# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=858 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 859 --- ## [I think I may have lost my only guy friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-have-lost-my-only-guy-friend/727288)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 509\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-have-lost-my-only-guy-friend/727288 "2015-08-31T17:33:42Z")
So I’ve known Guy Friend since high school. We never dated or hooked up, just ran in the same circles. We lose touch after high school. Don’t think about him until… He messages me on Facebook. It was a completely innocu… --- ## [Replacement for Honda Element?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-honda-element/728303)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-for-honda-element/728303 "2015-08-31T17:01:00Z")
I’m looking to buy a late-model used car and a Honda Element looks like it could have been just what I was looking for, but they stopped making them in 2011 and I don’t want to go back that far. Any suggestions for some… --- ## [Life in Far Northern Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-in-far-northern-canada/729475)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-in-far-northern-canada/729475 "2015-08-31T13:33:05Z")
I know and have read a little about the Native towns and villages, but I’m curious about the really remote towns that cater to mines and to the mines that are their own de facto village. I noticed while watching the “Ic… --- ## [Primary progressive aphasia: experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primary-progressive-aphasia-experience/729483)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primary-progressive-aphasia-experience/729483 "2015-08-31T12:30:27Z")
My mom is 76 and was recently diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia. For many years she has occasionally paused during conversations because she can’t quite get the next word out, but evidently this has become much… --- ## [What's the big deal about National Merit Scholarships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-national-merit-scholarships/728704)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-big-deal-about-national-merit-scholarships/728704 "2015-08-31T08:17:43Z")
Last year when my son took the PSATs, his combined score was 231 and his school told him he’d be applying for a National Merit Scholarship. This weekend, he got an email from the counseling office saying “we have good n… --- ## [US South cities with the best weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-south-cities-with-the-best-weather/729146)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-south-cities-with-the-best-weather/729146 "2015-08-31T05:57:08Z")
Best: /bɛst/ Adjective, “not sweltering hot.” Snowbirds may love Florida but I don’t. Just curious. Warm is acceptable as long as it isn’t so humid that you need a shower as soon as you leave the house. As close as yo… --- ## [How to list non-work items on your resume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-list-non-work-items-on-your-resume/729459)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-list-non-work-items-on-your-resume/729459 "2015-08-31T04:42:43Z")
I’ve been looking for another job for a couple of months now and I’m getting responses to my resume, but unfortunately all of the jobs I’m getting calls for are the equivalent of the job I’m doing now. (Or scammy insuran… --- ## [Would you make a good time traveler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-good-time-traveler/728788)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-make-a-good-time-traveler/728788 "2015-08-31T03:11:50Z")
It’s a SF trope going back at least as far as Mark Twain. An average modern day person gets sent into the past by some mysterious means and introduces modern technology to the people back then. But as was pointed out in… --- ## [Would you drink a beer that is a year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101)
**Author:** [@ollie73082](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ollie73082)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drink-a-beer-that-is-a-year-old/729101 "2015-08-31T03:03:35Z")
Bud Light. In a can. They’ve been in my fridge since my fantasy football draft party last year. Not one of my favorite brands, but I want a beer and I’m kinda tired, and traffic and soforth. My girlfriend had one 3-4 mo… --- ## [Looking to get a new bed, but I have a question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-get-a-new-bed-but-i-have-a-question/729458)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-get-a-new-bed-but-i-have-a-question/729458 "2015-08-31T02:58:52Z")
My old bed has had it. I can’t sleep more than 5 hours on it now without waking up. And when I do wake up, I’m sleepy and grumpy. The frame is old wood and is falling apart. I use wooden four-by-fours to keep the rails p… --- ## [Youtube: slow uploading ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-slow-uploading/729405)
**Author:** [@Scandic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scandic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-slow-uploading/729405 "2015-08-31T02:33:59Z")
Why does it take so long to upload a video on youtube. I takes 3-4 hours to upload an program that last an hour. what can I do to speed up this prosess? --- ## [Recommend a laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-laptop/729450)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-laptop/729450 "2015-08-31T02:28:58Z")
I’ve been looking at Wikipedia’s page on the Core series from Intel, and I think I’d like a laptop that has an i5 from the Haswell era. I’ve seen some with the i5 4200U on ebay. Does anyone have some models to recommend … --- ## [Transportation into and around Boston, PLEASE!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-into-and-around-boston-please/728138)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-into-and-around-boston-please/728138 "2015-08-31T00:30:49Z")
I have lived in MA for nearly all of my 35 years but until now I have blissfully avoided transporting myself to and around the city (with one unpleasant experience last November driving to the State House and then to Mal… --- ## [Handgun question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handgun-question/729312)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handgun-question/729312 "2015-08-30T22:29:40Z")
I have unusually large hands. A 3XL glove is still a tight fit. Looking for a semi-auto in .40 cal or 10mm that I could hold comfortably. Looking for suggestions. Thanks! --- ## [Going on a first date with a cute girl i met online. any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-first-date-with-a-cute-girl-i-met-online-any-advice/729238)
**Author:** [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Replies:** 197\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-on-a-first-date-with-a-cute-girl-i-met-online-any-advice/729238 "2015-08-30T21:45:02Z")
No troll advice please based on my other threads. Need some now. She’s asking to meet me and hang out, but she seems really into me. Like she really likes me. When i was YOUNGER girls would just straight up pick me up … --- ## [If you could make any one species go extinct, which would it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-any-one-species-go-extinct-which-would-it-be/729124)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-make-any-one-species-go-extinct-which-would-it-be/729124 "2015-08-30T20:23:29Z")
