# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=794 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 795 --- ## [Nothing is like \[blank\] except \[blank\].](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-like-blank-except-blank/743556)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-is-like-blank-except-blank/743556 "2016-01-20T20:52:43Z")
Saw a movie yesterday, and brought home what was left of my popcorn. “Nothing tastes like movie popcorn except movie popcorn.” See, years ago, there was a commercial for some brand of orange juice that proclaimed it tas… --- ## [The fun of setting up an online shop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fun-of-setting-up-an-online-shop/743695)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fun-of-setting-up-an-online-shop/743695 "2016-01-20T19:13:20Z")
I’m setting up an online shop and things are going well so far but I feel the need to share with an audience just how ridiculous and painful it is to be a good citizen and arrange to pay sales tax in all the states I’m s… --- ## [Opinions on Turkish Airlines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-turkish-airlines/743586)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-turkish-airlines/743586 "2016-01-20T16:50:21Z")
Trying to plana trip to Germany this year and while looking at prices on the off-season, I noticed that Turkish airlines is undercutting everyone else by 50%, with a stop over at istanbul before heading over to Germany.… --- ## [Advice for college students?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-college-students/743492)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-college-students/743492 "2016-01-20T14:27:01Z")
Lets say I have a young person looking into future careers and lets say they are open to trying different fields. In your community what are the jobs in? What careers might have more jobs opening up say 4-6 years from … --- ## [When people won't go to the doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-people-wont-go-to-the-doctor/743242)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-people-wont-go-to-the-doctor/743242 "2016-01-20T13:46:32Z")
No, not for obvious reasons like cost, no insurance, or not believing in western medicine. My friend J hasn’t been to a doctor since who knows when, has insurance, her husband goes whenever necessary. Her mother died o… --- ## [Can you use a will to control from beyond the grave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-a-will-to-control-from-beyond-the-grave/743514)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-a-will-to-control-from-beyond-the-grave/743514 "2016-01-20T13:41:45Z")
No, don’t need answer fast, nor is this something I intend to do. It’s just based on idle musings during my day off. My knowledge of wills comes entirely from TV and movies, so it’s probably less than accurate. Is it … --- ## [doglover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doglover/743655)
**Author:** [@iamadoglover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamadoglover)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doglover/743655 "2016-01-20T13:20:38Z")
my husband took our family dog out while I was away from home and put him in his truck and drove him to another area and shot and killed him…buried him. Then for the next 7 months, lead me to believe that he ran away… I … --- ## [OK, Let's talk about "time"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-talk-about-time/743558)
**Author:** [@DoctorDick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorDick)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-lets-talk-about-time/743558 "2016-01-20T04:30:10Z")
Professional scientists define time via the assertion that “time is what clocks measure”. History, on the other hand, defines time via the concept “if two entities exist at the same time and place, they can interact”. … --- ## [Help me find a dog bed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-dog-bed/743367)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-dog-bed/743367 "2016-01-20T04:02:08Z")
This is more difficult than I thought. My 13 year old arthritic dog needs a new bed, I know exactly what I want: its a dog bed filled with firm bedding like you would find inside a futon mattress. My neighbor has such a … --- ## [So am I pretty much unemployable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-pretty-much-unemployable/743417)
**Author:** [@wellanuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wellanuff)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-pretty-much-unemployable/743417 "2016-01-19T22:29:57Z")
I mean aside from being like a store clerk or burger flipper, not that those aren’t honest jobs. The negative stuff below is not a self-flagellating, “pity poor me” thing, it is my attempt to be realistic about my emplo… --- ## [In Islam, what's the worst/most blasphemous thing you can do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-islam-whats-the-worst-most-blasphemous-thing-you-can-do/743584)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-islam-whats-the-worst-most-blasphemous-thing-you-can-do/743584 "2016-01-19T22:29:44Z")
Pretty much as the title, if you are a Muslim what is the worst thing you can do according to the tenets of the faith? What’s the worst thing a nonbeliever can do? Though about asking in GQ but given the varieties of Is… --- ## [Want to be King of England? Apply within!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-be-king-of-england-apply-within/743067)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-be-king-of-england-apply-within/743067 "2016-01-19T20:56:39Z")
Or queen, I suppose. Let’s just say sovran. I’d edit the subject line but then nobody would have an excuse to call me a sexist pig. Anyway, here’s the deal. Out there in the multiverse there is a world – Earth-analogue … --- ## [Table saw buying advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-saw-buying-advice/743454)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-saw-buying-advice/743454 "2016-01-19T17:38:59Z")
Table saw buying advice TL;DR: \*Somewhat new to woodworking (few years), I’m looking to buy a table saw. My price range is up to a couple grand if it’s worth it, but don’t know what “worth it” means. Below I wrote out i… --- ## [Internet Implant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-implant/742927)
**Author:** [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-implant/742927 "2016-01-19T17:07:23Z")
Will it ever be possible to implant something in the brain that gives one constant, discretionary access to the Internet? Could you literally know something, or look up how to do something, or post to message boards, or … --- ## [ZeroWater vs Brita filters/pitchers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zerowater-vs-brita-filters-pitchers/743585)
**Author:** [@birchtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birchtree)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zerowater-vs-brita-filters-pitchers/743585 "2016-01-19T16:43:05Z")
We’re thinking about changing our water pitcher/filter system from Brita to ZeroWater–any opinions or experiences you can share? Amazon reviews of ZeroWater tend to be positive, but I’m unsure whether a switch from Brit… --- ## [If Those Frozen Corpses Are Revived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-those-frozen-corpses-are-revived/743571)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-those-frozen-corpses-are-revived/743571 "2016-01-19T16:06:49Z")
