# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=71 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 72 --- ## [Used Pilot vs Explorer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-pilot-vs-explorer/1011282)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-pilot-vs-explorer/1011282 "2024-12-12T21:21:40Z")
Here’s my dilemma - I’m in need of an SUV capable of towing a few times a year and the occasional camping trip or riding on dirt roads through the woods (not serious 4 wheeling). Most of the time it would be parked. I’m … --- ## [As an individual, are there any AI subscriptions worth getting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-an-individual-are-there-any-ai-subscriptions-worth-getting/1011541)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-an-individual-are-there-any-ai-subscriptions-worth-getting/1011541 "2024-12-12T18:22:18Z")
As an individual using it for personal use, vs a business using it. OpenAI and Claude are both $20/month. poe(dot)com is around $10-20 a month. Has anyone bought a subscription and do you feel it is worth it over the f… --- ## [Tell us about your wardrobe malfunctions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-wardrobe-malfunctions/1011238)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-wardrobe-malfunctions/1011238 "2024-12-12T13:27:30Z")
Did you ever accidentally tuck the back of your dress into your pantyhose / tights? Attend an important meeting with your fly undone? Please share, so I won’t feel like the only doofus here for: Sitting in the waiting r… --- ## [The entire ‘Food Stamp’ program in its various forms is a subsidy to help farmers by keeping demand high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-food-stamp-program-in-its-various-forms-is-a-subsidy-to-help-farmers-by-keeping-demand-high/1011512)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-food-stamp-program-in-its-various-forms-is-a-subsidy-to-help-farmers-by-keeping-demand-high/1011512 "2024-12-11T20:07:38Z")
Hope this is not off-topic. The entire ‘Food Stamp’ program in it’s various forms is a subsidy to help farmers by keeping demand high. You pay less for food because everybody’s tax dollars funds these programs. I suppose… --- ## [Patent question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patent-question/1010105)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patent-question/1010105 "2024-12-11T18:57:12Z")
From what I understand something cannot be patented if you have already sold one. I was wondering if you could charge a security deposit and loan it out for x period of time while waiting on your patent? --- ## [Non-US Dopers: Is package theft a problem in your country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-is-package-theft-a-problem-in-your-country/1011415)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-is-package-theft-a-problem-in-your-country/1011415 "2024-12-11T15:48:51Z")
I’m not sure how big package theft really is in the U.S. (the plural of anecdote is not data, after all), but YouTube sure loves showing me videos of package thieves getting their comeuppance. That, and this time of year… --- ## [Advice for choosing a new washing machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-choosing-a-new-washing-machine/1011349)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-choosing-a-new-washing-machine/1011349 "2024-12-10T18:00:02Z")
My 28 year old Sears Kenmore washing machine is reaching the end of its life. It no longer reliably spins the clothes mostly-dry. (We re-run just the spin cycle a lot.) So i guess we need a new one. We relaxed the dryer … --- ## [Several kinds of aliens plan to conquer mankind, and they have offices to do their planning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-kinds-of-aliens-plan-to-conquer-mankind-and-they-have-offices-to-do-their-planning/1011163)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-kinds-of-aliens-plan-to-conquer-mankind-and-they-have-offices-to-do-their-planning/1011163 "2024-12-10T02:05:57Z")
I noticed this morning an office next door to a doctor’s office I was visiting. It’s called “The Conference of Major Superiors of Men.” So the alien are so convinced that they can conquer mankind that they rent offices… --- ## [Anyone here been voluntarily circumcised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-been-voluntarily-circumcised/500069)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-been-voluntarily-circumcised/500069 "2024-12-10T01:49:09Z")
Inspired by this thread asking for advice on whether to circumcise a newborn boy. The suggestion arises that new parents should skip it and let the child decide later. How much later is anyone’s guess. I expressed tha… --- ## [Booked an all-inclusive resort vacation in Jamaica- Montego Bay. Tips, warnings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booked-an-all-inclusive-resort-vacation-in-jamaica-montego-bay-tips-warnings/1011201)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booked-an-all-inclusive-resort-vacation-in-jamaica-montego-bay-tips-warnings/1011201 "2024-12-09T15:01:25Z")
