# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=847 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 848 --- ## [Is There Anything Good About Male Sexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-good-about-male-sexuality/731352)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-good-about-male-sexuality/731352 "2015-09-22T02:07:36Z")
Is there anything good about male sexuality? --- ## [What's a Good (Cheap?) Web Site (HTML) Editor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-web-site-html-editor/732059)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-cheap-web-site-html-editor/732059 "2015-09-22T01:57:00Z")
I’ve got a web site…which I haven’t actually updated since around 2003… I coded it in a text editor, directly in HTML… It works, but it ain’t elegant. It isn’t mobile-friendly, because I don’t know how to do that. Is… --- ## [forensic recons - are they idealised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forensic-recons-are-they-idealised/732126)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forensic-recons-are-they-idealised/732126 "2015-09-21T18:24:25Z")
With the recent identification of Boston’s “Baby Doe” as Bella Bond, i couldn’t help but notice that the forensic recon was a lot more idealised looking than the human reality. This also happened with “Delta Dawn” the u… --- ## [No gotta da fingerprints no more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-gotta-da-fingerprints-no-more/732012)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-gotta-da-fingerprints-no-more/732012 "2015-09-21T17:24:04Z")
OK, I am 88 now, but a few years ago I was supposed to give a thumbprint for some security reason I no loner can remember. The technician seemed totally bewildered. He looked at all my fingers under strong light,and at … --- ## [HR Question, Does the reporter have to give details?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-question-does-the-reporter-have-to-give-details/731721)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-question-does-the-reporter-have-to-give-details/731721 "2015-09-21T17:22:28Z")
This took place a while ago and has since, more or less, resolved itself so I’m going to leave most of the details out of it, but it still bothers me. First of all, let me start by saying that my company has 10-20 emplo… --- ## [Seriously ladies(and fellas) aren't mustaches ridiculous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-ladies-and-fellas-arent-mustaches-ridiculous/731325 "2015-09-21T17:07:26Z")
Ok I’m a guy and I want to know what women think, but guys can comment as well. Don’t men with mustaches just look ridiculous and lame to women and really to other guys too? It seems to me if you want to reduce your sex … --- ## [What might this have been? (Credit Card Fraud)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-this-have-been-credit-card-fraud/732099)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-this-have-been-credit-card-fraud/732099 "2015-09-21T16:29:27Z")
So my credit card was compromised. After a conversation with the fraud department, the card’s been cancelled, new one issued, the bad charges reversed, etc. Everything’s cool. Looks like whoever did it got some Wendy’s b… --- ## [Homosexuals/Heterosexuals and Obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuals-heterosexuals-and-obesity/725141)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homosexuals-heterosexuals-and-obesity/725141 "2015-09-21T15:47:25Z")
So apparently, the government has spent about $3.5M to date in an attempt to discover why lesbians are more likely to be obese than heterosexual women, in contrast to gay men who are less likely to be obese than heterose… --- ## [IOS9: Make the move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios9-make-the-move/731989)
**Author:** [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios9-make-the-move/731989 "2015-09-21T15:12:00Z")
The thread title says it all. Should I install IOS9 on my iPad Air now or wait a month or so for bug fixes? Unlike the IOS8 fiasco, I’ve not heard any negative issues regarding the IOS9 upgrade such as bricking and lost… --- ## [Tell me about Playa Del Carmen, Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-playa-del-carmen-mexico/731990)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-playa-del-carmen-mexico/731990 "2015-09-21T14:32:30Z")
My wife and I are looking for a warm place to spend a week next April, yes it’s still cold and dreary where I live that time of year, and we came across Playa Del Carmen. I know that it’s a primarily a tourist area, with… --- ## [Spoiled teen or am I just a grumpy old lady?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-teen-or-am-i-just-a-grumpy-old-lady/731268)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-teen-or-am-i-just-a-grumpy-old-lady/731268 "2015-09-21T14:31:28Z")
A while back a friend called me and said since she was out running around and would be in my area why didn’t she pick me up and we could go to lunch. I said sure, give me about 20 minutes and I’ll be ready. My friend g… --- ## [Do you have stupid friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stupid-friends/731527)
**Author:** [@brovolone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brovolone)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stupid-friends/731527 "2015-09-21T14:05:17Z")
I stumbled upon that thread here from 2006 labeled “How to Deal with Painfully Stupid Friend” which inspired me to make this one. Do you have friends that you consider stupid? If so, why are you friends with them? --- ## [Anyone Here Ever Fly On the Concorde?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-fly-on-the-concorde/650437)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-fly-on-the-concorde/650437 "2015-09-21T13:06:41Z")
If so, what was it like? How much different was it than an jet? Did you like it? --- ## [Did anyone see this cartoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-this-cartoon/731981)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-see-this-cartoon/731981 "2015-09-21T08:43:16Z")
I saw this sometime last week, but I cannot recall where. I looked through the last two issues of the New Yorker and it wasn’t there. It showed two or three men on high steel. But it wasn’t ordinary high steel, but an… --- ## [Cleaning the gutters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-the-gutters/732051)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-the-gutters/732051 "2015-09-21T01:52:35Z")
So our new (to us) house has gutter guards. After a year of living here without any (apparent) issues, we finally had some seedlings sprout up above the garage. I got the ladder out to go up and remove them (the seedling… --- ## [Advice regarding death by a broken neck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-regarding-death-by-a-broken-neck/731844)
