773354 "2016-12-02T19:29:19Z")
Hi SD, Why have we as humans never considered capitalization as a form of respect? Or, more accurately, refusal to capitalize as a form of disrespect? I am not saying this is an awesome idea, just that it seems like a… --- ## [What adult willingly engages in conversation with unrelated young kids...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-adult-willingly-engages-in-conversation-with-unrelated-young-kids/773300)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-adult-willingly-engages-in-conversation-with-unrelated-young-kids/773300 "2016-12-02T19:07:33Z")
From another thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=812257 Wow! The world has really changed. When I was a young kid adults did this frequently with me. And none of them were pedophiles. --- ## [Are kids wearing hoodies to look tough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-wearing-hoodies-to-look-tough/242477)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-wearing-hoodies-to-look-tough/242477 "2016-12-02T18:13:30Z")
I was amazed to see a kid wearing a hooded sweatshirt yesterday. If memory serves he didn’t have it zipped, but he did have the hood up. And we were having record high temperatures in the area. It was about 6PM, and… --- ## [Macbooks. Underpowered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbooks-underpowered/773647)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbooks-underpowered/773647 "2016-12-02T17:48:02Z")
I’m considering buying a new or refurb MacBook and I’m wondering if I’ll notice how \*unpowerful \*it is. I’ve read that it’s not as slow as “expected” but I don’t know what to expect, ha! The most I’d really ask of it is… --- ## [Holiday inflatables - yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-inflatables-yea-or-nay/773413)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-inflatables-yea-or-nay/773413 "2016-12-02T16:28:07Z")
Simple question - is there EVER an instance in which you favor inflatables at residences? I vote nay. Full disclosure - my immediate neighbor has some sort of helicopter on their roof, and are currently putting up an i… --- ## [Why are dogs so fucking stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-fucking-stupid/773186)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dogs-so-fucking-stupid/773186 "2016-12-02T16:11:15Z")
Dog being used in the gender fashion. Male canines are dogs. Females are bitches. Dogs are easy-going, but complete idiots. Bitches are the smart ones. Why? --- ## [Can you be mistaken about your own romantic love for another person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-mistaken-about-your-own-romantic-love-for-another-person/773513)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-mistaken-about-your-own-romantic-love-for-another-person/773513 "2016-12-02T15:43:24Z")
Infatuation versus love is obviously relevant to the conversation but assuming one has honestly examined that distinction and still considers themselves to be in love, is it possible to be wrong about that? I know that … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=675) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=677)