My wife and I haven’t had a full-on adults only vacation in years and years. Now that both our kids are pretty much out of the house and we’re empty nesters, we decided to pull the trigger and do a grown-up vacation at a… --- ## [What's the furthest you have ever been away from all other humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-you-have-ever-been-away-from-all-other-humans/1010920)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-furthest-you-have-ever-been-away-from-all-other-humans/1010920 "2024-12-09T14:58:23Z")
I was walking alone last night, on a fairly long and quiet country road, with probably a clear mile of road in either direction before a car or pedestrian would be found, but then when I looked off to one side, there was… --- ## [Company Towns {spun off of "A thread for Rudy Giuliani"}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-towns-spun-off-of-a-thread-for-rudy-giuliani/1010354)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-towns-spun-off-of-a-thread-for-rudy-giuliani/1010354 "2024-12-08T23:10:41Z")
My Google-fu is failing me at the moment, but I seem to vaguely recall reading about a company (the time period associated with this company is somewhere between 1940-1980, I’m thinking) that required its employees and t… --- ## [Are there any places, preferably in the US, that have good weather year round outside of southern California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-places-preferably-in-the-us-that-have-good-weather-year-round-outside-of-southern-california/1011077)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-places-preferably-in-the-us-that-have-good-weather-year-round-outside-of-southern-california/1011077 "2024-12-08T21:46:18Z")
Southern California has nice weather year round, but its pretty expensive. Does any other place have good weather year round (mild summers, mild winters) in the US? If not in the US, then overseas? --- ## [What places in the world don't need air conditioning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-in-the-world-dont-need-air-conditioning/1011129)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-places-in-the-world-dont-need-air-conditioning/1011129 "2024-12-08T15:51:06Z")
I live in a country where nobody has air conditioning in their homes. There is never, or almost never, a situation where indoor cooling is necessary or desirable. (I’m just talking about houses. Air conditioning is commo… --- ## [Which Non-US Currency is the most CRYPTO/ Crash Proof...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-us-currency-is-the-most-crypto-crash-proof/1011303)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-non-us-currency-is-the-most-crypto-crash-proof/1011303 "2024-12-07T21:15:21Z")
It has been stated the the US gold reserve will be sold off under Trump to buy ‘CRYPTO’ ( a brand of scratchy toilet paper ). Obviously there must be other currencies to invest in which will be crash-proof, crash-resis… --- ## [Is there a humane way to muzzle a human?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-humane-way-to-muzzle-a-human/1011222)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-humane-way-to-muzzle-a-human/1011222 "2024-12-07T19:51:54Z")
Not trying to be a jerk here. I get these police videos on TikTok. There are some jerk cops on there but most of them are just cops trying to do their job. Some of the suspects on there are seen sitting in the back of … --- ## [Should resumes be on special paper anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-resumes-be-on-special-paper-anymore/1011069)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-resumes-be-on-special-paper-anymore/1011069 "2024-12-06T22:20:50Z")
Maybe this belongs in another forum. If so mods, feel free to move it. Back when handing out resumes (1980s & 90s) in person was a thing, you always wanted it on special paper. 24 pound, parchment, cream or grey, etc.… --- ## ["Your body, my choice" - is it really true that gangs of boys are chanting this in schoolyards and other public places?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245 "2024-12-06T21:40:09Z")
Not being a mom, of tweens or anyone else, I’m personally finding this a little hard to believe, and the whole thing sounds like a meme or an urban legend in the making. Plus, I personally think Nick Fuentes is a troll. … --- ## [My 401K--in the Trump Era--advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-401k-in-the-trump-era-advice/1010160)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-401k-in-the-trump-era-advice/1010160 "2024-12-06T15:14:36Z")
I am retired, with a VERY meager pension. Within 6 months, I will reach the minimum age for Social Security. Which Trump may kill. Several days after the election, I transferred my money from one part of my old, State-s… --- ## [Advice needed with will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-with-will/1009995)
