# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=735 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 736 --- ## [Why is the last day of school a big deal for parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-last-day-of-school-a-big-deal-for-parents/757280)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-last-day-of-school-a-big-deal-for-parents/757280 "2016-06-17T01:51:53Z")
I mean besides the dread of having the kids around the house all summer. I have some coworkers who are taking tomorrow off because it’s the last day of their kid’s school. Why do they need to take the day off? Won’t t… --- ## [Getting a tattoo, I have some questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-i-have-some-questions/757376)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-tattoo-i-have-some-questions/757376 "2016-06-17T01:26:46Z")
The tattoo I want is very basic. Just four numbers tatted on my chest. Each number just under an inch tall with about an 1/8th inch line. About how long will that take to tat? (All one color) What questions do I need t… --- ## [I want to be formally condemned by a religious group. What are some easy and safe ways to do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-formally-condemned-by-a-religious-group-what-are-some-easy-and-safe-ways-to-do-this/757320)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-be-formally-condemned-by-a-religious-group-what-are-some-easy-and-safe-ways-to-do-this/757320 "2016-06-17T01:25:47Z")
This is one of those half serious/half morbid fantasy questions. One of the fantasies that I’ve had for a while is to get some religious group (preferably, one whose doctrines I disagree with) to formally issue some sort… --- ## [Car Experts: What is the "Bottom End"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-experts-what-is-the-bottom-end/757104)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-experts-what-is-the-bottom-end/757104 "2016-06-16T22:18:37Z")
I was asking the auto parts store about noise (pinging and knocking) in an older car, a 2002 Mazda with almost 120,000 miles. While discussing a fuel injector cleaner, he ultimately recommended a pressure test on the eng… --- ## [Do I need new car stereo or just speakers??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-new-car-stereo-or-just-speakers/757388)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-new-car-stereo-or-just-speakers/757388 "2016-06-16T20:14:55Z")
Middle aged guy with basic Japanese economy car, I don’t need subwoofers or anything, I just want my music to be louder and sound better in general. Do I need new stereo or can I just get better speakers? I really don’… --- ## [Help for chronically misplacing things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-chronically-misplacing-things/756639)
**Author:** [@tclouie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tclouie)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-for-chronically-misplacing-things/756639 "2016-06-16T19:38:16Z")
I know a person - and I’m not admitting it’s me, or anyone close to me - whose life has been affected by regularly misplacing things. For example, they have lost job opportunities because of losing car keys on the day of… --- ## [Would a black rapist have received such a lenient sentence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-black-rapist-have-received-such-a-lenient-sentence/756668)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-black-rapist-have-received-such-a-lenient-sentence/756668 "2016-06-16T17:53:03Z")
In a nutshell, here is the case: Stanford swimmer, Brock Turner, attends a frat party in January, 2015 where he meets the older sister of another Stanford student. Sister gets extremely drunk & Turner moves in. Details … --- ## [Military Separation question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-separation-question/757409)
**Author:** [@aliciawhit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aliciawhit)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-separation-question/757409 "2016-06-16T12:36:46Z")
I need help!!! ASAP!! I decided to not reenlist in the military. So I submitted a separation package that was approved a month or two ago. I just found out yesterday that I have two PFA failures so now there’s a debate … --- ## [Bosses: Worse for employee to be unkempt, or late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosses-worse-for-employee-to-be-unkempt-or-late/757399)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosses-worse-for-employee-to-be-unkempt-or-late/757399 "2016-06-16T10:38:15Z")
(This is not a need answer quick situation.) :smiley: We’ve all been there: Slept through alarm clock, wake up in panic, hair disheveled, . Can either tidy up, or rush to work, but not both simultaneously. Now, bosse… --- ## [Short of being klilled what happened to community assholes & undesirables in ancient times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-of-being-klilled-what-happened-to-community-assholes-undesirables-in-ancient-times/757122)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-of-being-klilled-what-happened-to-community-assholes-undesirables-in-ancient-times/757122 "2016-06-16T03:16:38Z")
Let’s say it’s 100 AD and the following scenarios apply. A Local working man/peasant is a bully and goes around getting drunk and beating people (other peasants) up. Local working woman/peasant sleeps with other women’… --- ## [Straight Males and Homosexual Experimentation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-males-and-homosexual-experimentation/190095)
**Author:** [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-males-and-homosexual-experimentation/190095 "2016-06-15T21:24:06Z")
Quite simply, I’m wondering how common it is for self-identifying straight males to experiment with homosexuality. Sorry if this comes off as asking for TMI, or if it’s in the wrong forum (seemed too "what’s your persona… --- ## [Deconstructing exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconstructing-exercise/757329)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deconstructing-exercise/757329 "2016-06-15T21:08:19Z")
Exercise is good. Everyone should do it. This post is about the limits of exercise. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, when the whole exercise thing was on the rise. Exercise was going to make you lose weight, and you would … --- ## [My friend is cheating on his wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-is-cheating-on-his-wife/756812)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-is-cheating-on-his-wife/756812 "2016-06-15T20:13:12Z")
A friend of mine recently revealed to me that he cheats on his wife. They’ve been married 6-7 years, and apparently he’s been unfaithful the entire time. From what I gather it’s not that he’s had a passionate affair wi… --- ## [Who authors Trump's speeches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-authors-trumps-speeches/757298)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-authors-trumps-speeches/757298 "2016-06-15T20:05:17Z")
Who authors Trump’s speeches? I’m talking about what he reads off of teleprompters, not his personal rantings. Please provides cites. Thx. --- ## [Friendship: Age gaps a problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendship-age-gaps-a-problem/757149)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendship-age-gaps-a-problem/757149 "2016-06-15T17:07:42Z")
