# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=815 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 816 --- ## [any recommendations for indoor water fountain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-indoor-water-fountain/739493)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-indoor-water-fountain/739493 "2015-12-05T17:53:44Z")
I want to buy a small Homedics type of indoor water fountain for my bedroom to help sleep. I’m seeking one that produces a natural water sound and doesn’t have a noisy water pump. Any recommendations for brand/model? Oh,… --- ## [Someone appears 30 years old but is either 20 or 40.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-appears-30-years-old-but-is-either-20-or-40/739301)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-appears-30-years-old-but-is-either-20-or-40/739301 "2015-12-05T17:45:27Z")
Hypothetical: Someone appears to be 30 years old. (I am not specifying race, gender, attire, etc.) Which would you consider to be a bigger surprise: To find that they are actually 20 years old, or to find they are actu… --- ## [Apple watch.....buy insurance???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-buy-insurance/739512)
**Author:** [@LiveFree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveFree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-buy-insurance/739512 "2015-12-05T15:24:05Z")
Asking for a friend. They bought an Apple watch for their husband. Wondering about reliability or any issues with the watch. Apple automatically gives 1 year and 90 days technical support For $55 Squaretrade exteten… --- ## [Is it me, or is porn just getting mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-porn-just-getting-mean/679639)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-porn-just-getting-mean/679639 "2015-12-05T05:10:27Z")
I have been watching porn movies since the early 80’s. Internet porn has been become regularly and easily available. I have been visiting Red Tube for some time, usually with the sound off. Then I made the mistake of wa… --- ## [How to save money on my cell phone bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-money-on-my-cell-phone-bill/738843)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-save-money-on-my-cell-phone-bill/738843 "2015-12-05T04:26:23Z")
I currently have Verizon and I pay $130 a month. This is for only my own cell phone and also I am NOT interested in paying for unlimited texting anymore. I use about 2GB of data every month. I have an unlocked galaxy … --- ## [Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events, and Things of 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazines-20-dumbest-people-events-and-things-of-2015/739193)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-magazines-20-dumbest-people-events-and-things-of-2015/739193 "2015-12-05T02:35:17Z")
Every year I post a thread for discussion of Mad Magazine’s annual issue listing the 20 dumbest people, events, and things of the year. In 2015, the stupidity was running thick and fast throughout the year. It was a ba… --- ## [help me find a rabbit-fur cap for Mrs Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-rabbit-fur-cap-for-mrs-piper/739361)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-rabbit-fur-cap-for-mrs-piper/739361 "2015-12-05T01:00:54Z")
Mrs Piper used to have a very cute white rabbit fur cap, but lost it. I’m trying to find an on-line source to buy her a new one, but I’m not very well-versed in google-fu. The cap was brimmed and small; not like a big… --- ## [Taking the iMac plunge: configuration advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-imac-plunge-configuration-advice/737632)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-imac-plunge-configuration-advice/737632 "2015-12-05T00:57:29Z")
After 30 years of Microsoft, I’m finally fed up with it and ready to switch to Apple. I’m pretty sure there is no problem with document/photo/music transfer, as there is Word and Excel for Apple, and the music is already… --- ## [Dog owners: Have you had luck with indoor grass patches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners-have-you-had-luck-with-indoor-grass-patches/739188)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners-have-you-had-luck-with-indoor-grass-patches/739188 "2015-12-05T00:37:46Z")
So winter is upon us, and here in the northeast it can be brutal to take your dog outside (for both of you). I came across this product; basically it’s a patch of real grass that you keep inside, your dog does his thing… --- ## [What's the theory behind preserving endangered species?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-theory-behind-preserving-endangered-species/739381)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-theory-behind-preserving-endangered-species/739381 "2015-12-05T00:10:17Z")
So, ok. Most endangered species that I actually hear about in the news seem to have 2 things in common : a. They are a variant on base species that is still quite prevalent. The “spotted” owl. A particular tree frog… --- ## [Help me pick a US city to (maybe) move to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-us-city-to-maybe-move-to/738058)
**Author:** [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-us-city-to-maybe-move-to/738058 "2015-12-05T00:09:31Z")
I’m at a total transition point in my life, with a couple different options on the table for the next couple of years. Part of that is moving back to the US, after having spent the bulk of the past five years abroad. I m… --- ## [Immortality for sale! (well almost)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortality-for-sale-well-almost/739225)
**Author:** [@psikeyhackr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psikeyhackr)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortality-for-sale-well-almost/739225 "2015-12-04T19:27:27Z")
For decades I have been expecting this some time in this century: Anti-diabetic drug slows aging and lengthens lifespan, animal study suggests Date: June 2, 2014 Source: KU Leuven Summary: Researchers have provided … --- ## [Meaning of Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-life/739388)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-life/739388 "2015-12-04T19:08:27Z")
Hi SD, What’s the meaning of life? Don’t know if or how many threads on this have been posted before. My best guess is that if there is meaning, it’s to do good works and spread happiness. As a musician, I do it thro… --- ## [Unlimited clean cheap fuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlimited-clean-cheap-fuel/739413)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlimited-clean-cheap-fuel/739413 "2015-12-04T18:17:50Z")
Reading this morning about soome kind of silicon oil derived from sand. If it did actually turn out to be as cheap and clean as they are saying it will be how could this change the earth? The first things than come to m… --- ## [USPS mailing mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-mailing-mystery/739274)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-mailing-mystery/739274 "2015-12-04T17:13:10Z")
So a few days ago I mailed a friend of mine a small package – USPS Priority Mail, the smallest standard mailing box they have, which is roughly the size of a VHS tape (for those of you who remember those). I checked the… --- ## [Petco and animals - should I have complained?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petco-and-animals-should-i-have-complained/739309)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petco-and-animals-should-i-have-complained/739309 "2015-12-04T10:28:58Z")
