# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=805 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 806 --- ## [Thigh gaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thigh-gaps/741179)
**Author:** [@bomberswarm2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bomberswarm2)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thigh-gaps/741179 "2015-12-26T22:26:52Z")
I believe i am in a very, very large majority of men who hate thigh gaps on women. They are one of the worst things a woman can have. Does anyone actually like them? --- ## [Talk to me about smartphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-smartphones/741227)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-smartphones/741227 "2015-12-26T19:25:21Z")
I’ve decided that it’s finally time for me to get a smartphone, but there are a bewildering array of options out there. Currently, I have an ancient iPod Touch that I use a fair bit, but don’t have very many apps for, b… --- ## [What is the most useless type of matter? (If there is a type of matter that is useless...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-useless-type-of-matter-if-there-is-a-type-of-matter-that-is-useless/741198)
**Author:** [@TheNerdiestNerdAlive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerdiestNerdAlive)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-useless-type-of-matter-if-there-is-a-type-of-matter-that-is-useless/741198 "2015-12-26T13:50:14Z")
What is the most useful and useless atom, element, type of matter, etc. that you can think of? (The answer will probably be debatable so this is opinion oriented) --- ## [Did you and do your kids believe in Santa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-and-do-your-kids-believe-in-santa/741299)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-and-do-your-kids-believe-in-santa/741299 "2015-12-26T13:06:27Z")
Some of the discussion in this thread got me wondering. How old were you when you stopped believing in Santa? If you have kids, do they believe? --- ## [Bifocals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bifocals/720814)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bifocals/720814 "2015-05-26T19:49:19Z")
I had Lasic surgery 15 years ago and it was fantastic. 7-8 years later I began to need reading glasses which I understand is normal. In the last few years my general vision has gotten bad enough to consider having Lasic… --- ## [RV - voice of experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rv-voice-of-experience/712177)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rv-voice-of-experience/712177 "2015-12-26T04:31:35Z")
My wife thinks that an RV would be awesome. We went to an RV show today. We are total noobs. I’m sure there are some dopers with RV’s and I would welcome the voice of experience. I don’t even know half the questions to … --- ## [Tell me about the roommate system in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-roommate-system-in-the-us/734006)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-roommate-system-in-the-us/734006 "2015-12-26T04:29:04Z")
A curious difference between the Netherlands and the US, is how accepting American people are of having to share a dorm room or apartment. Even the poorest of Dutch people are not expected to share living quarters with … --- ## [Travel trailer owners: advice, opinions, and stories wanted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-trailer-owners-advice-opinions-and-stories-wanted/590268)
**Author:** [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-trailer-owners-advice-opinions-and-stories-wanted/590268 "2011-07-27T14:52:15Z")
My wife and I are thinking seriously about buying a travel trailer. We have done quite a bit of tent camping together, but we are looking for a way to combine camping and longer-distance traveling, and we feel that a tra… --- ## [How common is post-menopause polyandry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-post-menopause-polyandry/740914)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-post-menopause-polyandry/740914 "2015-12-25T23:53:26Z")
A number of people I know are involved in such relationships, where an older woman lives with or very close to a coterie of male companions with whom she has sex. All are very happy with the situation and none are harem-… --- ## [Your boyfriend/husband, girlfriend/wife demands to see your uniocked cellphone - Do you comply?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-boyfriend-husband-girlfriend-wife-demands-to-see-your-uniocked-cellphone-do-you-comply/740865)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-boyfriend-husband-girlfriend-wife-demands-to-see-your-uniocked-cellphone-do-you-comply/740865 "2015-12-25T22:42:29Z")
Assume the person you are dating, living with, or married to gets suspicious that you are not being true and demands to see your phone so they can read your emails and related instant messages. Would you give up your (un… --- ## ["Why was it when this conman took £1530 or $3060 from me he hadn't committed any offence then?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-it-when-this-conman-took-1530-or-3060-from-me-he-hadnt-committed-any-offence-then/741170)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-it-when-this-conman-took-1530-or-3060-from-me-he-hadnt-committed-any-offence-then/741170 "2015-12-25T22:08:04Z")
I was walking down street man came up and said he needed money to go on train to Dublin but I only had 40 pence but he asked me if I had and he gestured to an ATM across street had the wrong card met him later and gave £… --- ## [Self-employed? Retired early? How much are you paying for health insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employed-retired-early-how-much-are-you-paying-for-health-insurance/740662)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employed-retired-early-how-much-are-you-paying-for-health-insurance/740662 "2015-12-25T21:29:02Z")
I’m trying to put together budgets for different retirement scenarios, some of which would have both me and my wife retiring before either of us is eligible for Medicare (assuming it still exists in a couple of decades).… --- ## [Technically not guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-not-guilty/741181)
**Author:** [@bomberswarm2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bomberswarm2)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technically-not-guilty/741181 "2015-12-25T17:46:56Z")
In Law and Order SVU, judges often throw out evidence like confessions, murder weapons, key evidence, crime scenes, because these things were obtained in violation of the defendant’s due process rights. In one case, the… --- ## [Bizarre auto financing rules, or bizarre sales bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-auto-financing-rules-or-bizarre-sales-bullshit/741087)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-auto-financing-rules-or-bizarre-sales-bullshit/741087 "2015-12-25T14:00:26Z")
I’m looking at buying a new car, and I sat down with the dealer finance guy to see if I could get financing for it. A bit of background – my credit score is very poor. Not long ago I was unemployed for more than 3 year… --- ## [Have you ever sat on Santa's lap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-sat-on-santas-lap/741206)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-sat-on-santas-lap/741206 "2015-12-25T05:38:20Z")
