# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=81 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 82 --- ## [Reasons why the BMI is useless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-why-the-bmi-is-useless/1007307)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-why-the-bmi-is-useless/1007307 "2024-09-17T04:03:29Z")
Here are 10 reasons that the BMI is bogus according to NPR: To save you a click: The person who dreamed up the BMI said explicitly that it could not and should not be used to indicate the level of fatness in an indi… --- ## [What is the benefit of drugs with short half lives vs long half lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-benefit-of-drugs-with-short-half-lives-vs-long-half-lives/1007367)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-benefit-of-drugs-with-short-half-lives-vs-long-half-lives/1007367 "2024-09-17T03:27:03Z")
In many classes of drugs there are drugs with short half lives and drugs with long half lives. Prozac has a half life of 5 days. Paxil has a half life of 21 hours. Xanax is about 12 hours, Valium is 2 days. I know dru… --- ## [Gacy was NOT a Killer Clown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gacy-was-not-a-killer-clown/1006861)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gacy-was-not-a-killer-clown/1006861 "2024-09-16T21:08:05Z")
I don’t know why this bugs me so much, but it does. I was listening to a YouTube video about serial killers, and I heard this little gem again: “(John Wayne Gacy) …would sometimes wear his clown costume while torturing… --- ## [35mm film camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35mm-film-camera/727200)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/35mm-film-camera/727200 "2024-09-16T17:07:01Z")
I just acquired a Minolta SRT 101 35mm film camera. With standard 55mm lens plus a Vivitar Automatic Tele Converter, plus a Vivitar 80-250mm zoom lens and a NICE tripod. I haven’t shot film in decades. My last 35mm cam… --- ## [Musk and Commercial Spacewalks (Polaris Dawn)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-and-commercial-spacewalks-polaris-dawn/1007071)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-and-commercial-spacewalks-polaris-dawn/1007071 "2024-09-16T02:19:49Z")
SpaceX is launching civilians into the Van Allen belt as part of the first commercial spacewalk. It seems daring, and may break a few records. Will it do more? Is this anything? --- ## [Should a surgeon be able to distinguish a spleen from a liver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-surgeon-be-able-to-distinguish-a-spleen-from-a-liver/1007274)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-surgeon-be-able-to-distinguish-a-spleen-from-a-liver/1007274 "2024-09-15T20:25:41Z")
So this guy was traveling in Florida when he started feeling pain on his left side. He went to a local hospital where the doctors told him he needed to have his spleen removed. He said he’d prefer to consult with his own… --- ## [Pro Teams should use busses (Tyreek Hill)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-teams-should-use-busses-tyreek-hill/1007038)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-teams-should-use-busses-tyreek-hill/1007038 "2024-09-15T11:00:56Z")
Driving while black is too sensitive for the Game Room. I assumed Pro Teams used buses to go from the hotel to the game venue. A team bus ensures everyone gets to the stadium on time. Allegedly, Tyreek Hill was driving… --- ## [Thought on a baby shower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-on-a-baby-shower/1006255)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-on-a-baby-shower/1006255 "2024-09-15T00:19:44Z")
Was hoping to get folks’ opinions about a baby shower invite I received recently. I’m finding myself having somewhat negative reaction to it, and thinking a little less of the parents to be as a result, and was just cur… --- ## [If you HAD to jump out of a skyscraper would you look up or down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-jump-out-of-a-skyscraper-would-you-look-up-or-down/1007142)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-jump-out-of-a-skyscraper-would-you-look-up-or-down/1007142 "2024-09-14T22:07:33Z")
Ignoring that you may not be able to control which way you’re looking. Would you want to see it coming or not? I think I’d rather have it be a surprise. --- ## [A friend tells me he voted twice for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-tells-me-he-voted-twice-for-trump/1007087)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-tells-me-he-voted-twice-for-trump/1007087 "2024-09-14T17:09:18Z")
I have a friend. We were both at U. IL and were fairly close, but we both left, me 55 years ago, he shortly after. We are not close now, but exchange letters maybe once a year. In a recent letter to me, doubtless in r… --- ## [Your workplace - how difficult is it to get a copy made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-workplace-how-difficult-is-it-to-get-a-copy-made/1006859)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-workplace-how-difficult-is-it-to-get-a-copy-made/1006859 "2024-09-14T11:42:12Z")