Last weekend, hubby and I went into our local Petco for dog and cat food. I’d been talking with some friends about what it’s like to keep hermit crabs as pets, so since this was on my mind, I wandered back to the aquari… --- ## [Europe, 1347 vs zombies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europe-1347-vs-zombies/739203)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europe-1347-vs-zombies/739203 "2015-12-04T07:37:17Z")
Reading about the Black Death, how it ravaged Europe, amazing that civilisation didn’t completely collapse. But if it survived a real apocalypse, can it survive a fictional one? Here’s the scenario - instead of being in… --- ## [Immortality - Who needs it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortality-who-needs-it/739251)
**Author:** [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immortality-who-needs-it/739251 "2015-12-04T06:02:30Z")
Just riffing off the “immortality drug” thread: Why do many of us humans desire, or even crave, immortality? Is it greed for more, fear of death and the unknown? Is it curiosity about what comes next? Sheer egocentrism… --- ## [Road Rage Etiquette Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-etiquette-question/739080)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-rage-etiquette-question/739080 "2015-12-04T02:25:40Z")
Hi SD, Here’s one that happened to me. What would you do? Picture this: You are driving along a residential road, on your way to Macy’s on Black Friday. Some idiot cuts you off, nearly causing a crash. You lower th… --- ## [Question about proper thing to do (bathroom etiquette)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-proper-thing-to-do-bathroom-etiquette/739028)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-proper-thing-to-do-bathroom-etiquette/739028 "2015-12-04T01:42:59Z")
Hi SD, This situation happened to me yesterday and I always feared it would. What do you do when you head to the bathroom and find it disgusting? You don’t want to clean it up, let alone touch anything, so you somehow… --- ## [How do you deal with highly religious people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-highly-religious-people/739095)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-highly-religious-people/739095 "2015-12-04T01:32:29Z")
The local church group that I have been involved with is highly religious in terms of Christianity. The quote the bible and try to use it to apply to today’s circumstance’s Any argument against what this group says alw… --- ## [I want to give away a million dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-give-away-a-million-dollars/445020)
**Author:** [@matt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-give-away-a-million-dollars/445020 "2015-12-04T00:02:10Z")
Suppose I wanted to give a stranger a million dollars. Anonymously, legally, with the minimum hassles for them. How might I do that? I’ve had a few ideas. Maybe I could courier it in cash. Addressed to the recipient, fu… --- ## [Earring question for women that grew up in the 60s-70s.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earring-question-for-women-that-grew-up-in-the-60s-70s/738792)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earring-question-for-women-that-grew-up-in-the-60s-70s/738792 "2015-12-03T21:54:31Z")
One thing that I always liked to see on a woman was big hoop earrings. When I was dating and married to my ex (born 1957) I always tried to nudge her towards big-ish hoops but she told me they were “slutty”. Was this som… --- ## [Recommend a manly product for...uh...chafing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-manly-product-for-uh-chafing/302691)
**Author:** [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-manly-product-for-uh-chafing/302691 "2005-07-03T13:10:51Z")
There’s a factual answer to this, but since that real answer is a product recommendation, I’ve put it here instead of GQ. \[Quasi-TMI altert\] I have an issue, and I’ve come to realize that men must not be allowed to hav… --- ## [Rapid speech in 4 year old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-speech-in-4-year-old/739040)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapid-speech-in-4-year-old/739040 "2015-12-03T17:56:25Z")
My grandson talks so fast it sounds like a foreign language. His parents can understand him but I doubt anyone else can. I think he is speaking somewhat clearly as I do pick up part of what he says. Do children outgrow t… --- ## [Do Americans really perceive the American press to be biased? To be trusted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-americans-really-perceive-the-american-press-to-be-biased-to-be-trusted/739145)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-americans-really-perceive-the-american-press-to-be-biased-to-be-trusted/739145 "2015-12-03T17:08:21Z")
Salon are reporting that Republicans massively distrust - even disbelieve - the press. Unfortunately Salon themselves are massively liberal / Democrat biased, so, to paraphrase Christine Keeler, “They would say that, wo… --- ## [Random call from police claiming im harassing a neighbor i havent seen in months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-call-from-police-claiming-im-harassing-a-neighbor-i-havent-seen-in-months/739209)
**Author:** [@kimberlyxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimberlyxx)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-call-from-police-claiming-im-harassing-a-neighbor-i-havent-seen-in-months/739209 "2015-12-03T14:54:03Z")
I called back 101 who said it may of been a prank but this woman didnt have my number ever. So i got a call from this obnoxious “police officer” saying there have been allegations of harrassment against me from my old n… --- ## [How to Get 'Swag' and 'stuff for testing"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-swag-and-stuff-for-testing/739148)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-swag-and-stuff-for-testing/739148 "2015-12-03T10:45:52Z")
I have a blog in an obscure but expensive sport. I suddenly seem to have been placed on a PR contact list for companies who either sell equipment in the sport or are trying to get me to advertise events. I’m happy to ad… --- ## [Dishwashers 101](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwashers-101/738164)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwashers-101/738164 "2015-12-03T04:15:40Z")
Our dishwasher does a horrible job drying dishes. A friend of mine who is handy around the house clams his dishwasher does rather well and has both a hot and cold water supply line. The hot water, plus the drying eleme… --- ## [Not Really Ambidextrous but kinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-really-ambidextrous-but-kinda/739215)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-really-ambidextrous-but-kinda/739215 "2015-12-03T03:55:21Z")
I write with my left hand cant write at all with my right, throw righthanded cant throw lefthanded at all. As a tradesman I am comfortable with power tools in either hand. Things like that. Are any of you like that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=814) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=816)