For the sake of the hypothetical, let’s just say that god exists, and he has decided that a species must go extinct. God has the following six in mind: Humans Cats Dogs Pigs Chickens Cows God isn’t sure which one he w… --- ## [First names: the good, the bad and the fugly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fugly/728423)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-names-the-good-the-bad-and-the-fugly/728423 "2015-08-30T16:55:42Z")
I recently heard a spot on the radio that said there’s been a surge in the UK of babies being named after characters on Game of Thrones. Before it was even stated I just knew the most popular would be “Khaleesi” (never m… --- ## [What would it take to make this dashcam traffic ticket scheme legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-this-dashcam-traffic-ticket-scheme-legal/728898)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-this-dashcam-traffic-ticket-scheme-legal/728898 "2015-08-30T15:25:32Z")
Oh, and what do you think of the idea in general? I appreciate there are IMO some ethical questions involved, but right now I’d prefer to discuss the practical questions. I got a dashcam last week and took a couple of … --- ## [Why is it wrong to cheat (especially for a younger man?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-wrong-to-cheat-especially-for-a-younger-man/728772)
**Author:** [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-wrong-to-cheat-especially-for-a-younger-man/728772 "2015-08-30T10:56:34Z")
So men are meant to “spread their seed” especially in the older days and women are meant to find good partners to stay with them and raise them that are strong and take care of their children. This is of course going off… --- ## [Is it bad for young children to read depressing literature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-for-young-children-to-read-depressing-literature/729000)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-bad-for-young-children-to-read-depressing-literature/729000 "2015-08-30T05:05:08Z")
Do you think that it is bad for young children to read depressing/tragic stories or watch depressing/tragic movies? I’m referring mainly to its effect on emotions, worldview, attitudes, psychological development, etc. --- ## [When would you time travel to make the present day as good as possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-you-time-travel-to-make-the-present-day-as-good-as-possible/729345)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-you-time-travel-to-make-the-present-day-as-good-as-possible/729345 "2015-08-30T01:57:02Z")
Here’s a fun thought experiment. Let’s say you have a time machine. You are given the goal of traveling back in time, with the goal of making the current day as peaceful, prosperous, and democratic as possible. Basically… --- ## [Great/funny fake names???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-funny-fake-names/77640)
**Author:** [@anenquiringmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anenquiringmind)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-funny-fake-names/77640 "2015-08-30T01:49:56Z")
My last name is pronounced EXACTLY like it is spelled. However, when we give our name to the hostess at a restaurant/event etc. they ALWAYS totally butcher it while announcing it over the loudspeaker. So instead of sig… --- ## [Strange things you took for extreme compliments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-took-for-extreme-compliments/729021)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-you-took-for-extreme-compliments/729021 "2015-08-29T23:06:08Z")
My wife when mentioning how some woman she was talking to mentioned how unusual my reaction was in relation to the situation, I said not unusual at all and she said: “Oh she is thinking you’re a normal person or somethi… --- ## [Have Nexus 7 Tablet - Now What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-nexus-7-tablet-now-what/729162)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-nexus-7-tablet-now-what/729162 "2015-08-29T20:02:59Z")
I inherited my late father’s Nexus 7 tablet. I’m not entirely sure what to do with it. There are a couple of games on it that are OK time-wasters when I’ve got 5-10 minutes to kill. It web-surfs. I gather dad mostly … --- ## [Is "project manager" now a bullshit job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-project-manager-now-a-bullshit-job/681300)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-project-manager-now-a-bullshit-job/681300 "2015-08-29T15:07:02Z")
So I’ve mostly spent my career working for consulting firms of various sizes and types. I also have a background in civil engineering (and an MBA). So for most of my early career, my concept of a “project manager” was … --- ## [Facial Hair & Attractiviness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-hair-attractiviness/701972)
**Author:** [@IndianStones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IndianStones)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-hair-attractiviness/701972 "2015-08-29T11:02:26Z")
If I look attractive with facial hair, but unattractive without it, am I still considered an attractive person? Like, do I deserve that label? --- ## [Is there a way to have more wet dreams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-more-wet-dreams/729103)
**Author:** [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-have-more-wet-dreams/729103 "2015-08-29T09:38:07Z")
Now that I’m almost 32, I hardly ever have orgasms in my sleep anymore. In fact, I can’t remember the last time it happened. I miss this experience. Is there any way to bring it back, or is this just something I have to … --- ## [Is the indication of hot/cold direction on this kind of mixing faucet|tap really unambiguous to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-indication-of-hot-cold-direction-on-this-kind-of-mixing-faucet-tap-really-unambiguous-to-you/729150)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-indication-of-hot-cold-direction-on-this-kind-of-mixing-faucet-tap-really-unambiguous-to-you/729150 "2015-08-29T05:42:20Z")
This is a usability question regarding a class of one handle mixing faucets that I encounter frequently. My SO and me differ on what is self-evident what direction leads to hot/cold water output. An example (for a basic… --- ## [Which is most arousing, porn or fantasy ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-most-arousing-porn-or-fantasy/728967)
**Author:** [@MrQwertyasd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrQwertyasd)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-most-arousing-porn-or-fantasy/728967 "2015-08-29T03:50:26Z")
I’m not going to contribute any more than the question - it’s up to you if you want to embarrass yourselves :slight\_smile: --- ## [TV show NCIS why is it in such high resolution when there is no blu ray out for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-ncis-why-is-it-in-such-high-resolution-when-there-is-no-blu-ray-out-for-it/728663)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2015, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-ncis-why-is-it-in-such-high-resolution-when-there-is-no-blu-ray-out-for-it/728663 "2015-08-29T00:46:46Z")
I came across a clip on youtube of NCIS it is in high resolution!!! Yet there is no blu ray out for it!! When other people watch NCIS on TV or buy a DVD box set how does the resolution look? Some blu ray players may up… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=857) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=859)