**Author:** [@RandomSlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomSlater)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-regarding-death-by-a-broken-neck/731844 "2015-09-20T22:56:44Z")
I lost my little brother last year. A man fell asleep at the wheel, pressed on the gas going 70+ miles an hour, crossing over two lanes and hitting my brother (who was going about 55 MPH) head on. The coroner told us he … --- ## [Help me remember the 2-days ago joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-2-days-ago-joke/731792)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-2-days-ago-joke/731792 "2015-09-20T22:26:31Z")
(Mods: If you move this to the Pit please change the title to I Pit my very bad memory.) Just now, I remembered that I’d noticed a good joke here. But I remember almost nothing about the joke. :smack: Can anyone help?… --- ## [Remembering 09/11/2001 -- what are the lessons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-09-11-2001-what-are-the-lessons/730716)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembering-09-11-2001-what-are-the-lessons/730716 "2015-09-20T19:31:14Z")
Today is the 15th anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s little unauthorized demolition project. What lessons should we take from that event? The most obvious is to keep up vigilance against foreign enemies – but, that is re… --- ## [''Power off'' to restart laptop.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-off-to-restart-laptop/731797)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-off-to-restart-laptop/731797 "2015-09-20T16:51:22Z")
Occasionally, here and elsewhere, discussing computer problems it is suggested to shutdown using ‘‘power off’’. \[Before PCs this was common practice on the Control Data machines also.\] How does one ‘‘power off’’ a laptop… --- ## [Relocating to Baltimore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-to-baltimore/731878)
**Author:** [@Ford\_Cowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ford_Cowboy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relocating-to-baltimore/731878 "2015-09-20T12:39:13Z")
Howdy Everyone I’m aware this was already asked but got burnt out with impertinent info. So I’m moving to Baltimore from Houston, TX for work I would rather not have to drive more than an 30m to an hr to get to work mai… --- ## ["No shirt, no shoes, no service"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service/730375)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service/730375 "2015-09-20T11:43:10Z")
We’ve all seen those signs. I’ve idly wondered sometimes how many people have tested those. There’s a certain type of person who loves to abide by the letter of the law while gutting the spirit of the law and tossing i… --- ## [Optometry info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optometry-info/731917)
**Author:** [@MartiInChico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MartiInChico)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optometry-info/731917 "2015-09-20T05:43:16Z")
I may have been misdirected to this site. I googled “optometry forums” and up came this message - I think the title was something like “I hate optometry” and after I read it, I went and turned cartwheels across the fron… --- ## [Worse then Lorena Bobbitt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-then-lorena-bobbitt/729772)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worse-then-lorena-bobbitt/729772 "2015-09-20T04:35:55Z")
A wife has done it twice after she caught her husband cheating. Many commentators believe the attack was well deserved: Some men, however made comments I would not dare to repeat. --- ## [Today's Pope: Catholic Church Gone Soft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-pope-catholic-church-gone-soft/731733)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-pope-catholic-church-gone-soft/731733 "2015-09-20T02:27:34Z")
Why isn’t the Catholic Church shocked by the current Pope’s liberal position on so many topics? Do they regret their decision? I would expect them to be fainting over everything he has done since he rose to the position… --- ## [Is a 3D nano printer really a molecular assembler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-3d-nano-printer-really-a-molecular-assembler/730599)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-3d-nano-printer-really-a-molecular-assembler/730599 "2015-09-20T00:59:25Z")
Okay I know they have worked with 3D nano printers in the lab as of late. I know 3D nano printer or molecular assembler is not a star trek replicator because a star trek replicator uses energy to turn energy into matter… --- ## [General aviation folk: talk me down...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-aviation-folk-talk-me-down/678666)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-aviation-folk-talk-me-down/678666 "2015-09-19T23:33:22Z")
Oh, wait - not like that! Yeah, poor choice of words, I s’pose :smack: But I do need a little reassurance - my husband is buying a plane. Gulp. He’s a brand new pilot, about 80-85 hrs and has an appointment for the f… --- ## [Will there still be a market for mechanical keypad, voice and text cell phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-still-be-a-market-for-mechanical-keypad-voice-and-text-cell-phones/730985)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-still-be-a-market-for-mechanical-keypad-voice-and-text-cell-phones/730985 "2015-09-19T23:06:45Z")
How should they price it and what is the likely production cost? --- ## [How many people have been put out by Ether?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-been-put-out-by-ether/731232)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-been-put-out-by-ether/731232 "2015-09-19T19:42:51Z")
I was talking to a guy the other day, and he used the comparison that something felt like being “put out by ether”. I can’t remember what the something was, but it got me to thinking about how many people that was a usef… --- ## [Tell me about recent advances in "social science"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-recent-advances-in-social-science/731552)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-recent-advances-in-social-science/731552 "2015-09-19T19:06:07Z")
Perhaps “social science” isn’t the correct term. I’m referring to the field in which concepts like gender identification, race identification, trigger warnings, bullying, rape culture, etc. are advanced. All of the abo… --- ## [Doper Dentists: Please tell me about sedative dressings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dentists-please-tell-me-about-sedative-dressings/731745)
**Author:** [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dentists-please-tell-me-about-sedative-dressings/731745 "2015-09-19T18:39:05Z")
I had a very deep cavity in my very back molar on the lower right side. It was causing intermittent pain of varying intensity. My dentist recommended we try a sedative dressing. I had this done on Thursday afternoon. My… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=846) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=848)