# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=719 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 720 --- ## [The anti-suicide signs on the Golden Gate Bridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-suicide-signs-on-the-golden-gate-bridge/760554)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-suicide-signs-on-the-golden-gate-bridge/760554 "2016-07-26T14:09:18Z")
Many people have committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge, and as a result there are now signs on the Bridge that read: \* There is Hope Make the Call The consequences of jumping from this bridge are f… --- ## [Please help me house-train my puppy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-house-train-my-puppy/418753)
**Author:** [@SweetHomeColorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetHomeColorado)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-house-train-my-puppy/418753 "2016-07-26T11:08:01Z")
I just got the best puppy… a mountain feist. I never heard of them before I saw her, either. I live in an apartment and I need to house train her. Living on the second floor, I’m assuming that paper training her is a … --- ## [Best shampoo for a dog with allergies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-shampoo-for-a-dog-with-allergies/760711)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-shampoo-for-a-dog-with-allergies/760711 "2016-07-26T07:43:17Z")
My 9 year old Great Pyrenees/Anatolian/Lab was diagnosed by the vet as having seasonal allergies and a small staph infection caused by all the licking and scratching he’s done. Right now he is on Prednison (steroid) and … --- ## [Chronic fatigue problems involving sleep disorders (mild apnea, circadian rhythm)+depression (Long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronic-fatigue-problems-involving-sleep-disorders-mild-apnea-circadian-rhythm-depression-long/760915)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronic-fatigue-problems-involving-sleep-disorders-mild-apnea-circadian-rhythm-depression-long/760915 "2016-07-26T05:49:07Z")
This is going to be long, but I really appreciate any feedback because I’m getting frustrated and hopeless. For a long long time I’ve struggled with constantly feeling tired, and it’s gotten worse in recent years. First… --- ## [Do I need anti-malaria tablets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-anti-malaria-tablets/760837)
**Author:** [@Raid1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raid1982)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-anti-malaria-tablets/760837 "2016-07-26T04:42:12Z")
Hi all. I have a trip to Cambodia planned for August and I debating on whether to put myself through the torture of anti-malarial medication. My doctor has advised that it is better to be safe than sorry, but the last ho… --- ## [Are Bosch dishwashers still THE dishwashers to get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bosch-dishwashers-still-the-dishwashers-to-get/760091)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bosch-dishwashers-still-the-dishwashers-to-get/760091 "2016-07-26T03:32:25Z")
My current dishwasher, I’m assuming, is probably original to the house. That puts it at about 20 years old. It’s done a good job, however, it’s been going downhill for the last few years and the last few months it’s be… --- ## [Most useless passport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useless-passport/760824)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useless-passport/760824 "2016-07-26T02:54:45Z")
What passport is generally accepted by the fewest countries. A few possibilities come to mind Iroquois, North Korean, Zealandian. I don’t have any real numbers though. Another thought on how it could be answered is a pas… --- ## [You need a bank account. It's a contract. You're not allowed to sign a contract...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-bank-account-its-a-contract-youre-not-allowed-to-sign-a-contract/760644)
**Author:** [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-bank-account-its-a-contract-youre-not-allowed-to-sign-a-contract/760644 "2016-07-26T01:59:01Z")
So a few months ago my brother was defrauded, and I only found out recently. He is mentally challenged, and while fairly high-functioning (he lives by himself, for instance), I’ve found that he is really bad with money, … --- ## [Relief for piles medication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relief-for-piles-medication/760819)
**Author:** [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relief-for-piles-medication/760819 "2016-07-26T01:47:08Z")
Hey there, Weird question but my piles are flaring and I’m wondering what are the treatments out there. Years ago, my doctor prescribed me this cream which soothes it immediately. I’m wondering what the name is. I’ve … --- ## [Why do women buy wedding attire while guys rent it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-buy-wedding-attire-while-guys-rent-it/760693)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-women-buy-wedding-attire-while-guys-rent-it/760693 "2016-07-26T00:41:40Z")