This is only about platonic, non-romantic friendships between two or more people of the opposite or same sex. Do you think “generation gap” friendships are strange or not? I think they are fine seeing as that one of my… --- ## [What gives with Massachusetts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-massachusetts/757101)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gives-with-massachusetts/757101 "2016-06-15T16:13:31Z")
I just read that the Mass state senate is 83% Democratic and the state house is 76% Dem. These are overwhelming numbers. Yet most of the recent governors, including Weld, Romney, and the current one, have been Republic… --- ## [Skyscraper question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyscraper-question/757243)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyscraper-question/757243 "2016-06-15T14:07:19Z")
What is the highest floor in the tallest building you have ever worked in? Then tell me, what was it like? Were you so tall you were sometimes in the clouds? What was the view like up there? Was there any particularly… --- ## [talk to me about Yoga for Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-yoga-for-men/740092)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-yoga-for-men/740092 "2016-06-15T12:24:29Z")
First the disclaimers… Yes I know that yoga doesn’t have to be gender specific. I have taken yoga classes; but I’ve either forgotten everything or never learned anything beyond beginner stuff. Ok, here’s the deal. I s… --- ## [Peer pressure among women to not take a long time in the restroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-pressure-among-women-to-not-take-a-long-time-in-the-restroom/756879)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peer-pressure-among-women-to-not-take-a-long-time-in-the-restroom/756879 "2016-06-15T06:08:36Z")
Question that only the ladies can answer: Is there peer pressure among women - in situations where a lot of women are waiting their turn for the restroom - to pressure women to not take up time and delay others who also… --- ## [Can we talk about Facebook and Photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-facebook-and-photos/757251)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-about-facebook-and-photos/757251 "2016-06-13T16:01:41Z")
(Let me preface this by owning that I am considerably techno challenged. I don’t code, or game, just stumble about the web mostly. ) I’m reading in the news about how FB are going to force people to move to their photo … --- ## [What's the maddest conspiracy theory you've heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maddest-conspiracy-theory-youve-heard/721703)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-maddest-conspiracy-theory-youve-heard/721703 "2016-06-14T23:21:14Z")
Inspired by the GQ thread on people believing that the Sandy Hook murders were a hoax perpetuated by the U.S. government in anticipation of gun control measures. Seems pretty unlikely…but have you heard any conspiracy t… --- ## [Do you surf the "Deep Web" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-surf-the-deep-web/757113)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-surf-the-deep-web/757113 "2016-06-14T20:43:05Z")
I mean, get on The Onion Router and plunge into that hive of scum and villainy? Seriously, has anyone had a bad encounter in there? --- ## [Baby on your doorstep, what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-on-your-doorstep-what-do-you-do/756659)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-on-your-doorstep-what-do-you-do/756659 "2016-06-14T20:38:59Z")
So you hear the doorbell and you go to the door and find a 3 month old baby on your doorstep. There is a note saying that the baby is yours from a one night stand and the mother can’t handle having a new baby. What do yo… --- ## [Question for dopers like engineer\_comp\_geek and chronos...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-dopers-like-engineer_comp_geek-and-chronos/757331)
**Author:** [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-dopers-like-engineer_comp_geek-and-chronos/757331 "2016-06-14T20:19:19Z")
This question is to the two in the title as well as quite a few others who are like them. You guys seem to know a lot more than average on just about any question posted in GQ. And no, I am not being sarcastic or anythin… --- ## [Any experience with this method for learning Spanish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-this-method-for-learning-spanish/757354)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-this-method-for-learning-spanish/757354 "2016-06-14T15:24:18Z")
I’ve heard of a program for adults who would like to learn Spanish. The gist of it is that you enroll in a class that also has some recent immigrants who are trying to improve their English. This way, everyone can lear… --- ## [Recommendations for a piano/keyboard for an 8 year old.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-piano-keyboard-for-an-8-year-old/757166)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-piano-keyboard-for-an-8-year-old/757166 "2016-06-14T14:25:48Z")
My 8 year old daughter seems to be developing an interest in music and spends a bit of time when she is at my house trying to play simple songs such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on my digital piano. She is doing music … --- ## [Enticing text messages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enticing-text-messages/509984)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enticing-text-messages/509984 "2009-09-16T19:50:29Z")
On Friday I sent my wife a simple text message: Dinner tonight? And we wound up having one of the most fun evenings we’ve had in years. For the record we are both in our fifties, and both a bit behind the technologica… --- ## [Have you ever been glad that someone died?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-glad-that-someone-died/482074)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-glad-that-someone-died/482074 "2016-06-14T02:21:59Z")
I don’t mean being glad that a very sick loved one no longer had to suffer through their illness, or being glad that some serial killer or evil dictator was finally strung up by their neck. No. Have you ever been secre… --- ## [Traveling to Atlanta - rush hour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-atlanta-rush-hour/757050)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-atlanta-rush-hour/757050 "2016-06-13T23:52:30Z")
I will be going to a Seminar in Atlanta mid-July. Not sure what else is happening but there are virtually no hotel rooms available that week. The seminars will be at the Sheraton downtown. My hotel choices are: Grant … --- ## [Options for hosting a simple photo gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-hosting-a-simple-photo-gallery/757262)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-hosting-a-simple-photo-gallery/757262 "2016-06-13T21:05:57Z")
Hi everyone. I’m embarking on a photo project; I’m aiming to take fifty-two photos of a local country park in fifty-two weeks. The plan is to document the life of this place, mixing landscape, people photography and clo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=734) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=736)