I’ve recently started a new (part time) job teaching a course at a college. It’s within my expertise, I’m well qualified and the class itself is no problem. What I had forgotten, having been away from academia for many y… --- ## [SpaceX/Starlink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-starlink/854598)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacex-starlink/854598 "2024-09-14T06:58:00Z")
A constellation of ~ 40,000 :eek: low earth orbit satellites for internet. It should greatly improve latency issues for rural folks such as my self. Apparently, the satellites are networked by laser, and as they orbit y… --- ## [Arecibo-like message](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arecibo-like-message/1007106)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arecibo-like-message/1007106 "2024-09-13T12:46:32Z")
Back in 1974, scientists deliberately sent to the stars an intelligent message to teach extraterrestrial intelligence about us. It was a rectangular message of bits arranged in 73 rows by 23 columns. \[IMG\] bg,f8f8f8-fl… --- ## [What To Bring To A Star Trek Convention? 3 to 5 items only, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-bring-to-a-star-trek-convention-3-to-5-items-only-please/1007188)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-bring-to-a-star-trek-convention-3-to-5-items-only-please/1007188 "2024-09-13T02:52:08Z")
It has been more than 20 years since I’ve been to a Con, more or less. One starts tomorrow, right here in town. I will pick up some cash, at the bank in the AM, & go. Can you give me a list of 3 to 5 items, that would… --- ## [Resolved: Every adult will be required to carry a gun at all times in public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216)
**Author:** [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216 "2024-09-13T01:55:29Z")
Since the NRA and other groups say that the more guns we have the safer we all are and the cure for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, requiring every non felon, non insane adult to carry a gun seems a good s… --- ## [Is Dr. Steven Gundry a quack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-steven-gundry-a-quack/1006909)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-dr-steven-gundry-a-quack/1006909 "2024-09-12T22:01:42Z")
A conman, a shill, a clickbait master? Or what he says he is, a highly skilled medical practitioner who has discovered some miracle cures for obesity? I’ve been seeing the popup ads on FB and other places for years, and… --- ## [Dual-citizenship Dopers, how patriotic do you feel about each nation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-dopers-how-patriotic-do-you-feel-about-each-nation/1007076)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-dopers-how-patriotic-do-you-feel-about-each-nation/1007076 "2024-09-12T13:55:36Z")
Spinoff of a recent thread about patriotism: I know we have a lot of Dopers where who have dual citizenship - possibly even some with 3 citizenships. Do you feel that your patriotism gets rather watered down for both -… --- ## [Women: Can Any of You Not Tell When Someone is Romantically Interested?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-can-any-of-you-not-tell-when-someone-is-romantically-interested/1006976)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-can-any-of-you-not-tell-when-someone-is-romantically-interested/1006976 "2024-09-12T10:51:47Z")
I know that it’s come up in previous that some of us men are totally clueless. I’m lucky that Ms. P directly told me she was interested. What about women? Are there many out there who don’t pick up signals? I realize… --- ## [People who drive vehicles higher than a normal car (trucks, vans, SUVs) - quick, what is your vehicle's height?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-drive-vehicles-higher-than-a-normal-car-trucks-vans-suvs-quick-what-is-your-vehicles-height/1007015)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-drive-vehicles-higher-than-a-normal-car-trucks-vans-suvs-quick-what-is-your-vehicles-height/1007015 "2024-09-12T06:21:57Z")
Inspired by news report of yet another bus getting stuck under a bridge, and an article about an underpass under a bridge in my region that has been eating vans for the last three decades: … --- ## [Have you ever bought cryptocurrencies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bought-cryptocurrencies/1005023)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bought-cryptocurrencies/1005023 "2024-09-12T01:33:07Z")
Inspired by this bit of news about tanTrump wholeheartedly endorsing crytocurrencies, and being myself extremely skeptical of the whole idea, I wondered how many of the readers in this board have ever bought any cryptoc… --- ## [Why are you watching the Harris/ Trump debate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-watching-the-harris-trump-debate/1007075)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-watching-the-harris-trump-debate/1007075 "2024-09-11T18:14:51Z")