Because I didn’t want to hijack this thread… Why is it that ladies buy their wedding gowns/bridesmaid dresses/prom dresses but the men just rent tuxes? Most women only wear them once where a guy can wear a tux multiple… --- ## [Free video capture software suitable for a middle schooler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-video-capture-software-suitable-for-a-middle-schooler/760751)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-video-capture-software-suitable-for-a-middle-schooler/760751 "2016-07-26T00:34:21Z")
I’ve got a kidlet entering middle school. She’s not wasting her summer on minecraft as it’s a vehicle to hone her blogger skilz or something. Anyhoo, does anyone have a recommendation for video capture software so she ca… --- ## [Which major national leader has the worst standard of living?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-major-national-leader-has-the-worst-standard-of-living/760762)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-major-national-leader-has-the-worst-standard-of-living/760762 "2016-07-26T00:28:13Z")
Countries with extremely low GDPs also tend to rank pretty highly on the corruption index which means the elite end up enjoying a pretty nice standard of living, despite the average citizen suffering. If you exclude mic… --- ## [What do you do the morning after ''cramp''. The MD said get some quinine in Canada.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-the-morning-after-cramp-the-md-said-get-some-quinine-in-canada/759993)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-the-morning-after-cramp-the-md-said-get-some-quinine-in-canada/759993 "2016-07-26T00:07:11Z")
What do you do the morning after ‘‘cramp’’? Drink pickle juice? Stretch? (Seriously, the doctor said find some Quinine to prevent cramp. She was unsure she was even allowed to suggest that.) But chasing off to Cana… --- ## [Hypothetical: A woman has a big black eye bruise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-a-woman-has-a-big-black-eye-bruise/760515)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-a-woman-has-a-big-black-eye-bruise/760515 "2016-07-25T22:32:53Z")
Suppose that a woman - in a relationship or married - has a big black eye bruise (entirely accidental injury, not the result of any assault.) If she goes about in public, people will think she was the victim of domestic… --- ## [Software to quickly/easily record activity by clicking a button](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-quickly-easily-record-activity-by-clicking-a-button/760836)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-to-quickly-easily-record-activity-by-clicking-a-button/760836 "2016-07-25T21:08:23Z")
I’m getting my team to do a bit of time and motion capture - chiefly to record events that don’t already create their own audit trail (walk in calls and phone calls outside of the helpdesk ticketing system for example). … --- ## [Nebbish saves your life in exchange for promise of future sex. Do yu pay up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebbish-saves-your-life-in-exchange-for-promise-of-future-sex-do-yu-pay-up/760514)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nebbish-saves-your-life-in-exchange-for-promise-of-future-sex-do-yu-pay-up/760514 "2016-07-25T20:42:02Z")
Let’s say that you have a co-worker named SEAN, whom straight men and lesbians should think of as female but gay men and straight women should consider to be male. (I’ll use masculine pronouns for the sake of brevity.) … --- ## [No groom magazines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-groom-magazines/760489)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-groom-magazines/760489 "2016-07-25T18:44:03Z")
There are scores of bridal magazines out there. Why do you suppose there are no groom magazines? And if there were groom magazines what sorts of articles would they feature? “Picking the right best man: the importance o… --- ## [Finding a lawyer and approximate cost for a quick consultation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-lawyer-and-approximate-cost-for-a-quick-consultation/760641)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-lawyer-and-approximate-cost-for-a-quick-consultation/760641 "2016-07-25T17:40:43Z")
Not looking for legal advice here of course, just looking for advice on how to seek out legal advice the right way and hopefully a general idea of what it should cost. Long story short I’m just finishing up a degree tha… --- ## [Do you discuss politics with opposite-leaning family members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-discuss-politics-with-opposite-leaning-family-members/760333)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-discuss-politics-with-opposite-leaning-family-members/760333 "2016-07-25T14:14:40Z")
Do you? How does it go? Me and an uncle discussing politics. --- ## [Let's talk about ASMR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-asmr/617022)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-asmr/617022 "2016-07-25T13:57:54Z")
