# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=792 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 793 --- ## [Relationship Opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-opinion/743904)
**Author:** [@misterlucas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterlucas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-opinion/743904 "2016-01-25T16:00:55Z")
I want to start by saying hello to everyone here. I’ve stumbled upon this message board as I was reading a thread about relationship problems in terms of having a partner you don’t consider equally intelligent or intelli… --- ## [Full Moon Fever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-moon-fever/743927)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-moon-fever/743927 "2016-01-25T15:13:52Z")
Wow! There sure seems to have been a whole lot of wackiness on this board and in this world the past couple days. I just looked up at the night sky and saw a full moon. Do you believe there is any connection between a … --- ## [With all the data & CPU power available why is speech to text accuracy still so crappy in 2016?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-all-the-data-cpu-power-available-why-is-speech-to-text-accuracy-still-so-crappy-in-2016/744065)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-all-the-data-cpu-power-available-why-is-speech-to-text-accuracy-still-so-crappy-in-2016/744065 "2016-01-25T10:51:35Z")
I have a 2003 Denali and it had voice recognition for simple commands and still half the time it had no idea what I was saying even if enunciate correctly. I have a relatively deep voice but no regional accent or speech… --- ## [Religion and Sociopathy/Psychopathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-and-sociopathy-psychopathy/743735)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-and-sociopathy-psychopathy/743735 "2016-01-25T06:40:41Z")
Most religions require or at the very least encourage their adherents to care about their fellow human beings and to treat them well, in general. (Let’s not get into debates about specific instances where religions advoc… --- ## [New router advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-router-advice/743980)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-router-advice/743980 "2016-01-25T04:41:12Z")
Or maybe not even a new router. I have my house wired up for wifi from my internet provider - U-Verse (or rather, AT&T). The router they provide is, I understand, generally pretty crappy. It provides an HD wireless sign… --- ## [Why do white people like to eat bloody meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-white-people-like-to-eat-bloody-meat/732021)
**Author:** [@Tammytulip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tammytulip)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-white-people-like-to-eat-bloody-meat/732021 "2016-01-25T04:23:00Z")
I have recently read some message boards hoping to find an honest answer to this question and I have noticed some very derogatory comments about why black people eat well done meat. As a black person, I know why black pe… --- ## [Is being called 'not rational' an insult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-called-not-rational-an-insult/743608)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-called-not-rational-an-insult/743608 "2016-01-25T01:41:18Z")
My team Leader and I were talking about an incident at work. I was discussing something with a colleague when he walked over and told me that our call board showed one call waiting. I told me I was a aware of that. I wa… --- ## [I have a weird lunch box.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-weird-lunch-box/743741)
**Author:** [@A\_Red\_Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Red_Box)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-weird-lunch-box/743741 "2016-01-25T00:12:02Z")
Whenever I bring my lunchbox to middle school (I’m in 8th grade), everyday after lunch our class walks back to the classroom, after we stop at the bathrooms. There, several people every day make fun of it because it look… --- ## [Which job is most varied? How varied is yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-job-is-most-varied-how-varied-is-yours/743833)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-job-is-most-varied-how-varied-is-yours/743833 "2016-01-24T19:23:58Z")
I realize a lot of this depends on your perspective, as to what is and is not varied. For example, the folk at the DMV do the same thing over and over, but with respect to a constantly changing line of individuals. A l… --- ## [How do you start lacing your shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-start-lacing-your-shoes/743861)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-start-lacing-your-shoes/743861 "2016-01-24T19:04:46Z")
When you first start lacing up a pair of shoes, do you start with the very first lace (closest to toe) over or under the eyelets? --- ## [Does the man or woman cook more in your relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-man-or-woman-cook-more-in-your-relationship/743865)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-man-or-woman-cook-more-in-your-relationship/743865 "2016-01-24T18:25:41Z")
I’m a straight guy who’s been interested in cooking since a relatively young age. Around 16, I started cooking Chinese food, and I’ve never looked back. But according to the cultural stereotype in the US (and Japan: I li… --- ## [Looks will fade, but personality is likely forever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-will-fade-but-personality-is-likely-forever/744009)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-will-fade-but-personality-is-likely-forever/744009 "2016-01-24T17:55:15Z")
Inspiring post. Do you agree with the above statement? Decided to make a poll out of it-again, before someone tries to cut me a new one, citing Paragraph IV of Subsection Gamma in the Nitpicker’s Guide to Message Board… --- ## [Do College Cheerleaders Not Wear Panties...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878)
**Author:** [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-college-cheerleaders-not-wear-panties/515878 "2016-01-24T15:39:23Z")
Am just curious. Do some college cheerleaders not wear panties during their performances, for the erotic feeling, in hopes of not getting caught? --- ## [Do you prefer multiple choice or free response exams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-multiple-choice-or-free-response-exams/743484)
**Author:** [@Volxen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Volxen)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-multiple-choice-or-free-response-exams/743484 "2016-01-24T09:43:04Z")
Do you prefer multiple choice or free response exams? --- ## [What do you do on your lunch break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-on-your-lunch-break/743676)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-on-your-lunch-break/743676 "2016-01-24T07:39:33Z")