There are several hundred bodies sleeping awy the years, in a bath of liquid nitrogen (Alcor)? Suppose it is 2216…and with advanced cell reconstruction technologies, we can start reviving them. Will these people be able … --- ## [If people of Spanish descent are "people of color" why aren't Italians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-of-spanish-descent-are-people-of-color-why-arent-italians/743390)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-of-spanish-descent-are-people-of-color-why-arent-italians/743390 "2016-01-19T15:46:10Z")
This thread in Café refers to the Mexican director of The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu as a “person of color”. Italy and Spain and not far separated in Europe and are at similar latitudes and the inhabitants ar… --- ## [Would/Should Non-Muslim Women Wear Headscarves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-should-non-muslim-women-wear-headscarves/740047)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-should-non-muslim-women-wear-headscarves/740047 "2016-01-19T15:35:46Z")
This tumblr post is making its way around Facebook tonight. A woman is wearing a headscarf even though she isn’t Muslim, and encouraging others to do the same, to: “Keep your fuckin ears warm AND confuse the issue for ba… --- ## [What is your opinion about this year's boycott of the Oscars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-about-this-years-boycott-of-the-oscars/743564)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-about-this-years-boycott-of-the-oscars/743564 "2016-01-19T15:35:22Z")
Both Spike Lee & Jada Pinkett Smith have allegedly announced they will boycott the Oscars this year in protest of the fact that no black people are nominated. I’m not sure if it’s just “black actors” or “\*\*all \*\*black … --- ## [Do you clap on the 1-3 or the 2-4?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-clap-on-the-1-3-or-the-2-4/251193)
**Author:** [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-clap-on-the-1-3-or-the-2-4/251193 "2016-01-19T14:45:20Z")
Another thread in which people were joking about clapping on the 1-3 got me thinking. I clap on the 1-3, I think. Humor me here-let’s use the song Hit the Road, Jack (as Dave Barry once did) I clap like this: Hit the… --- ## [How do I say I do not take bs from anyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-say-i-do-not-take-bs-from-anyone/743164 "2016-01-19T14:15:45Z")
Workplace advice. How do I say I do not take bs from anyone in a professional way? --- ## [Tips for a first-time spectacle-wearer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-a-first-time-spectacle-wearer/743264)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-a-first-time-spectacle-wearer/743264 "2016-01-19T10:54:51Z")
Hello all. As part of my inexorable descent into middle-age, I am now in need of reading glasses (they arrive next week). The thing is, I have a terrible record with sunglasses; I own each pair for around and about 2 d… --- ## [Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-zimmerman-humble-opinions-and-speculation-thread/619125)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 12499\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-zimmerman-humble-opinions-and-speculation-thread/619125 "2013-07-15T22:34:30Z")
The other IMHO thread had descended into sniping so Ellen Cherry smacked us by shutting it down, albeit with an invitation to try again. And this time, to avoid making it personal with direct snipes and attacks at poster… --- ## [If you won $500 million dollars after tax would you lose some friends and contacts with family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-won-500-million-dollars-after-tax-would-you-lose-some-friends-and-contacts-with-family/743491)
**Author:** [@GlowingDarkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlowingDarkness)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-won-500-million-dollars-after-tax-would-you-lose-some-friends-and-contacts-with-family/743491 "2016-01-19T06:33:30Z")
Because some of them would constantly nag you for money and have an entitled attitude? I know my parents would never ask me for money but my cousins probably would. I think I would never talk to them again. When you have… --- ## [How do you think the Easter Island heads got there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-easter-island-heads-got-there/742468)
**Author:** [@Indus.1999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indus.1999)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-easter-island-heads-got-there/742468 "2016-01-19T06:08:53Z")
So this is my first post on SDMB. Hi! I think that it is probably the coolest and most immaculate mystery that the Easter Island heads have actually have been excavated to the point where they have discovered the remain… --- ## [Small Business Owners how do you keep track...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-owners-how-do-you-keep-track/743553)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-owners-how-do-you-keep-track/743553 "2016-01-19T05:17:17Z")
I’m running a small computer support business as a part time job. I registered an LLC with my state and need suggestions on how to keep track of income and expenses. Because I’m listed on CHEX systems I am unable to open… --- ## [Yet another crack at Internet History -- as you relate to it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-crack-at-internet-history-as-you-relate-to-it/743426)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-crack-at-internet-history-as-you-relate-to-it/743426 "2016-01-19T02:46:08Z")
Here are a few earlier threads that I’m aware of where the issue of Internet History is a major component of the discussion: ======================================== Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) We m… --- ## [Opponents of Citizens United: A question about specifics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opponents-of-citizens-united-a-question-about-specifics/743502)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opponents-of-citizens-united-a-question-about-specifics/743502 "2016-01-19T00:32:33Z")
Which option do you choose, and why? --- ## [Does eating late at night cause nightmares for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-eating-late-at-night-cause-nightmares-for-you/743428)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-eating-late-at-night-cause-nightmares-for-you/743428 "2016-01-18T23:44:00Z")
I had some Indian food a little later in the evening yesterday than I would normally eat. A couple of hours later, I had a REALLY bad nightmare. Like, I woke up on the floor punching and kicking at the air. I know my … --- ## [Have you ever had to survive in the wilderness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-to-survive-in-the-wilderness/742801)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-to-survive-in-the-wilderness/742801 "2016-01-18T17:50:38Z")
I love watching Bear Gryllsand other shows where they survive in wilderness situations. I dont know how I would survive myself. I’d like to ask, have you ever in your life been forced to survive in the wild? Maybe got l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=793) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=795)