First, the definition: ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, is a pleasurable tingling that begins in the scalp and may travel to other body parts. Some people refer to ASMR episodes as “head orgasms,” and they… --- ## [the solution to 90% of police shootings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-90-of-police-shootings/759324)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-solution-to-90-of-police-shootings/759324 "2016-07-25T13:49:06Z")
IMHO there needs to be a massive PSA Campaign nationwide entitled . Dont fight the police! Barring a handful of unfortunate or outright criminal incidents one of the common threads is altercations or refusal to comply … --- ## [Why don't Americans Use Masturbator Epithets When Insulting Someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-americans-use-masturbator-epithets-when-insulting-someone/760716)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-americans-use-masturbator-epithets-when-insulting-someone/760716 "2016-07-25T11:37:09Z")
Europeans use the term “wanker” and its foreign equivalents all the time. Some Bavarian was yelling the German term at the Munich shooter, and a friend of mind would use the Greek word for it which she learned from her … --- ## [Who has seen a rocket launch live? How much out of your way would you go to see one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-a-rocket-launch-live-how-much-out-of-your-way-would-you-go-to-see-one/760332)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-a-rocket-launch-live-how-much-out-of-your-way-would-you-go-to-see-one/760332 "2016-07-25T05:34:16Z")
I would love to see a SpaceX launch or failing that any kind of launch. I’ll be in California for business later in the year and could head to Vandenburg if the timing works out. Looks to me like the public viewing are… --- ## [Potbellies & Middle-aged/Older Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potbellies-middle-aged-older-men/759659)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potbellies-middle-aged-older-men/759659 "2016-07-25T04:13:15Z")
That’s the stereotype and it seems justified to me. Not that everyone with potbelly is a middle-aged/older man, or that all such men have them, but it’s clearly highly correlated. And you virtually never see kids (of eit… --- ## [Think of a figure who lived BCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-of-a-figure-who-lived-bce/760404 "2016-07-25T03:47:04Z")
Last one of these, promise - but taking it back a while. Who is the first figure to come to mind who lived before 1 BCE? Got a feeling that this will be a landslide and the figure that sprang to mind for me will be the s… --- ## [Suppose a fetus is indeed a human being. Why wouldn't abortion still remain legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-a-fetus-is-indeed-a-human-being-why-wouldnt-abortion-still-remain-legal/760464)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-a-fetus-is-indeed-a-human-being-why-wouldnt-abortion-still-remain-legal/760464 "2016-07-25T03:40:28Z")
The linchpin of the abortion debate typically boils down to the “Is a fetus a human being or not” part - with most, but not all, pro-choicers claiming that it is not - and most, but not all, pro-lifers claiming that it i… --- ## [Small business question: How does this add up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-question-how-does-this-add-up/760677)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-question-how-does-this-add-up/760677 "2016-07-25T03:28:59Z")
Hi everyone, someone in another internet forum described a cross promotion she does. She gives out 10$ gift cards to pet shelters who in turn hand them to adopters. When adopters redeem the coupons in her shop, she the… --- ## [Canon EOS M3 Camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canon-eos-m3-camera/760572)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canon-eos-m3-camera/760572 "2016-07-25T02:58:22Z")
We bought a Canon PowerShot G1X four years ago that I’ve really enjoyed. But last week in Cambodia, I inadvertently knocked it against some stone ruins at Angkor Wat, and the lens started going haywire, extending and ret… --- ## [So, why do you post political opinions here on-line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-you-post-political-opinions-here-on-line/760497)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-do-you-post-political-opinions-here-on-line/760497 "2016-07-25T02:29:21Z")
Why do you post political opinions on line? What do you get out of it? It won’t make you friends, it certainly won’t make you rich, and honestly there may just be some Politicians who don’t like to be reminded, after … --- ## [why political parties don't work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-political-parties-dont-work/760633)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-political-parties-dont-work/760633 "2016-07-25T02:03:19Z")
Republican voters wish for a smaller government so they vote for republicans in order to shrink government. However Republican politicians benefit from people being upset about the size of government and it’s invasivenes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=718) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=720)