# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=803 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 804 --- ## [What is going on here? \[Mystery business address\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here-mystery-business-address/741811)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-going-on-here-mystery-business-address/741811 "2016-01-01T03:27:06Z")
There is a company that I was interested in working for. This is a Fortune 500 company. I went to the address Google maps had for their local office. I didn’t go in because it was somebodys house. The phone number wa… --- ## [Magic Car Hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-car-hypothetical/741632)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-car-hypothetical/741632 "2016-01-01T03:12:29Z")
Okay, here’s the situation. Every car has a magic device on board which regulates how fast it can go. The only cars which are exempt are emergency vehicles. Everyone else, without exception, has a car with a magic dev… --- ## [How do you spend New Year's Eve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spend-new-years-eve/741724)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-spend-new-years-eve/741724 "2016-01-01T00:00:59Z")
We’re boring - I honestly can’t recall the last time we were even awake to ring in the new year, let alone out in the world among people. I don’t enjoy being around drinkers, I don’t like loud music, I don’t like crowds… --- ## [Dispute with nighbors over parking, am I being a bitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-nighbors-over-parking-am-i-being-a-bitch/741564 "2015-12-31T19:44:54Z")
Ibought a house a year ago. I have a paring pad behind the house that is about 3 cars wide, and one of my requirements for a house was off street parking. My house was vacant for about a year before I bought it and I t… --- ## ["Land of the free, and home of the....", say what now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-of-the-free-and-home-of-the-say-what-now/741633)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-of-the-free-and-home-of-the-say-what-now/741633 "2015-12-31T17:44:45Z")
Let’s review times in the “land of the brave”, shall we? A majority of Americans would seem to be afraid of: Universal healthcare (though crippling costs take people’s homes, retirement funds, drive them into bankruptc… --- ## [Help me name my zombie virus or bacteria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-zombie-virus-or-bacteria/741792)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-zombie-virus-or-bacteria/741792 "2015-12-31T15:46:07Z")
In my basement lab, I have created a virus (or bacteria; I’m not picky) that causes zombism. (Zombieism?) I need a scientific name for it. Also a catchy popular name. I turn to the Dope’s inventive minds. (This is for… --- ## [Hoverboards From Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoverboards-from-hell/741728)
**Author:** [@Murf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoverboards-from-hell/741728 "2015-12-31T15:11:01Z")
Hoverboards seem to be have about the biggest sales this Christmas, right up there with drones. After hearing about the fires and seeing all the emergency room visits on the news I would suspect that the company is heade… --- ## [Help with buying a mattress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-buying-a-mattress/741577)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-buying-a-mattress/741577 "2015-12-31T14:48:13Z")
It’s time to replace my 20+ year old mattress and I really don’t have a clue where to start. I don’t recall buying the last one - I mean, I recall the day; one doesn’t purchase a mattress in a blackout - but I only have … --- ## [This is especially complicated. Does he like me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-especially-complicated-does-he-like-me/741296)
**Author:** [@Alittlesmitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alittlesmitten)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-especially-complicated-does-he-like-me/741296 "2015-12-31T14:47:05Z")
I’m a cashier and there’s this guy who comes in every Monday except for the past two or three Mondays and I gotta say I am completely infatuated. But I don’t know how the whole flirting thing works. I’m only nineteen and… --- ## [Things that used to be tacky that are now normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-tacky-that-are-now-normal/739197)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-tacky-that-are-now-normal/739197 "2015-12-31T02:27:27Z")
Since we have the thread about things moving from “high-class” to “tacky,” I thought it would be nice to have a companion thread about the other direction. There are quite a few things that used to considered tacky or f… --- ## [Myers-Briggs personality test--worth a shit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myers-briggs-personality-test-worth-a-shit/741614)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myers-briggs-personality-test-worth-a-shit/741614 "2015-12-31T02:14:59Z")