**Author:** [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-with-will/1009995 "2024-12-06T15:03:14Z")
My sister passed on 9/17, in Albuquerque, NM. Since her husband predeceased her, I am the executor of the estate. The law firm that drafted her will insists they cannot release it to me until the Bernalillo County Cler… --- ## [Advice needed on laptop purchase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-on-laptop-purchase/1010961)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-on-laptop-purchase/1010961 "2024-12-06T14:12:38Z")
I’m looking at a Lenovo V15 G3 IAP 15.6" Laptop. I need it for web surfing, Paint Shop Pro (may upgrade to Photoshop), and Ms. Word. I want to have graphics and Word programs and several internet tabs open at the same ti… --- ## [I want a cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-cat/1011131)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-cat/1011131 "2024-12-06T01:17:50Z")
I currently have 4 dogs - A doberman, a doberman mix, a possible catahoula mix and a probable pit bull mix. I lost my last indoor Siamese cats a few years ago, and I miss having a cat in the house. My dogs are reasonably… --- ## [Hemangiosarcoma and Dogs question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemangiosarcoma-and-dogs-question/1010343)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemangiosarcoma-and-dogs-question/1010343 "2024-12-05T21:20:51Z")
Sadly, our dog was just diagnosed with this following a surgery to remove his spleen. My understanding is cancer is not uncommon in older dogs and not painful in itself. The dog laps up copious amounts of water with res… --- ## [Amazon problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-problem/1011130)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-problem/1011130 "2024-12-05T20:34:53Z")
I accidentally ordered an item twice.om Amazon. I went ahead and used both items. Now they are pestering me to return the second item And I obviously can’t. The robots can’t understand and I can’t seem to reach a human. … --- ## [When do you go to the doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-go-to-the-doctor/1011153)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-go-to-the-doctor/1011153 "2024-12-05T19:40:38Z")
I was talking to my 75-y/o sister-in-law yesterday and she shared a rather scary tidbit. When visiting some friends a few months back, they’d gone hiking or something and SIL said she felt breathless and some pain in her… --- ## [Do you rebalance your portfolio? If so how often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rebalance-your-portfolio-if-so-how-often/1010476)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rebalance-your-portfolio-if-so-how-often/1010476 "2024-12-05T18:42:52Z")
Investing guidance is to rebalance with some regularity, which should both keep the portfolio at your level of “risk” (well volatility) tolerance, AND increase returns for risk level if asset classes are not well correla… --- ## [Do I want a dental implant or a bridge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-want-a-dental-implant-or-a-bridge/969524)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-want-a-dental-implant-or-a-bridge/969524 "2024-12-05T18:09:06Z")
Yesterday a crown fell off a tooth while I was eating. I went to the dentist today, hoping they could just glue it back on. HA! No chance. The tooth is on the bottom right. Going by this picture, I think it’s the one lab… --- ## [What are some needs of people today that are not being met?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-needs-of-people-today-that-are-not-being-met/1010943)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-needs-of-people-today-that-are-not-being-met/1010943 "2024-12-03T19:34:38Z")
I keep hearing various opinions about what needs people feel are not being met in this day and age. I mean it in the broadest sense - emotional, psychological, financial, practical, technological. Some of these sound lik… --- ## [Help someone too Ancient (or Stupid) to log into TikTok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-someone-too-ancient-or-stupid-to-log-into-tiktok/1011024)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-someone-too-ancient-or-stupid-to-log-into-tiktok/1011024 "2024-12-03T03:16:47Z")
I have reasons (that I won’t go into) to upload video from my computer to TikTok. So I go to sign up for a TikTok account. “Use phone or email, or log in using Google, Apple, Twitter, whatever”. Email, please. I ente… --- ## [Does this app/web site exist (weather-related)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-app-web-site-exist-weather-related/1011046)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-app-web-site-exist-weather-related/1011046 "2024-12-03T01:02:13Z")
My wife and I like to travel. Since her retirement we’ve been taking a number of road trips, and we’ve been doing a couple (or more) cruises per year. The point is that a lot of our travel involves multiple destinations … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=72)