I was reading the “Kyle’s mom’s a bitch” threat and some people said that you can’t separate Santa from Christianity. I grew up in a fundamental Christian home ( Pentecostal, young-earthers) and Santa was most definitel… --- ## [New car battery, Ford Taurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car-battery-ford-taurus/741273)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-car-battery-ford-taurus/741273 "2015-12-25T04:57:31Z")
We have a 2005 Taurus that wouldn’t start around Thanksgiving. Tried to jump it, still wouldn’t start. It had a fast click after trying to turn over the motor. The roadside service guy said it definitely seemed like batt… --- ## [How do you feel about standardized testing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-standardized-testing/741221)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-standardized-testing/741221 "2015-12-25T02:58:26Z")
(Posting this with permission from the moderators). I am a postgraduate student working on an instrument that measures attitudes on standardized testing. I’ve developed a twenty-one item survey that asks respondents to … --- ## [Airplanes, children, and explicit entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplanes-children-and-explicit-entertainment/740904)
**Author:** [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplanes-children-and-explicit-entertainment/740904 "2015-12-25T01:56:15Z")
At the moment, I’m sitting at the airport waiting for my flight, killing time by going over my entertainment options. A thought occurs to me, suppose I get seated next to a child for this very long flight. Would I have a… --- ## [Best way to sell art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-sell-art/741238)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-sell-art/741238 "2015-12-25T00:19:56Z")
Due to a difference of taste in art with my so, a battle I’m losing, I find myself needing to sell a couple dozen Steve Kaufman canvases. Having never sold art before, and being leery of the notoriously large spreads of … --- ## [Helping Girlfriend Regain Intellectual Confidence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-girlfriend-regain-intellectual-confidence/741289)
**Author:** [@NotEnoughThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotEnoughThinking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-girlfriend-regain-intellectual-confidence/741289 "2015-12-24T22:19:58Z")
Please forgive the incoming long intro. To start with, I’m not sure Intellectual was the right word for the title but I’m coming up short on better alternatives. Also my TLDR version of my question is at the very end. P… --- ## [Is not texting / participating in social media a deal breaker for a potential mate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-not-texting-participating-in-social-media-a-deal-breaker-for-a-potential-mate/741061)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-not-texting-participating-in-social-media-a-deal-breaker-for-a-potential-mate/741061 "2015-12-24T21:27:11Z")
Let me preface this by saying I am not trying to use our hallowed halls to fish (phish?) for a date. I’ve just found myself single for the first time in a long while and I’m trying to get a feel for the lay (I said lay!)… --- ## [What are the ultimate heating and cooling methods for 2015?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ultimate-heating-and-cooling-methods-for-2015/740838)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-ultimate-heating-and-cooling-methods-for-2015/740838 "2015-12-24T20:33:44Z")
Hello, friends! Lately I’ve been building my dream home in my mind. I’ve also been pondering the best heating and cooling methods for a home. Here are some ground rules (things that work for me, but feel free to suggest … --- ## [Trump supporter arrested for Muslim bomb plot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporter-arrested-for-muslim-bomb-plot/741139)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-supporter-arrested-for-muslim-bomb-plot/741139 "2015-12-24T18:05:57Z")
Didn’t see this coming. It’s the height of irony, and media reports have been awful thin. --- ## [More drama in the Washington Judicial System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-drama-in-the-washington-judicial-system/741236)
**Author:** [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-drama-in-the-washington-judicial-system/741236 "2015-12-24T17:56:10Z")
Just came out yesterday that the Washington State Department of Corrections has really got its tit in the wringer now, and may be liable for countless millions of dollars. Seems that the computer program that they use t… --- ## [I don't know what to do about my parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-to-do-about-my-parents/741239)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-what-to-do-about-my-parents/741239 "2015-12-24T15:30:57Z")
I am an only child. My parents were sort of strict and weird. Not in any outstanding way. Just that anyone who hears details of my childhood thinks that I missed out on a lot. Now I have a four year old daughter. We liv… --- ## [How Do I Get My Mother's Money Out of the Bank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-mothers-money-out-of-the-bank/741233)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-mothers-money-out-of-the-bank/741233 "2015-12-24T14:09:21Z")
My mother passed away this past February. It was unexpected and the only will that she left was one from years ago when my sister and I were kids. It named my grandparents (both of whom died before my mother) as execut… --- ## [How come no active Forum Boards in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-no-active-forum-boards-in-canada/740999)
**Author:** [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-no-active-forum-boards-in-canada/740999 "2015-12-24T12:43:44Z")
Whats happening in Canada? There is no active forum boards. Here even Reddit has few posters --- ## [When did your country first emerge in its current form?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-your-country-first-emerge-in-its-current-form/741121)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-your-country-first-emerge-in-its-current-form/741121 "2015-12-24T12:19:16Z")
The issue here is when your country first developed as more-or-less recognizably the country it is now. Exclude for the moment violent changes of government, invasions, significant social changes, territorial expansions … --- ## [Suunto vs Tissot Touch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suunto-vs-tissot-touch/684230)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suunto-vs-tissot-touch/684230 "2015-12-24T00:51:29Z")
My Suunto Observer watch (compass, barameter, altimeter, thermometer) has finally given up the ghost after 8 good years, and I need to replace it. After this good experience I feel fairly loyal to Suunto, but I have also… --- ## [Most exoctic species](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exoctic-species/741199)
**Author:** [@TheNerdiestNerdAlive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerdiestNerdAlive)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-exoctic-species/741199 "2015-12-24T00:47:38Z")
Top ten list of the most exotic life forms you have heard of? What time period do they belong to? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=804) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=806)