“Oooh! Another special snowflake wants to show off how he’s the very specialestest snowflake of them all!” Not really. I won’t even tell you what I am, except that the first letter shifts between I and E, depending on… --- ## [advice - how to structure a once a week class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-how-to-structure-a-once-a-week-class/741535)
**Author:** [@Little\_Room](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Room)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-how-to-structure-a-once-a-week-class/741535 "2015-12-31T01:52:37Z")
So, good news - next semester I get to teach a couple of night classes. Bad news - I’ve only taught 3x/week classes as a GA in grad school. This was easy, and I had little problem holding student attention, structuring … --- ## [Do you like gift cards as a gift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gift-cards-as-a-gift/741347)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-gift-cards-as-a-gift/741347 "2015-12-30T23:41:24Z")
So I’ve read on here before, in the past, about folks’ opinions on gift cards and most seemed to think they weren’t a very good present. I remember one topic on here that surprised me a lot, because most posters in it we… --- ## [Anyone dissapointed by glorified stuff, too?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-dissapointed-by-glorified-stuff-too/741129)
**Author:** [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-dissapointed-by-glorified-stuff-too/741129 "2015-12-30T23:17:54Z")
Things associated with rich people must be good, right? Lobsters, food of the poor now eaten by rich Oysters, food of the poor now eaten by rich, too. tastes like salty mucus and slime Caviar tastes like salted margar… --- ## [Do you have gutter helmets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-gutter-helmets/692013)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-gutter-helmets/692013 "2015-12-30T22:09:13Z")
My spousal unit just spent a couple of hours cleaning our gutters out as I gathered the detritus he flung to the ground. We’re getting way too old for this silliness and we’re considering 2 alternatives - gutter helmets… --- ## [Do we have to (should we?) give a baby shower gift to a person that didn't give us any wedding gift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-to-should-we-give-a-baby-shower-gift-to-a-person-that-didnt-give-us-any-wedding-gift/740277)
**Author:** [@Ana12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ana12)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-to-should-we-give-a-baby-shower-gift-to-a-person-that-didnt-give-us-any-wedding-gift/740277 "2015-12-30T19:38:22Z")
Hey everyone. This gives me a headache, and I’d like to know your opinions. We got married in October (I actually created one post about it), and we didn’t get any gifts from my spouse’s family. Yes, we feel it’s messed… --- ## [Race related: What would happen if this god like entity screwed with us in this fashion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-related-what-would-happen-if-this-god-like-entity-screwed-with-us-in-this-fashion/741651)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-related-what-would-happen-if-this-god-like-entity-screwed-with-us-in-this-fashion/741651 "2015-12-30T16:04:22Z")
The Hypo: A god like entity (think Q from Star Trek) has come to Earth. This creature has got a real pet peeve against racism. He doesn’t like what he sees on Earth. So in an order to fix it, he does the following: Henc… --- ## [How does the Christmas season make you feel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-christmas-season-make-you-feel/740170)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-christmas-season-make-you-feel/740170 "2015-12-30T01:19:11Z")
Generally for most Americans, the Christmas season is a positive time. Even those that don’t see it as a religious holiday. It evokes positive feelings from their past or childhood. But for some it isn’t a positive fee… --- ## [Legalizing and Regulating Prostitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalizing-and-regulating-prostitution/712753)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalizing-and-regulating-prostitution/712753 "2015-12-29T23:41:20Z")
Cecil’s column that is currently featured is about prostitution. He briefly mentions the need for regulation if it were to be legalized, which reminded me of a book I read about historical prostitution in Colorado. One… --- ## [So psting it on FB makes it better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-psting-it-on-fb-makes-it-better/741669 "2015-12-29T23:07:43Z")