Are you watching the debate tonight for any other reason than to be entertained/ amused/ horrified? There is nothing that could realistically happen that is going to change my decision about whom to vote for. --- ## [Is there a way to respond to this (ADHD/Learning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-respond-to-this-adhd-learning/1006985)
**Author:** [@LegsOfBush](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegsOfBush)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-respond-to-this-adhd-learning/1006985 "2024-09-10T22:02:03Z")
Not sure if this is the right spot, but I’ll give it a go. My wife and I moved to Europe for early retirement. Ultimately the language requirement to get citizenship after a few years is pretty light, A2 by the CEFR. I’… --- ## [Did former president Bush manufacture a reason to invade Iraq or was he misled by bad intelligence he thought was correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-former-president-bush-manufacture-a-reason-to-invade-iraq-or-was-he-misled-by-bad-intelligence-he-thought-was-correct/1006912)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-former-president-bush-manufacture-a-reason-to-invade-iraq-or-was-he-misled-by-bad-intelligence-he-thought-was-correct/1006912 "2024-09-10T12:34:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Dick Cheney endorses Harris: At the time, I believe, it was reasonable to presume the CIA had done their job correctly. Wasn’t it after W.'s term that everyone realized how much of the i… --- ## [My MIL's annoying wifi router](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mils-annoying-wifi-router/1006913)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mils-annoying-wifi-router/1006913 "2024-09-10T02:03:37Z")
My MIL asked me to try to connect her new laptop to her router, because it wasn’t working for her. No problem, I’ve done this before. Her router is an old Verizon block (like the Devil’s Tower in Close Encounters of the … --- ## [Restaurant employee rudeness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-employee-rudeness/1006940)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-employee-rudeness/1006940 "2024-09-09T22:15:52Z")
What would you do, really, if a counter person called you “bitch” when you were checking out? --- ## [When you got married, how sure were you (that it was what you wanted to do?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-got-married-how-sure-were-you-that-it-was-what-you-wanted-to-do/1006797)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-got-married-how-sure-were-you-that-it-was-what-you-wanted-to-do/1006797 "2024-09-09T15:53:51Z")
I’m guessing that for most people, it was an absolutely yes, no doubt about it - but how many people here on the Dope have married while having cold feet or semi-serious doubt all the way up until walking down the aisle? … --- ## [Autos with camera functionality as witnesses to crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autos-with-camera-functionality-as-witnesses-to-crime/1006776)
**Author:** [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autos-with-camera-functionality-as-witnesses-to-crime/1006776 "2024-09-09T03:36:20Z")
So have any of the Tesla owners here ever been in Oakland, California? If they legally park somewhere and come back to find their Tesla missing–don’t immediately think of it being stolen–instead it might be helping FIGHT… --- ## [How do free range chickens survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-free-range-chickens-survive/1006126)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-free-range-chickens-survive/1006126 "2024-09-09T00:24:45Z")
I live in a semi-rural area (a town surrounded by country). I see (and hear) there are people in my area who are raising chickens. These chickens often are wandering freely around the neighborhood in search of food or wh… --- ## [The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-taking-by-david-rogers-webb/1006961)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-taking-by-david-rogers-webb/1006961 "2024-09-08T21:37:02Z")
I have a number of… not friends but rather people I often encounter on line now promoting this book The Great Taking by David Rogers Webb. I don’t really feel like reading yet another manifesto/screed/whatever this is t… --- ## [Slow loading Prime, Netflix etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-loading-prime-netflix-etc/1006901)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-loading-prime-netflix-etc/1006901 "2024-09-08T14:52:24Z")
These apps take forever to load on our TV. 30-40 seconds, often longer, to get to the point where you can pick a show or search. Another 20-30s seconds for the that show to load. . . Is the speed problem due to out cable… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=82)