Because I’m coming to see you. :slight\_smile: No, just idle curiosity… I get an hour for lunch. My husband and I work in the same building and it’s close to home, so we drive to the house, fix some sandwiches and cof… --- ## [I regret all of \_\_\_\_, except for \_\_\_\_.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-regret-all-of-____-except-for-____/743898)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-regret-all-of-____-except-for-____/743898 "2016-01-24T06:56:36Z")
Hopefully this thread idea isn’t too silly (or I’m not putting it in the wrong section). Simple: tell me what you regret almost all of, but also tell us the exception(s). I regret almost all the computer games I’ve play… --- ## [Wireless Computer Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-computer-question/743924)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-computer-question/743924 "2016-01-24T06:52:15Z")
I thought I knew as little about computers as anyone in the civilized world but now I think I’ve met someone who knows less. One of my neighbors, a little old lady who is even older than me is claiming that her wireless… --- ## [When was the last time someone as uncharismatic as Hilary got elected POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-someone-as-uncharismatic-as-hilary-got-elected-potus/743712)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-someone-as-uncharismatic-as-hilary-got-elected-potus/743712 "2016-01-24T04:09:50Z")
I think it has’t been since Bush 1. --- ## [What if the POTUS was a huge drunk or stoner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-potus-was-a-huge-drunk-or-stoner/743394)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-potus-was-a-huge-drunk-or-stoner/743394 "2016-01-24T00:31:33Z")
Quite a few of our commanders in chefs were heavy drinkers. Many of our founding fathers did not go gently into that good night. But that was then, this is now. What if an American President was a hopeless alcoholic. J… --- ## [Help me plan my trip to Orlando](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-trip-to-orlando/743923)
**Author:** [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-trip-to-orlando/743923 "2016-01-23T19:18:42Z")
Hey Dopers, I’m going to Orlando next month and I have this same trouble every year. I could give less that a crap about Disney. I’m travelling alone. To be perfectly honest, my main focus is a nice room with good amen… --- ## [The decline and fall of the Roman Empire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/743795)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire/743795 "2016-01-23T18:55:37Z")
And the question of what caused it. Just because, well, ever since Breaking Bad ended, Rome is the only thing I feel like ranting about these days. As we all know, there are at least 210 reasons (many of them contradict… --- ## [How to determine if lath or studs under drywall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-determine-if-lath-or-studs-under-drywall/743860)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-determine-if-lath-or-studs-under-drywall/743860 "2016-01-23T18:13:56Z")
I live in a condo built in 1904 and I want to put up a heavy shelf. I know that some walls have lath behind them but I don’t know about this particular wall. What’s the best way to find out? I don’t mind drilling a sm… --- ## [Things that happened to you as a child that would be now considered scandalous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-happened-to-you-as-a-child-that-would-be-now-considered-scandalous/521247)
**Author:** [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-happened-to-you-as-a-child-that-would-be-now-considered-scandalous/521247 "2016-01-23T16:32:22Z")
Something my mother mentioned at Thanksgiving shocked several people at the dinner table. When I was 4 1/2, she would send me two blocks down the street to pick up our mail, pay bills at the bank, and even get milk or b… --- ## [Do you own an X-Box? Are you vulnerable to huge extra charges?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-x-box-are-you-vulnerable-to-huge-extra-charges/743041)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-an-x-box-are-you-vulnerable-to-huge-extra-charges/743041 "2016-01-23T15:15:37Z")
Xbox: One gamer’s dad disheartened by shocking $8,800 bill from Microsoft This is a rather shocking story about how some father bought his son(s) an X-Box and then got a surprise bill for $8,800. Do you own an X-Box?… --- ## [What's changing socially because of technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-changing-socially-because-of-technology/743550)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-changing-socially-because-of-technology/743550 "2016-01-23T14:29:57Z")
I just read this article about how high schools are having fewer dances. The reason seems pretty straigthforward. In the old days, school dances were one a setting for hanging out with friends. Today, teenagers can in… --- ## [File a police report or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-a-police-report-or-not/743087)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-a-police-report-or-not/743087 "2016-01-23T14:25:26Z")
I’ve been going to a pool at a gym for several months now to help my arthritic knees and I use short fins to help my range of motion while in the water. (Not that it matters, but these are the fins.) The gym has been bus… --- ## [Can automobile fuel prices reach $1/gal, or even lower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-automobile-fuel-prices-reach-1-gal-or-even-lower/743764)
**Author:** [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-automobile-fuel-prices-reach-1-gal-or-even-lower/743764 "2016-01-23T14:22:33Z")
Today, at a station near me, the price for regular was $1.55/gal. As the price at the pump continues to drop, I naturally wonder how low it can go. What is a reasonable floor below which prices cannot fall? At some poin… --- ## [So, your superhero friend just obliterated India...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-superhero-friend-just-obliterated-india/743726)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-superhero-friend-just-obliterated-india/743726 "2016-01-23T14:19:55Z")
You have a friend called Indira. She’s an older woman (50s+) of Indian (Dalit) ancestry. Her family have long since left home and her husband died a year or so ago - you went to the funeral. You have figured out that she… --- ## [Do you de-string a banana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-de-string-a-banana/743720)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-de-string-a-banana/743720 "2016-01-23T13:58:28Z")
Do you remove the “strings” running along a banana’s length before eating it? --- ## [What do you think the meaning of life really is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-meaning-of-life-really-is/743549)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-meaning-of-life-really-is/743549 "2016-01-23T13:56:38Z")
I don’t mean in the philosophical or religious sense necessarily although you can answer in any way that you want. That is always up for debate. I mean in the practical and day to day sense. I went existential a long ti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=791) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=793)