Ex-husband is traumatized by the comments his ex-wife is writing in the notes section of his alimony checks. He hires a lawyer to sue her for the emotional distress. Then the lawyer posts a copy of the check on FB for … --- ## [Florida woman goes ape on camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-woman-goes-ape-on-camera/741279)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-woman-goes-ape-on-camera/741279 "2015-12-29T22:59:14Z")
Viral Video Shows Racist White Woman Going Berserk After Mistaking Two Brazilians for Terrorists The woman is clearly mentally unstable. A couple of Brazilians are shooting a video comedy sketch for their YouTube chann… --- ## [Earth's carrying capacity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-carrying-capacity/741202)
**Author:** [@TheNerdiestNerdAlive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerdiestNerdAlive)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-carrying-capacity/741202 "2015-12-29T22:48:07Z")
Approximately, what is the Earth’s carrying capacity? I’ve read several articles saying people need to be killed of in order for humanity to prevail. What are your thoughts on this? If you agree with this statement, what… --- ## [How much do you contribute to your 401(k) every paycheck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-contribute-to-your-401-k-every-paycheck/741294)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-contribute-to-your-401-k-every-paycheck/741294 "2015-12-29T20:53:41Z")
Because I’m nosy. --- ## [Open carry vs. concealed carry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-carry-vs-concealed-carry/741570)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-carry-vs-concealed-carry/741570 "2015-12-29T19:50:06Z")
I’m not sure if we’ve ever had a discussion specifically on modes of carrying weapons. If we have, it’s been a while. This discussion assumes that a fairly large number of people will carry and are carrying guns. With… --- ## [Strip poker poll for the ladies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strip-poker-poll-for-the-ladies/741391)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strip-poker-poll-for-the-ladies/741391 "2015-12-29T16:40:21Z")
This is for the Doper women because for guys, the modesty loss is much more linear. The scenario: You’re with a group of friends, mixed sexes, having a good time at someone’s house. You’ve known each other for a coupl… --- ## [What is your favorite free antivirus program---other than Avast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-free-antivirus-program-other-than-avast/741522)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-free-antivirus-program-other-than-avast/741522 "2015-12-29T14:51:51Z")
I’ve used Avast for a long time with no complaints…until recently. The pop ups are getting extremely annoying. I’ve tried all of the settings and none work. Is there an equivalent type of freeware that doesn’t beg me … --- ## [Gender-equal society: Women initiating dates as often as men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-equal-society-women-initiating-dates-as-often-as-men/741440)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-equal-society-women-initiating-dates-as-often-as-men/741440 "2015-12-29T14:26:01Z")
Despite the rise of feminism and gender equality, there doesn’t seem to be a corresponding rise in women initiating dates and relationships with men. To the contrary, women still seem overwhelmingly more likely to prefer… --- ## [Should you feel guilty going to a restaurant on Christmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-feel-guilty-going-to-a-restaurant-on-christmas/741364)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-you-feel-guilty-going-to-a-restaurant-on-christmas/741364 "2015-12-29T13:39:00Z")
We usually go out to eat every Friday night. So yesterday my daughter ask me, “Are we going out to eat tomorrow?” “Absolutely not.” I would feel awfully guilty sitting in a restaurant and demanding that someone serve … --- ## [Drivinga 1976 BMW2002-Good Idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivinga-1976-bmw2002-good-idea/741469)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drivinga-1976-bmw2002-good-idea/741469 "2015-12-29T11:19:39Z")
Instead of an overpriced new car, i was wondering about buying an old BMW. Mt friend had one, and it was a fun car to drive. Plus, being pre-electronics, it is very easy to maintain-just change sparkplus, oil, etc. of co… --- ## [are humanities/social scientists greater critical thinkers than STEM students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humanities-social-scientists-greater-critical-thinkers-than-stem-students/740959)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-humanities-social-scientists-greater-critical-thinkers-than-stem-students/740959 "2015-12-29T10:02:08Z")
or professors do people that study philosophy, political science, critical race theory, feminism etc. etc. are they greater critical thinkers than scientists, mathematicians, because they are not limited [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=802) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=804)